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Pirton Village Design Statement |
Phase one of the VDS was obviously deciding that Pirton needed a VDS and forming a working group of interested residents (as many as possible), and after meeting, talking, creating a constitution, opening a bank account and deciding on the best way forward - it was time for Phase 2.
Phase 2 was the Village Character Workshop. Basically this is issuing an open invitation to get as many people to attend the day as possible. The "make up" of our day is given below:
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| "Welcome and signing in" |  |
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Meeting fellow participants and looking at displayed background information |  |
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| Including other villages VDS |  |
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| The participants were given a briefing, divided into three groups and given an exercise to set the tone of the day |  |
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| Groups A, B & C busy working on their exercise | ||
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| After completing the exercise each group gave a brief presentation |  |
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| After a further briefing, each group complete with one camera and two films set off to make a photographic record of Pirton for the afternoon's work. | ||
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This included Buildings |
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| Their features | ||
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| Landscape | ||
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| Settlement Pattern | ||
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| The films were retrieved and taken for "one hour processing" | Giving us time for a BBQ lunch |  |
| Each groups' photographs were given a number |  |
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| And then it was time for the afternoon's exercise the most important of the day! | ||
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| Each group created a board showing the photographs which best illustrated their ideas and points of view | ||
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| Annotated the photographs and a map with notes |  |
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| Producing a wall display |  |
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| And then gave a presentation |  |
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| Everyone who commented enjoyed the day and many found it extremely interesting, perhaps for the first really looking at our Village and finding out what a beautiful, diverse location we live in. | ||
Phase 3 has been for the working group to divide into groups, representing the various "key" section of the VDS and using the photographs and ideas produced in the Village Character Workshop, start working towards a first draft for the VDS.
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