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Dorset Innovation Park | Design Guide

Simple, clean geometries with modern graphics

Use of strong lines and colours to provide identity to each plotCreating interest through the building form

Use of colours and patterns to break up the facade

Industrial Characteristics

Industrial buildings often lack fenestrations and because of this it is important to make use of different materials, colours and textures to break up large facades to suit human scale.

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Metal and composite rainscreen cladding

Metal Panel standing seam or cassette rainscreen. Composite resin-bonded panel (Trespa or similar) to add colour accents.

Coloured composite panel cladding on the building facade

Neutral base colour with contrasting colour accents

Combination of solid and natural colour finishesCladding size and orientation coordinated with fenestration

Contrasting colour introduced in the window reveals

Contrasting cladding colour and texture on different planes

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A site-wide strategy for signage and wayfinding is required for clarity and consistency throughout the scheme.

It is important that clear, consistent branding and graphic style are developed that are reflective of values of the Dorset Innovation Park.

Scale

A strategy of signage at different scales is essential, from large signage appropriate for those in vehicles (totem style, lettering on buildings), to fingerpost directional signage and maps of the Park for pedestrians, right the way through signage inside buildings.

Layout

The proposed layout of Dorset Innovation Park has at its heart a collaborative facility (serving the entirety of Dorset Innovation Park) that is visible and easily accessible from all around the Heathland Parkland. The Nucleus building is a natural centre of the Park’s social activities, and is positioned in such a way as to encourage users to access it by foot, without having to navigate road traffic. This building will act as a wayfinding marker in the landscape.

Distinction of character areas

A good balance of individuality of each character area whilst maintaining overall unifying elements will be established through the signage strategy.

Each character area should have a recognisable and distinctive feature that helps occasional users to orientate themselves within the Park. This could be done in a number of ways:

Natural wayfinding - A natural feature such as a characterful tree or a specific landscaping response.

Sculptural features - Use of sculpture features can give individuality and identity to each character area.

Lighting - Use of appropriate integrated lighting that appropriately address key routes and spaces will help to reinforce the identity of each character area.

Colour and materials - Character areas can also be designated through the use of colour coding. This can be done in several ways:

• Integrated within the architectural language of individual buildings, either through consistent colour theming, or neighbourhoods of particular materials.

• Developing colour themes in the signage and other fixtures local to each area

SITEWIDE WAYFINDING

Clear synergy between overall campus ethos and Park signage

Clear branding

Combination of sculptural object and signage

Signage as part of the landscaping

Care must be taken with the nomenclature and numbering of plots and building

Totem style signage

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Potential external materiality - copper cladding

Potential external materiality - zinc cladding

Indicative image of the Gatehouse


It is important that servicing elements on site are carefully considered to control the visual language of all aspects of the Park. Inappropriate treatment and lack of provision for substations, service yards and waste and cycle storage can undermine hard-won efforts to encourage consistency and good design.

The design is an interpretation of the some of the themes of the architectural themes in the guide: an open, welcoming approach with good quality modern external cladding materials.

SERVICING AND CYCLE STORAGE

INITIAL DESIGN STUDIES FOR THE NEW GATEHOUSE AT THE EASTERN ENTRANCE OF THE INNOVATION PARK

Inappropriate provision for waste and discarded materials

Convenient cycle parking areas to encourage cycling into and within site

Green mesh screening around plant enclosure

Green wall around plant enclosure

Appropriately sized and located waste store to keep clutter out of sight, integral to the architectural language

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There are some key principles that all development plots need to adhere to for layout and landscape:

General: As an ‘Innovation Park’ emphasis will be placed on the use of innovative and sustainable materials and management methods, including things like recycled and low carbon footprint materials, enhanced biodiversity, peat free compost, drought tolerant planting design and management of the external environment.

Planting: All proposed planting within development plot areas need to be based on the plant species listed in the Planting Lists for Development Plots or as noted in the Character Areas.

• Development plot design will permit the use of cultivars and other species of the same group to encourage diversity and to take into account constrained sites, subject to agreement with the landscape officer and pre-app discussions.

• All car parking to include a significant amount of tree planting to continue green corridors through the site. Trees to be included every 8m length of parking. For species refer to the Proposed Cultivars Tree Planting List within this section of the Design Guide.

• Shrub species to be based on Heathland planting mix described within this section of the Design Guide. Additional cultivars will be allowed subject to agreement with the landscape officer and pre-app discussions.

• Treatment of on-plot drainage with SUDS mechanisms to be provided to control discharge rates.

• Planting mixes specifically beneficial for foraging birds/bats to be incorporated within the landscape areas where appropriate.

• Green/brown roofs are encouraged and viewed favourably as part of development proposals.

Materials: In line with the architectural characteristics to apply a limited palette that suggest high-tech science parks, the hard landscape should include high quality and hard wearing materials with colour, texture and weathering characteristics.

The use of reclaimed materials is encouraged. To create some variety and individuality for the different plots, proposals are to include landscape feature paving areas and entrance features.

Standard base materials to include: - Kerbs - conservation kerbs, silver grey - Paving slabs - aggregate finish slabs - Paving blocks - aggregate finish concrete blocks varying sizes

Furniture: Stainless steel and durable / robust furniture such as bollards and cycle stands.

The use of local suppliers and bespoke elements designed ‘in the spirit’ of the Innovation Park are also encouraged.

Wildlife Enhancements: Each development plot must provide enhancements for wildlife to comply with the overarching Biodiversity Mitigation Plan for the LDO site. These can include: - Bat boxes (either in or on buildings or on existing trees) - Bird boxes (eg sparrow terraces/raptor boxes/swallow, swift or house martin nest boxes) on buildings or non-specific bird boxes on existing trees) - Reptile hibernacula - Unmown/rough grass corners to plots for reptiles and small mammals - Wildflower meadows managed appropriately - Hedgehog nest boxes

Building access: As identified in the Flood Risk Assessment, it is recommended that all new buildings are raised 300mm above immediately surrounding ground to ensure any design exceedance flows, should they occur, are directed away from any buildings (in line with best practice). Appropriate ramped access to the main building entrances is to be incorporated into the plot’s landscape design.

Durable materials

DEVELOPMENT PLOTS - LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGICAL ELEMENTS

Feature courtyards to reflect the innovation and science industry

Planting used to create entrance features

SUDS features designed to manage development water run-off and to reduce flow

Incorporate flexible use spaces as part of building access areas

Bespoke furniture elements to create interest and definition

Using creative design layouts to incorporate planting in circulation areas

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DEVELOPMENT PLOT:ZENITH

DEVELOPMENT PLOT:CHAPMAN

• The buildings facing north onto the Main Spine route will be among the first that visitors see coming from the gatehouse. The building frontage should give clear definition to the plot boundary to the north and to the roundabout.

• On the eastern part of Zenith, vehicular access and parking will be from the north. It is anticipated that the main entrance(s) will also be on the southern elevation, while the north elevation has an appropriate scale of openings and fenestration to address the primarily vehicular main road.

• Access to new buildings on the western part of Zenith is from either the approach to Chapman or off the main roundabout at the end of Gateway.

• Southern Edge and Gateway are the surrounding Character Areas - refer to these for further guidance.

• This plot is adjacent to/within the dark corridor for bats which runs along the southern edge of the site (see p34 Lighting Strategy for Bats). For this reason, lighting must be retained at existing lux levels with changes limited to no more than 0.5 lux at 1m, 3m and 6m above ground level to allow continued use of the area by light sensitive bat species.

• New Chapman site buildings should be carefully integrated into the southern landscape screening.

• They should not dominate views from the southwest either in scale or colour.

• A small part of Chapman lies within Flood Zone 3 - refer to the Flood Risk Assessment report for more detail.

• Southern Edge is the surrounding Character Area - refer to this for further guidance.


KEY ISSUES RELATING TO THIS PLOT KEY ISSUES RELATING TO THIS PLOT

Layout shown above for illustrative purposes only Layout shown above for illustrative purposes only

Extract from the Placemaking Strategy (see Part 2) Extract from the Placemaking Strategy (see Part 2)

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DEVELOPMENT PLOT:STEAMER

DEVELOPMENT PLOT:QUADRANT


• Acid grassland is expected to be translocated onto a part of Steamer, as well as in the surrounding open space.

• Long term aspiration to create a new pedestrian/cycling gate into the Innovation Park along the southern edge of Steamer route. Proposed development to provide strong frontage along this route should have clear active frontage (e.g. glazing or opening doors to communal areas such as staff break-out areas).

• Southern Edge is the surrounding Character Area - refer to this for further guidance.

• This is an existing plot with development already constructed. This plot primarily comprises existing buildings, so guidance is primarily for landscaping interventions and features.

• The Concept Masterplan seeks to extend the Parkland along its eastern edge to connect the Park with the Southern Edge with appropriate planting and pathways.

• Parkland and Southern Edge are the surrounding Character Areas - refer to these for further guidance for any future interventions.

Layout shown above for illustrative purposes only

Layout shown above for illustrative purposes only

Extract from the Placemaking Strategy (see Part 2)Extract from the Placemaking Strategy (see Part 2)


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DEVELOPMENT PLOT:HECTOR

DEVELOPMENT PLOT:NESTOR

KEY ISSUES RELATING TO THIS PLOTKEY ISSUES RELATING TO THIS PLOT

• This is one of the most important and prominent development plots within the Dorset Innovation Park in terms of impact on placemaking as it needs to address the Gateway roundabout, defines the southern edge of the Parkland and faces the proposed Nucleus.

• Detailed site investigation is required to investigate known basements and other site abnormalities.

• Parkland and Southern Edge are the surrounding Character Areas - refer to these for further guidance.

• The Nestor buildings need to define a strong corner onto the primary roundabout of the spine route.

• Clear defined frontage and consistent setbacks onto the Loop.


• Gateway and Parkland Character Areas are the surrounding Character Areas - refer to these for further guidance. Layout shown above for illustrative purposes onlyLayout shown above for illustrative purposes only

Extract from the Placemaking Strategy (see Part 2)Extract from the Placemaking Strategy (see Part 2)

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DEVELOPMENT PLOT:THE PAVILION

DEVELOPMENT PLOT:THE NUCLEUS

• The Pavilion is part of the Dorset Innovation Park’s shared amenity offer, and needs to be welcoming and open in character.

• Active frontage, with spill-out zones into the surrounding parkland will provide areas for rest and relaxation.

• The architectural style of the Pavilion should be distinctive and relate with that of the Nucleus due to their shared communal role within the Innovation Park. Its sensitivity toward the Parkland will be a key characteristic of the Pavilion’s design.

• Parkland is the surrounding Character Area - refer to this for further guidance.


• The Nucleus needs to have an open and inviting character that addresses the Parkland landscape, particularly to the south and west elevations.

• Proposed buildings will be shaped by the surrounding landscape, including retained trees.

• The Nucleus will have active frontage at ground floor level facing out into the Parkland and will encourage seamless pedestrian flow across the park from the surrounding plots, with opportunities for terracing and other external amenities set within the landscape.

• Capacity for office development on upper floors, with car parking in the eastern part of the plot.




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DEVELOPMENT PLOT:DRAGON

DEVELOPMENT PLOT:NERO

• Buildings on this plot should address the parkland, and form an attractive backdrop to the trees and grassland to the east.

• The massing should respect the frontage of the Nucleus building opposite.

• The retention of existing native trees across the development plot is encouraged. Should the trees along the eastern edge of the plot not be kept, all development facing out onto the Parkland is considered to be key/active frontage.

• The elevations to the north should form a considered frontage to the pedestrian scale local street they front onto.


• Nero is relatively more removed from the heart of the Parkland, so the layout of all proposed development on this plot must revolve around clear pedestrian routes back to the Parkland and the Nucleus.

• The green space to the north of Nero is anticipated to provide attractive outdoor space immediately adjacent to Nero. However, this will depend upon the final requirements for the Innovation Park’s Energy Centre.

• Chesil House is located on this development plot. It has potential to be retained and refurbished, or demolished and redeveloped.




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DEVELOPMENT PLOT:JUNO

DEVELOPMENT PLOT:DIMPLE

• Juno sits alongside a proposed new vehicular route linking the Innovation Park with a future extension of the Enterprise Zone to the northwest.

• Taller buildings are encouraged to sit along the northern edge of the plot to help create better definition of the adjacent open grassland area to the north and to address the entrance into the extended Enterprise Zone.

• Juno is relatively removed from the heart of the Parkland, so the layout of all proposed development on this plot must revolve around clear pedestrian routes back to the Parkland and the Nucleus.

• Northern Edge is the surrounding Character Area - refer to this for further guidance.

• Dimple forms a sister development to Dragon to the south, and setbacks and massing to the local street between the two plots needs to be handled at an appropriate pedestrian scale.

• Buildings are encouraged to be located along the eastern edge of the development plot, with the southeast and northeast corners of the plot of particular importance with regards impact on the Parkland.

• Important to provide active frontage and permeability of the eastern elevations onto the Parkland.





• Brownsea House is located on this development plot. It has potential to be retained and refurbished, or demolished and redeveloped.

• Parkland and Northern Edge are the surrounding Character Areas - refer to these for further guidance.

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DEVELOPMENT PLOT:ZEBRA

DEVELOPMENT PLOT:ATLAS


• Massing and primary building location to address the setting within the Parkland.

• Soft transition between grassland and plot landscaping.

• Active frontage to the west onto the central Parkland.


• This is an existing plot with development already constructed. However, guidance here is for both building and landscaping interventions.

• Any interventions to make this site secure within the secure Innovation Park will need to ensure that connections back to the Parkland and the Nucleus are simple and clear. Fencing will need to be appropriate to the character and principles of the Parkland Character Area.




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DEVELOPMENT PLOT PLANTING:PROPOSED DORSET HEATHLAND STYLE PLANTING AND CULTIVARS TREE PLANTING LIST

Botanical Name Common Name

Agrostis curtisii Bristle bent

Asplenium scolopendrium Harts Tongue fern

Blechnum spicant Deer fern

Calluna vulgaris Scots Heather

Carex binervis Green-ribbed sedge

Deschampsia cespitosa Tussock grass

Deschampsia flexuosa Wavy Hair Grass

Dryopteris filix-mas Male fern

Erica ciliaris ‘Corfe Castle’ Dorset Heath ‘Corfe Castle’

Erica spp Heather

Pteridium aquilinum Bracken

Ulex minor Dwarf gorse

Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry

Carex binervis Deschampsia flexuosa

Agrostis curtisii Erica ciliaris Ulex minor

Pteridium aquilinum

Acer campestre ‘Elsrijk’ Field Maple ‘Elsrijk’

Betula pendula Common Silver Birch

Crataegus monogyna ‘Plena’

Common Hawthorn

Fagus sylvatica ‘Aspleniifolia’

Fern-leaved Beech

Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck’ Dawyck Beech

Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine

Prunus avium ‘Plena’ Double Gean

Prunus padus ‘Albertii’ Bird Cherry ‘Albertii’

Prunus padus ‘Watereri’ Bird Cherry ‘Watereri’

Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata Koster’

Cypress Oak ‘Koster’

Salix alba ‘Chermesina’ Scarlet Willow

Sorbus aucuparia ‘Streetwise’

Rowan ‘Streetwise’

Notes: All sizes to be submitted to and approved by the local authority.

Heathland planting to be implemented to development plots with species that are typical of native Dorset Heathland.

Trees from the species list on p will also be acceptable for development plot proposals, provided they are suited to the conditions and environs of the development.

Further cultivars and species will be accepted subject to their positive impact on biodiversity, visual or seasonal interest providing their overall accordance with the landscape strategy and by agreement with the local authority. All proposed planting will be subject to detailed pre-app discusssions with PDC.

Specific exclusions from permissable species include: Gaultheria spp Rhododendron spp

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CONCLUSION

PART 4


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This Design Guide for the Dorset Innovation Park seeks to provides logic rationale for the guidance contained within it for all parties who have a vested interest in the promotion of the Innovation Park, and in the delivery of individual developments. This includes all the landscape visioning for the communal parts of the Innovation Park, as well as for each separate development plot identified within the concept masterplan.

Reference needs to be made to a suite of supporting documents to ensure that the guidance contained here is not taken out of context. Indeed, this design guide is driven in large part by the Innovation Park’s surroundings, so other documents that contribute to the Local Development Order for the site will also influence how decisions are made for interventions across the Innovation Park.

The guidance presented in this document is intended to re-establish the site as a major employment zone for Dorset, building upon the outstanding successes of the site’s previous life as the Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment. While there are only remnants of the nuclear facility remaining, this design guide will help to mould the site into a more vibrant and exciting place for people to come together and for new ideas to be created and tested.

Ash Ave

nue

Monterey

Avenue

SGHWR (Steam-Generating

Heavy Water Reactor)

ZEBRA Reactor

DRAGON Reactor

NESTOR / DIMPLE Reactor

Active Handling & Decontamination

Liquid Effluent Collection

East Burton Road

Chesil House

Central Offices

KEY

Retained buildings in 2018

Above left: 1961 annotated aerial photo of Winfrith Technology

Park; Above: 2017 Google Earth perspective photo from the same view

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