RSA TRANSITIONS… Masterplan A framework for rehabilitation capital and culture Roland Karthaus | Spring 2014
www.thersa.org Contents
Introduction 1 Structure of the report 1
Overview 2 A framework masterplan 4 HMP Humber 4 RSA Transitions 6 Transitions Green Skills Park 6 Masterplan design and development 9 Transitions masterplan for HMP Humber 10 Illustrative plan for Transitions facilities 12 Initial development: Transitions hub 14
Process 16 Process map 18 Site analysis 20 Key issues 24 Potential activities and operational models 26 Masterplanning workshops 28 Masterplanning development and testing 32 A set of components 34 Initial development scheme: Transitions hub 36 Developing the masterplan 38
Acknowledgments 40 Introduction
RSA (the Royal Society for the Through the initial testing with the pilot shared amongst communities of people. Structure of the report encouragement of Arts, Manufactures project site HMP Humber, a number of O enders often exist outside such The first section of this report provides and Commerce) has just completed a characteristics have been clarified: social networks and a prison sentence an overview of the process, the key steps feasibility study exploring the potential for means further isolation. Likewise the taken and the outcome of each step. The ‘transitions parks’ using Ministry of Justice • The presence of an ‘outside’ partner work of prisons happens out of sight second part provides a summary of the (MoJ) assets adjacent to prisons to drive working closely with the prison brings and reach of the wider community. The more technical supporting work that was innovation, collaboration and rehabilitation. significant opportunities not just concept of rehabilitation capital and undertaken and is contained in full in RSA has been refining and testing the to add value, but to enable di erent culture focuses on the networks and supporting documents that can be made idea for Transitions in partnership with thinking and relationships to develop. assets that can strengthen o enders’ available to interested parties. These HMP Humber in relation to a 45-acre site The physical site adjacent to the prison chances of desisting from crime. technical reports may be particularly useful on the prison’s doorstep. The objective provides significant opportunities Rehabilitation culture focuses on the to projects with similar circumstances. is to pilot the model on this site, while for innovation, capacity building, institutional values, work practices, identifying how the model and associated partnerships and engagement that are skills and behaviours that support learning can be replicated. RSA Transitions not within reach of the closed estate. desistance from crime. Both bring a speaks to the Government’s Transforming • Good knowledge about the existing particular emphasis on the networks Rehabilitation strategy and in particular the assets is key: from the partnerships and relationships that help to support role of resettlement prisons (HMP Humber that will be most e ective in each rehabilitation and prisoners’ journeys is one such prison) and increased focus particular circumstance; to the to active citizenship. on’through the gate’ support for offenders. constraints and opportunities o ered • An open and truly collaborative process by the site conditions; to the strengths, is key. Developing such an ambitious weaknesses, opportunities and threats idea into an implementable project was within the region. a challenging prospect, but it was also • An underlying principle based on advantageous in that the broadest range social capital and evidence of network of stakeholders could be fundamentally e ects – what the project has called involved in its shaping. A significant rehabilitation capital and culture – part of the work undertaken by the is critical to developing a sustainable Transitions team involved the design of change. The idea of social capital is processes to enable such engagement. that it is not held in any one place, but This is not only important to ensure rather is supported through networks appropriate ‘fit’ of needs and provision, that are resilient enough to withstand but also to engender a degree of buy-in change and provide a di use resource to the project by all those involved.
Spring 2014 1 Overview
Overview
A framework masterplan The purpose of a site-wide masterplan the masterplan was developed through HMP Humber This report describes and illustrates is threefold: a multi-disciplinary working process HMP Humber is a Category C prison the feasibility study process from the where an architect worked as part of the in a rural location in East Yorkshire. perspective of the masterplan for the • To establish a framework for the site Transitions team in a more proactive role It has an operational capacity of 1,062, site at HMP Humber. This site o ers that allows it to be developed over time than is conventionally the case; rather than currently within two secure compounds, a particular set of opportunities and in a way that is most likely to maximise simply receiving and applying a given brief, which will be joined in the near future. It constraints to which the masterplan the potential opportunities and meet the process involved extensive discussions releases in the order of 1,000 people per responds, providing medium to long-term the project objectives. with a wide range of stakeholders and year. The Ministry of Justice-owned site vision for how the land could be exploited • To populate this framework with the iterative capturing and illustrating is approximately 120 acres (50 hectares) to support the o ender rehabilitation specific elements that can be modelled of the information to gradually resolve in total, including 45 acres (18 hectares) journey: as a physical location to bring and adjusted in due course, whilst a potential operations model, potential of farm and parkland surrounding the together multiple services; and as a illustrating the potential of the accommodation requirements and related prison. This land includes a residential local manifestation of the supporting framework. cost and revenue analysis. The question community of 84 houses, a farmstead network that is envisaged in the concept • To ‘test’ the veracity of the framework addressed through this study has therefore and a semi-derelict Victorian manor of rehabilitation capital and culture. This from key perspectives such as statutory been ‘what is feasible?’, rather than house, Everthorpe hall. A small report therefore sits firmly within the planning, access and servicing and the more conventional question, ‘is it brook runs through the site and there context of the full Transitions feasibility the impacts and opportunities for the feasible?’. are wooded areas, good habitats for study reports. These include: a core residential community on the site. The answer to this first question is that wildlife and walking trails mainly used summary document that sets out RSA the masterplan shows the most feasible by local residents. Transitions core arguments and findings; The masterplan is therefore not a potential of the site. The extent to, and The masterplan is based on the consultation documents and papers on simple, fixed proposal for this site, but a way in which this is realised will depend assumption that a case can be made and a range of key issues from transport, set of principles and potential components largely on external conditions and the accepted by the Ministry of Justice for ‘green’ skills and food, to the shape of that enables the development of the site framework approach enables the project to a transfer of the underused land to the the workforce and drug and alcohol towards the objectives. Furthermore, the remain light-footed in its implementation. project for the purposes of reducing re- interventions. Transitions pilot project is a strategic The illustrated masterplan provides a o ending. These discussions are currently proposal for how prison assets could be guide to ensure that this does not result in being held. Certain assumptions have This can be found at: put to better use to support rehabilitation, an ad-hoc development that risks missing been made for the purposes of this stage www.thersa.org/action-research-centre/ both nationally and internationally. opportunities and constraining itself. of work, which may be revisited, however community-and-public-services/transitions The iterative process undertaken for It also provides a basis for constructive the masterplan is developed with this the development of the masterplan is discussions with local and strategic contingency in mind. therefore strategically at least as important partners, funders and with the local as the masterplan itself. In this case, planning authority.
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Aerial photo of the HMP Humber site ©2013 DigitalGlobe, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd & Bluesky
Spring 2014 5 RSA Transitions is equally important and in many ways is The RSA Transitions report (2011), more significant in generating immediate called for a new approach to tackling the change. The work informs and anticipates unacceptably high levels of re-o ending. the Transitions ‘campus’ outside the walls, Changes to both the facilities and but is shown here in outline and described operations of prisons were considered in more detail in the accompanying reports. necessary, in addition to ‘Transitions Park’: Within this model, the site is understood a campus adjacent to the prison that would as a location where a combination of co-locate ‘through-the-gate’ services. support services, training and employment Critically important relations with local opportunities and community facilities can communities, services and employers can be brought together in a wider landscape be created and a ‘ladder’ of opportunity environment that can act as a broader becomes possible for o enders to re- resource for rehabilitation. integrate into society. The Transitions pilot Bringing these activities together is project chose to focus on physical change more than simply about co-location, but outside the prison walls, through the about developing a network of support, Transitions Park component, whilst work social engagement and ladders to within the prison would concentrate on employment that can underpin the concept organisational and cultural change. of rehabilitation capital and culture. This notion is carried through to the planning Transitions green skills park of the site, through the creation of a The testing and shaping of this concept Transitions ‘hub’ to provide an identifiable in HMP Humber arrived at a particular centre to the network. Activities are model for the Transitions Park component, grouped into a number of common based on developing skills for green delivery areas: industries, that are a major economic growth area in the region. This model Green skills enterprise and training, RSA Transitions (2011) • (indicated right) was developed with a combining training providers, particular emphasis on the activities and business support and light-industrial facilities outside of the prison walls, to employment. 24 support the masterplanning work. The • Health and wellbeing services could RSA Transitions work inside the prison bring together health services with
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Spring 2014 7 Key Opportunities RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013
INITIAL RESPONSES
The greatest potential is for the whole of the site, outside of the prison walls and residential plots to be considered for the Transitions project. This would most likely require a transfer of the land or long leasehold to some form of organisation with a remit to manage the land for Transitions objectives. There Connection to north cave and wetlands Masterplan design and A ‘toolkit’ was designed and produced to clarify constraints and opportunitiesis likely to be Discussionsa technical were and also legal held process with to arrive development with elements being constructed in the and raised new ideas, particularly atin this point,the which local planning will need authority to carefully who were consider the A careful analysis of the site identified a prison workshops. The toolkit was used relation to existing services required supportive of the principles and keen to operational and security requirements of the future Connection to north cave, set of constraints and opportunities at the to explore opportunities, constraints and within the prison that could be enabled see the site put back into productive use. consolidated prison, as well as being sensitive to wetlands and disused outset. The majority of the land exists as options for the site with a wide range of by RSA Transitions, providing revenue The masterplan provides an important railway local residents. The yellow area right indicates this an oasis of natural habitats within a wider stakeholders: prisoners and o cers in income and training and employment vehicle for planning discussions as it sand lane potential in outline only and details of land ownership area that has generally poor habitat due to the prison, employers, service providers, opportunities. At least as importantRo w Labels presentsgre ean visionind uforst rthey sitemixe asd a whole,touris m Grand Total car park may be included will be required as a starting point to refine any such if prison entrance moved intensive farming. The farmstead, historic local residents and the neighbouring as these practical matters was the clientlevel groupwhilst enabling 6 individual 3 elements to2 11 Connection to south manor house and walled garden provide communities. of support and engagement that theseCllrboundary. come forward3 as planning applications1 4 cave and the Wolds Way employer 11 2 National Trail an existing set of buildings that could be The masterplanning workshops were workshops developed with potential as and when appropriate. localThere business is great potential 1 for the project to create1 a new2 greenhouses converted or redeveloped for Transitions held in a fairly freeform manner, facilitated partners and users. A very wide cross-local resident 1 2 3 Connection to footpaths facilities, without detrimental impact on by the Transitions team. They were section of people with very di erentother‘hub’ which brings together the tourism1 and nature 1 transitions facilities the wider landscape or the residential supported by a more formal questionnaire perspectives on the project were partprisonpotential, of staff with the 7 oender 10 rehabilitation services.3 20 community. Access is clearly an issue as the which was used to gather more focused this process and the support expressedserviceMuch for work provide is still 4required to develop21 a programme 7 ‘Hub’ existing access route between the prison information. Three conceptual ‘models’ the project was extremely high. Of(blank)of course functions and a1 business plan, but to meet the 1 Masterplanning workshopsGrand Total24 14 4 9 51 enclosures will be closed up through the were presented as ‘shopping lists’ for a project such as this will have detractorsTransitions objectives, will most likely require manyRSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 2: OPTIONS DEVELOPMENT AND MASTERPLANNING CONSULTATION - DRAFT JULY 2013 prison merger. A number of options were people to respond to. These elicited and many of these may have chosendierent not kinds of activities and so a central ‘hub’ willMASTERPLANNING CONSULTATION & ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS . JUNE/JULY 2013 sustainable land considered, with the most feasible option clear support for the green skills model to engage withSUMMARY the OF RESPONSES process, howeverhelp the to weld these functionstotals together and create a management shown on the drawing opposite. whilst helping to clarify its constituent consultationA number demonstrated of points can readily a bereal drawn appetitecoherent from the sense of place. Everthorpe Hall provides connection to hotel responses: green industry mixed tourism walking / cycling trails These outline ideas formed the basis components, including elements of the for the project, and the appropriatenessan important landmark for this hub, which may be an * The first model option: Transitions Green for an intensive consultative process. other models. The feedback also helped for this site.Technology Park was the most preferred,external though in space, with buildlings accessed from it, rather the discussions, many respondents said that they felt aspects of the other models could readilythan be necessarily being a building itself. incorporated into this option Model 1: Transitions Green 18% Technology Park RSA Transitions * Almost all respondents broadly supported the HMP Everthorpe pilot project Feasibility study project, with many expressing strong support,In terms though of access, it seems likely there will need to ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING REPORT 1: ANALYSIS it should be noted that the self-selecting groups
ROLAND KARTHAUS 2013 means this may not be reflected more widely. In STATUS: DRAFT be an alternative approach to Beck Road. There is a particular, however there was strong support from all 8% 47% quarters, including local residents and politicians.possible opportunity to build a new road around the
* There was some support for all of the westernfunctions edge of the Wolds current perimeter. This listed in the questionnaire Connection to long- may require some loss of woodland, which should beModel 2: Transitions distance cycle route * There was a consensus that funding and Everthorpe Hall Park sustainability were the greatest challengesmitigated the project by new planting. Alternatively, or as well as, would have to overcome 27% access should be possible via Mires Lane, though the * The greatest area of concern was around access, both within the site and to the site fromaccess the A63/M62 from the main road, Sand Lane, is somewhat From Left: Transitions baseline planning report, Karthaus Design 2013; masterplanning workshops at Transitions HMP Humber;* Beck pie-chart Road residents of wereresponses also concerned toremote. the that 3there models There used arein the also workshops; possible access routes along would be significant residential accommodation on the site for oenders and ex-oenders. the This had southern perimeter of HMP Everthorpe and already been ruled out by the Transitions team as being inappropriate for the site. from the A63 via the service station site, though thisModel 3: Transitions Enterprise 8 Transitions Masterplan & Industry Park would require 3rd party land. Further work should be undertaken to explore these options once a clearerPage | 2 brief has been developed. Walking / cycling trails Row Labels green industry mixed tourism Grand Total could be laid out to explore the beck and woodlands client group 6 3 2 11 Cllr 3 1 4 employer 11 2 and connect with the wider networks and natural local business 1 1 2 local resident 1 2 3 assets. other 1 1 prison staff 7 10 3 20 service provide 4 21 7 (blank) 1 1 Grand Total 24 14 4 9 51 Some form of community transport provision will be totals ROLAND KARTHAUS ARCHITECT 18 essential to the success of any project on this site. green industry mixed tourism
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27% Key Opportunities RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013
INITIAL RESPONSES
The greatest potential is for the whole of the site, outside of the prison walls and residential plots to be considered for the Transitions project. This would most likely require a transfer of the land or long leasehold to some form of organisation with a remit to manage the land for Transitions objectives. There Connection to north cave and wetlands is likely to be a technical and legal process to arrive at this point, which will need to carefully consider the operational and security requirements of the future Connection to north cave, consolidated prison, as well as being sensitive to wetlands and disused railway local residents. The yellow area right indicates this sand lane potential in outline only and details of land ownership car park may be included will be required as a starting point to refine any such if prison entrance moved Connection to south boundary. cave and the Wolds Way National Trail There is great potential for the project to create a new greenhouses Connection to footpaths ‘hub’ which brings together the tourism and nature transitions potential, with the oender rehabilitation services. facilities Much work is still required to develop a programme ‘Hub’ of functions and a business plan, but to meet the Transitions objectives, will most likely require many dierent kinds of activities and so a central ‘hub’ will sustainable land help to weld these functions together and create a management coherent sense of place. Everthorpe Hall provides connection to hotel walking / cycling trails an important landmark for this hub, which may be an external space, with buildlings accessed from it, rather than necessarily being a building itself.
In terms of access, it seems likely there will need to be an alternative approach to Beck Road. There is a possible opportunity to build a new road around the western edge of the Wolds current perimeter. This Connection to long- may require some loss of woodland, which should be distance cycle route mitigated by new planting. Alternatively, or as well as, access should be possible via Mires Lane, though the access from the main road, Sand Lane, is somewhat remote. There are also possible access routes along Initial response to the site conditions the southern perimeter of HMP Everthorpe and from the A63 via the service station site, though this Spring 2014 9 would require 3rd party land. Further work should be undertaken to explore these options once a clearer brief has been developed. Walking / cycling trails could be laid out to explore the beck and woodlands and connect with the wider networks and natural assets.
Some form of community transport provision will be essential to the success of any project on this site.
ROLAND KARTHAUS ARCHITECT 35 Transitions masterplan for are located more peripherally. In this case plant growing etc. is built into the plan. client-base, which could include probation HMP Humber the term ‘public’ is use loosely to mean The framework approach means that services, early intervention and learning The masterplan at its current stage of visitors to the site who may be involved in relocation of activities can also happen one and dissemination of this new model. development is a strategic plan for the site, either delivery or as a user of the project, step at a time. The objective is to expand As such, the site can become a flagship showing a distribution of development as well as the wider public. Although on what exists, not to replace it. for Transitions. uses and landscaping, together with housing is a significant issue for those A Health and Wellbeing centre and a means of supporting these through leaving prison, it was clearly established ‘startup’ flexible business units provide infrastructure. The plan does not show through consultation that this site is not a more public face to the central meadow. how or when these components should appropriate for housing and residential O ce-based, public and ‘softer’ be delivered: it is a framework which use is not proposed in the masterplan. functions can be provided within the should be filled out over the coming Working with housing providers within renovated Everthorpe hall, opening onto HM Prison years as the project develops and grows. the region to enable resettlement remains the main courtyard that can be provide The supporting work carried out by the an important aspect of the project. the cafe / events space. Car parking Transitions team has modelled some The farmstead site provides the A set of proposals for enhancement Light industry & workshops scenarios for how this could happen. location for light industrial training and use of the remaining land have been Everthorpe Hall These are summarised in the second and employment uses as a previously developed and these should be explored Health and wellbeing centre part of this document and in the other developed brownfield site. Access to this in more detail together with a landscape project documents. can be provided through a new access road architect in the implementation stage. Farm storage The masterplan is also not intended around the perimeter of the prison as the The vision for the site is a local Walled garden to be prescriptive: the uses have been preferred option. Some tree and habitat manifestation of the wider Transitions Flexible start-up offices organised according to their relationships loss is required to achieve this and this can network, providing a physical basis to each other and according to practical be more than compensated for elsewhere for rehabilitation capital and culture. Ecology field building site and servicing requirements. Other on the site, particularly to the south The existing assets of the prison, the Allotments functions may be included or substituted where it can provide an acoustic bu er landscape, historic buildings and local Food growing and renewables and the masterplan reviewed to ensure to the motorway. A significant amount residential community are all drawn the fit with the site and other components of car parking will be required and this into this picture to create a microcosm New tree planting and enhancements remains good. The principle is that more can be ‘contained’ within the farmstead of support and opportunity for the Garden and recreation areas
‘public’ functions are to be located around site. Some existing farm functions can be approximately 1,000 o enders released Meadow garden Everthorpe hall, the walled garden and retained on the site. The existing activities from HMP Humber each year. The site Walking trails the ‘meadow’ to the south. Less ‘public’ on the farmstead should continue to be can also fulfill the role of a regional hub, Service connection functions, such as light industrial spaces supported and reprovision for storage, for delivery of services to a much wider New access road
10 Transitions Masterplan Spring 2014 11 Illustrative plan for they can open. The relationship between Illustrative schedule Transitions facilities the meadow, the walled garden and the of accommodation The drawing, right shows an illustration historic manor house creates a focus on of how the masterplan framework the meadow and through opening up these • Light industrial / training units could be completed. The purpose is to existing buildings and configuring the 6,000 m2 / 6,450 ft2 show how a specific set of spaces can be new buildings a kind of large, quadrangle • Health and wellbeing centre accommodated on the site and technical space is generated and completed by the 500 m2 / 5400 ft2 analyses of planning, servicing, cost field learning building and the woodland • Flexible start-up o ce space and delivery factors can be assessed in walking routes. This provides a ‘place 500 m2 / 5400 ft2 one scenario. Additionally, the drawing within a place’, that is at once accessible to • Field learning centre illustrates how the form and location of the visitors and the local residents, but at 100 m2 / 1,080 ft2 buildings can be used to create a sequence the same time separated from the housing • Renovated o ce/event/meeting space, of spaces that can give a sense of place to areas and self-contained. Everthorpe Hall complex 1,400 m2 / what is quite a sparse and open site. The accommodation schedule shows 15,070 ft2 The masterplan is not a purely the amount of floor space represented in • Covered courtyard areas functional arrangement, but a set of this plan. This quantum of development • Farm storage (existing building) relationships between physical elements has arisen through the iterative • Car parking: circa 150 spaces that can work to support the network consultation and business planning concept that lies behind the idea of process. It does not fulfil the theoretical Total: 8,500 m2 / 91,500 ft2 rehabilitation capital and culture. Some maximum capacity of the site, but it buildings are clearly more ‘functional’ represents the maximum development and less supportive of a sense of place that could be reasonably supported on than others: whilst their exact layout may the site, through the business model and di er the light industrial units are likely planning assumptions made at this stage to be driven by simple, large, e cient of development. space-planning with wide spaces for manouevering lorries; the ‘start-up’ Notes: business spaces and the health and These areas are illustrative only and are subject to wellbeing centre on the other hand can surveys, design and statutory approvals. All areas are Gross Internal Floor Area – note in the case be configured to address the meadow of renovated buildings, nett areas will be less. The and create secondary spaces onto which drawing is illustrative and not to scale.
12 Transitions Masterplan Functional The Meadow ‘Public’ spaces service spaces
Right: this illustrative masterplan gives an indication of how the site can be developed over time to complete the Transitions model.
Above: a ‘figured-ground’ drawing shows only the buildings in solid fill. These can be designed to strengthen the sense of place by defining external spaces
Spring 2014 13 The courtyard and surrounding agricultural Initial development: to establish the key partners on the site buildings within the hall complex provide an Transitions hub and accommodate them. Everthorpe Hall ideal first stage for Transitions on the site. The masterplan proposes a quantum itself requires a significant investment of development on the site to support a to bring it up to modern standards and significant scale of social enterprise. It will though heritage funding may be available take a number of years to reach this scale this will take time to secure. The courtyard of activity and as the project develops, complex of buildings to the north of the the requirements may di er in scale Hall provides the potential for quicker and function. In the second part of this provision of o ce space, through document, the masterplan is broken down renovation and conversion. into a series of ‘components’, each with The existing buildings are used as a cost estimate attached. welfare facilities and farm storage. These These components can and should can be reprovided by opening up the be developed as and when required and adjacent courtyard and making use of may occur in di erent combinations further outbuildings. Transitions existing and permutations. An important part o ce is already established in this complex of the rationale behind setting up the and a conversion could provide o ce space masterplan this way is also to allow for approximately 25 further desks and for the continuation of the existing associated facilities. A glass roof over the land-management and other activities courtyard could introduce a new type of undertaken by prison sta and Category space on the site: an inside/outside meeting D o enders on the site. space that sets an ambition for the site as a The whole objective is to enhance what whole. This could be used for formal and exists, not to wipe the slate clean and start informal events and meetings. again and the framework approach allows By being a carefully controlled, shared functions to be relocated and reprovided space for interaction between delivery one step at a time. Significant change has partners, users and prison sta , it could already been undertaken at HMP Humber create the first example of the kind of with only a small space provision outside space that can support the concept of of the prison walls (Transitions o ce). The rehabilitation capital and culture. first step of implementing the masterplan is therefore likely to be limited in scale,
14 Transitions Masterplan Spring 2014 15 Process
16 Transitions Masterplan Spring 2014 17 Process map
The ‘roadmap’ to the right shows the steps site at a series of scales, beginning from inter-relationships and potential business preferred model and the specific activities in the process from the perspective of the the national context and concluding with models began to resolve themselves. These that should be supported. The process site masterplanning process, which was the individual existing buildings on the strands were visualised to enable more was also a key means to ensure buy-in iterative with the ongoing Transitions site. A key principle here was to properly focused consultation. from the wide range of stakeholders and project development process. understand what exists before making the high level of active engagement in this any proposals. At the detailed scale this Collaborative design toolkit gave strong support to the project. RSA Transitions report 2011 was mainly observational, with detailed The iterative nature of the process The original RSA Transitions report surveys identified for later stages of meant that the opportunities o ered Reviewing construction identified the need for change in both implementation implementation. This by the site had an influence on design training opportunities practices and facilities inside and outside report is briefly summarised here. of the business model itself. As the Working with the prison workshops in of the prison walls. This pilot project is an model emerged through a process of parallel, the potential for o enders to carry exploratory study to test some of the key Key issues: access and first consultative engagement, the site needed out portions of the construction work as recommendations of the original report phase scale options (report 2) to be understood and explored through a training opportunities was explored and a in a particular location: HMP Humber. The site analysis quickly identified some similar process. A ‘toolkit’ was designed schedule matching opportunities and skills key constraints and decisions relating to by the Transitions team and constructed by was developed. This continues to feed in to Initial mapping of the process the existing buildings, in particular access o enders in the prison workshops and used the design of training and facilities within At the outset, an indicative timetable routes and the potential to renovate the to facilitate a series of masterplanning the prison. was drawn up to illustrate the design and historic manor house. These were explored co-design events with o enders and o cers development stages involved before any in terms of principles and to draw out in the prison, local residents, employers Masterplanning development construction can take place on the site. some possible options for discussion. and other potential partners outside of the Incorporating input from the Local This was then used to map required inputs prison. Planning Authority, business planning from other parts of the process, such as Potential activities and advice, the Ministry of Justice, the prison stakeholder engagement, the development operational models Masterplanning workshops management team, and specialists such as of an operational model and business plan, Extensive consultation and engagement (report 3) an ecologist, the masterplan was refined the transfer or licence of the land etc. carried out by the project team identified a The intention was not to co-design a and clarified in terms of first steps to longlist of potential activities. These were masterplan, but to understand and develop establish the project on the site and future Site analysis (report 1) organised into four ‘strands’ or ‘themes’ responses to particular issues, which when potential. At the conclusion of this stage The site is a critically important asset that could act as an embryonic business taken together clarified the tactical steps of work, the masterplan remains a vision and combined with its rural location, proposal. Taken individually, it was not required to produce a masterplan. As part for the full potential of the site, that will immediately appeared to o er unique clear which activities would contribute of this, three conceptual business models require more detailed development as each opportunities, as well as constraints and directly to the project objectives, but were proposed and explored in relation stage is undertaken. limitations. The analysis considered the when organised in these ‘strands’, to the site. This directly identified the
18 Transitions Masterplan Potential activities Site Analysis and operational Masterplanning (report 1) model options workshops (report 3) Masterplan development and testing RSA Masterplan Tranisitions report report 2011
Initial mapping of the process
Reviewing Key issues: access Co-design toolkit project training and first phase opporutnities and scale options capabilities (report 2)
RSA TRANSITIONS | EVERTHORPE SITE
ROAD ACCESS AND PHASING OPTIONS STUDY | JUNE 2013
All options are subject to design, land and statutory approvals RSA Transitions RSA Transitions HMP Everthorpe pilot project HMP Everthorpe pilot project Feasibility study Feasibility study
ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING REPORT 1: ANALYSIS REPORT 2: OPTIONS DEVELOPMENT AND MASTERPLANNING CONSULTATION ROLAND KARTHAUS 2013 STATUS: DRAFT ROLAND KARTHAUS 2013 STATUS: DRAFT
Contents:
1. Indicative road access options
2. First phase accommodation options
3. Appendix from Ian Sayer & Co.
Roland Karthaus Architect www.karthaus.co.uk
ROAD ACCESS OPTIONS: 00_EXISTING (assuming amalgamated prison walls)
ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS:
* Amalgamation of HMP Everthorpe and HMP the Wolds severs the access road between the Wolds entrance and Everthorpe Hall and farm.
* Access through residential areas is unlikely to be acceptable to local residents Report 1: Site Analysis Report 2: access and first phase options Report 3: Options development and consultation Roland Karthaus Architect | June 2013
Spring 2014 19 Site analysis
Humberside RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013
Location RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013
ENTRES AND TRANSPORT NETWORKS HUMBERSIDE C
industries continue toThis operate, pilot project is located in servicing the East Riding of The sub-region is a rural area, with dispersed market Local Authority areas Yorkshire, close to Kingston-upon-Hull, normally Railways towns and villages. Beverley is an historic market Bridlington referred to as Hull. The sphere of influence is Motorways commonly understood as the sub-region of town with a Minster and home to East Riding College Main roads the region which is a nationallyHumberside, which is no longer important a county, but is RSA Transitions and East Riding Council. The Unitary Authority area Industry comprised of four Unitary Authority areas: East Towns and centres HMP Everthorpe pilot project of Kinston-upon-Hull has a population of just over Drield Feasibility study Riding, Hull, North Lincolnshire and Northeast producer of electrical Lincolnshire.power, The city offormerly Hull remains an important 250,000. ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING port on the wide estuary of the Humber, with the REPORT 1: ANALYSIS Humber bridge: a large-span suspension bridge, York providing a regional landmark. The region is easily York, to the west is a major tourist attraction to the ROLAND KARTHAUS 2013 STATUS: DRAFT from coal, but increasinglyaccessible by both through road and rail networks from gas, other west with a historic urban fabric, old city walls and Pocklington Hornsea major cities, with several direct rail services from numerous museums. Fossil-fuel power London per day. The character of the region is mainly rural. biomass and other renewables. Humber To the north The M62 motorway connects the region by road Market Power production is a key part of the local industrial to Manchester, via Leedsand HuddersfieldGlasgow and Weighton Beverley context, with gas fired power stations, such as Gateway: a large o shore wind farm is the A1 and M1 north-south motorways. Within theEdinburgh at Saltend, east of Hull and renewable energy A1 (M) production becoming increasingly important. The sub-region, however the road network is made up Selby wider region contributes a signifcant proportion of of relatively minor roads, apart form the ‘A’ roads HMP Everthorpe currently under constructionthe UK’s total power. There and are several green wind farms, Biomass power Howden Hull with more currently planned and a major Bio-mass connecting York and Bridlington with Hull. Withernsea energy facility scheduled to open in 2013. As well Drax as numerous on-shore windfarms, a major o-shore The railway network connects the centres to the rest industries are a key componentwindfarm is currently under devvelopment. of the There Goole are other major industries, such as the BP chemical of the country and the connection between Hull and M 62 works. RAF Leconfield, in Beverley is home to the London is especially good, with occasional direct Hull future regional economy.Defence School The of Transport, sub-region Europe’s largest driver services (otherwise changing at Doncaster) and a Manchester Wind power training establishement. Major local employers include Arco, manufacturers of safety equipment and journey time under two and a half hours. Within is well-connected to thecaravans UK and prefabricated by cabinsroad are significant the sub-region there is poor rail penetration and the industries. Humber estuary creates a break in the network. Scunthorpe Grimsby To the south Apart from a north-south chalk formation, The Yorkshire Wolds, the region is a flat, well-drained and rail, but is poorly inter-connected. Humberside RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013 glacial landscape that provides rich arable land and Arable farming intense crop farming is largely what characterises the place today. Greenhouses and smaller-scale ‘market The baseline report considered the site This is a rural area andgarden’ disparities farming is also notable. exist RELATIVE WEALTH AND DEPRIVATION London at a series of decreasing scales. This was between the relatively auent agricultural Road network
This map shows Indeces of Multiple Deprivation from explored through maps, identifying the hinterland and the post-industrial urban the Oce for National Statistics. The data takes Port Least deprived Most deprived into account measures of income, employment, most pertinent information at each scale. centres, epitomised byROLAND Hull, KARTHAUS ARCHITECT which health, education and training, housing, crime and 4 living environment. The picture of the sub-region The locality HMP Everthorpe shows a stark contrast between the auence RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013 Hull Models were also made to understand the contains deprivation ‘hotspots’, including(less deprivation) of the central, farming land as Brough compared with relative deprivation of the urban FACILITIES site within its immediate context (1:1250 the 11th most deprived ward in the country.centres, especially Hull, Grimsby and Scunthorpe. There are reasonable local facilities in the area. North Even Beverley, a visibly auent market town has Cave has basic facilities to fulfill its own needs, but one highly deprived local area. Hull has generally scale) and of Everthorpe Hall (1:100 scale) The map, bottomthe larger centre is in right, South Cave, originally illustrates a market this, high levels of deprivation, including several areas in town. Church Street is the main High Street and the ‘top’ 100 and one area in the northwest of the there are a number of fairly up-market shops, as well city that is ranked as the 11th most deprived in the Local rail links as the key historic asset on the site. An using dataas from civic amenities. the The golf O ce course and country for club National country. The detailed breakdown of these statistics is a significant attraction of the town, but the services shows that income, employment, health, education are mainly aimed at auent residents and visitors. ROLAND KARTHAUS ARCHITECT Pub 5 and training and crime are consistently problematic initial sketch programme was produced Statistics (dark:There are 2 pubs, most a post oce, deprived, some 30 shops, GP light: least surgery, dentist, school, library, Town Hall and Cave in Hull, whereas housing and support services are generallyNorth Cave mid to good even in deprived areas and Castle hotel and leisure club. Wetland Reserve to identify the sequence of events and deprived). The site is located in an area ofthe living environment varies considerably. Hull HMP Everthorpe is visibly a centre that has struggled to adapt to a
Place of Worship postmodern service-based economy and the industry activities required before any works could very low deprivation, or high auence, butand activity associated with theShop ports, manufacturing North Cave Surgery Pub and logistics are not supported by a strongSports service and Social School Club sector. A similar pattern appearsPost oceto apply to the Pub start on site. An initial approach to the draws a largeShops part / shopping street of its population fromother relatively deprived urban centres, such as Amenity: golf course, wetland, ponds Grimsby and Scunthorpe and the good provision of housing in these centres may simply be further development of the site was indicated. the deprivedPrisons urban centres, to which they polarising the relative deprivation within the sub-
region. Diving HMP Ponds Everthorpe is located in one of the most HMP Humber is located in East generally return on release. auent (least deprived) areas on the map. In this Cave Castle central area access to housing, education and training Golf Club are relatively poor, even in comparison with the most HMP The Wolds Yorkshire, in the East Riding area near The prison is located near two small, deprived areas. Bank Council Oce Pub HMP Everthorpe Pub Brough, some 15 miles from Kingston- centres: North Cave and South Cave, whichFull details and statistical mapping available at http:// www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk upon-Hull (known as Hull). Formerly have modest local facilities. The prison mini super market an important industrial port, the city is is separate from these centres, amongst Selection of maps from the site analysis, clockwise gradually transforming to the services intensely-farmed agricultural land. To the from top left: the national context; road and rail links and cultural sector and will be UK City of east lie the Yorkshire Wolds, an area of into and within the Humber sub-region; deprivation ROLAND KARTHAUS ARCHITECT mapping from ONS; local centres and facilities 6 Culture in 2017. The port and associated Nature Protection. Map showing local facilities Background image ©2012 Google / ©2012 DigitalGlobe, GeoEye Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd & Bluesky
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20 Transitions Masterplan Site description RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013
HISTORY
The map to the right was attached to sales particulars dated 1946, but appears to be based on a map from around 1910. There appears to have been very little change on the site since Everthorpe Hall was built in 1871. There is very little recorded information about the history of the site, but a great deal of anecdotal information has been provided by local residents.
The field pattern remains completely undisturbed and the beck has merely been straightened within the site since the date of this map. ‘Mire’ means boggy ground and the field pattern to the north indicates that the beck was used to drain the land in what is quite a flat landscape. The pond marked ‘fish pond’ is in fact a tank that is believed to have been constructed as a bathing pond for Everthorpe Hall and the form of it supports this interpretation.
North of the site, the distinctive farmstead ladder pattern of North Cave is evident and the railway that is now disused apparently had a station on Sand RSA Transitions Lane. The A63 was clearly a major road at the time HMP Everthorpe pilot project of this map and the route remains unchanged. Feasibility study
ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING REPORT 1: BASELINE INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS
ROLAND KARTHAUS 2013 STATUS: ISSUED Left: a model of the site within its context, showing the field patterns, edges of North and South Cave and the M62 to the south. A disused railway runs to 19 ROLAND KARTHAUS ARCHITECT the north.
Above and below: Everthorpe Hall (white building on the model, left) is a Victorian Manor House, predating the other buildings on the site. It was Site Description used as a social club for the officers until it was closed around ten years ago. RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013
EVERTHORPE HALL
The Hall presents a unified facade to the approach from Beck Road, with the tower on the axis. The building is organised around two courtyards, from which it can be seen that the building is in fact a collection of dierent forms and outbuildings, some with flat and others pitched roofs. The left wing of the main building contains a separate cottage, Rose Cottage and next to this is a connected oce building, currently being used by the RSA Transitions project team. Several outbuildings face onto the courtyard. There are also some newer additions (boiler rooms etc.) to the rear.
Above: view from the southeast corner Below: southeastern courtyard Bottom: the oce building
Spring 2014 21 Aerial perspective from southeast corner
Aerial perspective from northwest corner
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Site description VEGETATION, WATER AND LANDSCAPE RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013
The locality RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013 Right: Drainage ditch in the woodland north of HMP VEGETATION, WATER AND LANDSCAPE the Wolds; Former bathing tank next to Mires Beck LANDSCAPE, HABITATS AND LEISURE
Right: Drainage ditchRight: viewin the towards woodland The Wolds prisonnorth from of the HMP west, Far right: View of Beck Road housing from the south the Wolds; Formeracross bathing a typical tank open field. next to Mires Beck The fluvial landscape has resulted in rich have allotments Below,for fromgrowing left to right food: footbridge and across are Mires First row below: ungrazed fieids characterise the site; Beck as part of a footpath near the disused railway; arable land, which is farmed intensively: usedFar right:to encountering View of Beck Road small housing numbers from theof south drainage ditch to the west of HMP the Wolds; Mires Mires Beck just north of the site runs open alongside Beck; remnants of a walking trail through the grounds fields are large and verges and hedges CategoryFirst row below:D o enders ungrazedthe road; maintaining fieids characterise the the site; drainage ditch to Thethe disused west railway of HMP viaduct; the Wolds; Mires are minimal. The Ministry of Justice land. These all o er ‘seeds’ for activities Bottom row: part of the remaining walking trail; Beck; remnants of a walking trail through the grounds Ponds to the west of the site, converted from open- allotments to the southwest of Beck Road housing. land exists as an oasis of natural habitat that could be developedcast mines and usedon fora scuba-diving;bigger scale Bottom row: part of the remaining walking trail; within this context: the fields are small as part of the TransitionsSignage in North Cave project. At this and have not been farmed for at least earlyallotments stage, to these the southwest ‘seeds’ wereof Beck simply Road housing. ideas 10 years. Mires Beck, a small brook runs that were then explored and developed in through the site and there is an overgrown the following consultative process. Victorian bathing pond associated with The co-location of the farmstead the Hall. There are areas of mixed-species and the historic manor house was an woodland, including some significant, immediately identifiable area of the site mature trees and evidence of otters, where existing buildings might be re-used
kingfishers, newts and bats amongst Site descriptionand new buildings potentially erected, RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013 the more common wildlife. In a typical whilst allowing the remainder of the site VEGETATION, WATER AND LANDSCAPE development, such habitat can act as aRight : Drainage ditchto be in the woodland used north for of HMP landscape activities. constraint, however, in this case it providesthe Wolds; Former bathing tank next to Mires Beck Far right: View of Beck Road housing from the south an additional asset to work with. First row below: ungrazed fieids characterise the site; drainage ditch to the west of HMP the Wolds; Mires The aim of the Transitions model isBeck; remnants of a walking trail through the grounds to use the existing features of the site toBottom row: part of the remaining walking trail; allotments to the southwest of Beck Road housing. support activities that in turn support o ender rehabilitation. These are likely to include formal support services, but also ROLAND KARTHAUS ARCHITECT 12 This page, Top right: view of the former HMP Wolds training and employment opportunities from Mires Lane, to the west of the site; in a wide-range of skills. As with the farm Right: views of the varied landscape within the site: that existed originally on the site, the pastures, walking routes and Mires Beck land can be used to develop and support skills training and also o ers the potential Facing page: ‘layers’ of the site were separately considered for the potential value and constraints: for positive engagement with the local buildings, habitat, road network. community and wider public. Currently, A series of maps were produced identifying key the existing residents make good use of issues for planning including the building uses, the walking routes within the site. They shown here.
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ROLAND KARTHAUS ARCHITECT 24 Site Analysis RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 1: ANALYSIS. JULY 2013
LAYERS OF THE SITE
The site can be understood as a set of layers that can be considered independently to understand their contribution to the overall place and for their future potential.
The buildings are generally contained in the northern half of the site and the two prisons dominate the entrance zone, but the walls are not especially high (circa 5m) and so the impact on the site is limited. The Beck Road housing is of good quality, with large Buildings gardens and has a pleasant, suburban feel. The three other detached houses on the site: one next to Everthorpe Hall and two to the northwest have the attractive character of houses in the countryside.
The landscape, watercourse and vegetation are particularly striking aspects of the site. They appear in stark contrast to the surrounding vast, open arable land and lend the site the feel of a bucolic enclave. The historic field pattern means that there are a variety of dierent character areas within the site, providing a great opportunity for a wide variety of uses and habitats to co-exist.
The road to the south of the site is an A-road that becomes the M62 motorway within a few hundred metres. Sand Lane is the main road between North Landscape and Cave and South Cave and where the bus route vegetation runs, though one bus route does come through the site. Beck Road, which is understood not to be adopted connects through to Mires Lane via a single, tarmacked farm lane. Where Beck Road passes through the residential area, it is designed to slow trac and the access loops o the road create a communal sense of place, with both the road and the grass areas between being well-used by the local residents. HM Prison Farmstead Everthorpe Hall Commercial Residential Roads and plots Parking Motorway Road / lane
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RSA TRANSITIONS | EVERTHORPE SITE ROAD ACCESS AND PHASING OPTIONS STUDY | JUNE 2013 survey was completed and used as the basis which has beautiful mature trees. There is All options are subject to design, land and statutory approvals for a cost estimate. In order to bring the an opportunity to remove these structures building into use, the whole fabric of the and open the courtyards to the landscape. building would need to be brought up to Glazing over the courtyards could allow Contents:
1. Indicative road access options
2. First phase accommodation options
3. Appendix from Ian Sayer & Co. current standards, including insulating their use as and as ‘breakout’ spaces from the walls and replacing the windows. the main building. This is a significant undertaking and the Another immediately apparent issue construction cost estimate for these works was that the merger of the two prison
Roland Karthaus Architect www.karthaus.co.uk was approximately £2 million. A quick compounds will sever the existing road ROAD ACCESS OPTIONS: 00_EXISTING (assuming amalgamated prison walls) ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS: analysis of the floor space that would be to this part of the site (see opposite). The * Amalgamation of HMP Everthorpe and HMP the Wolds severs the access road between the Wolds entrance and Everthorpe Hall and farm. * Access through residential areas is unlikely to be acceptable to local residents provided (830 m2) indicated a relatively road that serves the residential areas is a The identification of key site-related Roland Karthaus Architecthigh | June 2013 cost per area of useable floor very quiet road, with children often playing constraints and opportunities allowed space that would result. For this reason, in it and is one of the characteristics that a degree of technical feasibility work to comparitor options were considered for residents appreciate about the site. If a be undertaken in order to facilitate the prefabricated space on the farmstead site. major increase in vehicular tra c and following consultation process. At this This would be much more cost-e ective, especially HGVs is envisaged, then an stage the accommodation requirements but would do little to support the concept alternative route will need to be identified. were not known, but any re-use of of a Transitions ‘hub’ and left the di cult The farm road on the other side of the existing buildings or new buildings and problem of a much-loved local landmark site is too small and would likely be an increased use of the site raised a number building in a derelict state. Additionally, di cult to upgrade. Various options were of questions that required exploration at heritage grants are available and the local considered, with technical support from a the earliest stages. authority expressed strong support for transport engineer and a preferred option Everthorpe hall has been empty for the renovation of this building. For these (top right opposite) was identified around a number of years and is in a poor state reasons it was decided that the benefits the perimeter of the former HMP Wolds of repair. It is not listed for statutory of renovation outweighed the costs. compound. This continues to be developed protection. Surveys were undertaken A detailed ‘doll’s house’ model of the with the prison merger design team, and a number of issues beyond normal building was made to understand how though it may not need to be implemented disrepair were found, including asbestos, the spaces could be re-used. Currently until the scale of operations on the site which was removed, rising damp and the two courtyards are used merely for reaches a certain level. rotting timber. The roof has been patch- storage and there are a number of later repaired, but there is significant water additions to the building that re-inforce the Right: ‘doll’s house’ model of Everthorpe hall damage within the building. A conditions separation from the meadow to the west, at 1:100 scale
24 Transitions Masterplan ROAD ACCESS OPTIONS: 01_MIRES LANE UPGRADE
ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS: TECHNICAL AND COSTS:
* Access is remote from the Sand Lane and will be di cult to find for visitors * Upgrading of approximately 700m of existing single-lane track to allow larger vehicle ac- cess, fire access etc. @ £xxx / m * May be resisted by residents along access road OUTLINE COST ESTIMATE: £ xxx * May be di cult to upgrade existing road, especially at hard left turn by farm
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ROAD ACCESS OPTIONS: 04_A63 ACCESS
ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS: TECHNICAL AND COSTS:
* Requires 3rd party land * New road construction approximately 500m @ £xxx / m
* Requires new road bridge across Mires Beck, with associated environmental implications OUTLINE COST ESTIMATE: £ xxx
* Access only from eastbound carriageway
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Centre and above: several options for alternate access routes were explored, with the route around the former HMP Wolds enclosure being the preferred option. Initial transport engineering drawings were produced and discussed with HMP Everthorpe management to test feasibility ROAD ACCESS OPTIONS: 02_WOLDS ACCESS EXTENSION in principle. From Left: existing roads within the site are highly constrained, being either single-lane or quiet ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS: residential roads. TECHNICAL AND COSTS: * Access is indirect, around the existing Wolds perimeter * New road construction approximately 700m @ £xxx / m * Avoids all residential areas Spring 2014 25 OUTLINE COST ESTIMATE: £ xxx * Will impact on the woodland to the south of the prison
Roland Karthaus Architect | June 2013 Potential activities and operational models
Consultation with a wide range of network of skills training, apprenticeship and sustainable land use can support one Enterprise and employability stakeholders, including o enders, prison and linked employment opportunities in another if they are carefully considered The aim on site is to develop resettlement sta , public and third-sector service the construction industry. The continually and planned together. services, which meet o enders’ multiple delivery agencies, employers, local increasing environmental performance needs: skills and employability, authorities and strategic stakeholders standards for housing (at least up to 2016) Resettlement services and opportunities for work, strong positive generated an extensive ‘wishlist’ of is providing a challenge to traditional community facilities relationships, resilience and support activities. These were focused on those forms of housing construction and new The buildings on the site and the existing with issues like housing and substance that could contribute to the objective technologies and skills are increasingly training facilities within the prison misuse. At the same time, the site of reducing re-o ending, but also some required to meet standards for airtightness, provide numerous opportunities for provides opportunities to benefit the that could be revenue-generating for a insulation, water-saving and renewable enterprise and employment. Ex-o enders local community through filling gaps social enterprise and which may have energy production. This provides new face particular di culties in securing in local services and enhancing their broader outcomes, such as educational, employment opportunities as housing work: competition for jobs has never neighbourhood environment and for example. This list was reviewed by the construction becomes more diversified. been higher and a criminal record can networks. As changes to probation and team and categorised into four ‘strands’ Housing is a key growth area, but many prove a barrier to employment. There further funding reductions are made as a means to begin to shape the forms of construction skills are also transferrable are existing training programmes within to public services across the board, operations and identify potential synergies across sectors. the prison, but these need to be enhanced striking the right balance and combining and overlaps. These themes were: with external training and skills support approaches that benefit o enders and Construction skills and engineering Sustainable Land-use and skills for prison-leavers and joined up with local people is critical. The UK Government is promoting The land surrounding the prison is a local, regional and national employers These themes in turn, were used to measures to increase housebuilding and valuable asset. In this part of the East to create continuous paths into real, develop three conceptual business models: there are regional targets and funding for Riding, the land is mostly intensely sustainable jobs. The existing farmstead the first based around skills for the green housebuilding in the East Riding area. farmed on a large scale, which results in provides a potential employment zone that economy, the second around tourism and This is likely to be a growing market poor wildlife habitats, a lack of diversity could house low-cost employment spaces hospitality (with the historic buildings in the near future. Large construction and opportunities for people to enjoy for start-up companies and the spaces in mind) and the third as a more generic projects in the locality, such as the biomass nature. The HMP Humber site is di erent, within Everthorpe hall and the connected industry and enterprise option. The power station and Siemens wind turbine though. Mires Beck, the woodlands and buildings provide great potential for event ‘bubble’ diagrams illustrated in broad factory, are likely to draw on existing smaller un-cultivated fields provide a great and tourism facilities that could provide outline, groups of functions and possible local skilled construction labour, creating opportunity to enhance wildlife habitats jobs on-site for ex-o enders. adjacencies. The purpose was to provide new opportunities in the construction and potentially to make productive and some options for people to respond to labour market. There are opportunities sustainable use of the land. This could take during the following consultative process. to work with local, regional and national many forms and will have to work with construction companies to provide a any development on the site: development
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MASTERPLANNING CONSULTATION & ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS . JUNE/JULY 2013 Background work RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 2: OPTIONS DEVELOPMENT AND MASTERPLANNING CONSULTATION - DRAFT JULY 2013
DEVELOPMENTL OF THREE CONCEPTUAL BUSINESS MODELS
A ACTIVITY B FOR A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE C STRAND: D Construction training / apprenticeships Street property renovation Construction Everthorpe Hall Renovation Skills and On site The three emergent modelsOn site were: O site Opportunities: develop pathways from in- Opportunities: plastering, joinery, doors Opportunities: develop external contracting Engineering prison training to sustainable employment and windows, general repairs opportunities L Requirements: partnerships with training Requirements: capacity building with HMP Requirements: partnership with localA providers and employers Everthorpe authorities / housing providers B Timescale: ongoing Timescale: 12-24 months Timescale: 12 months + C Model 1: Transitions Green Technology Park D Conceptually based on an agenda of sustainability,
A B C CONTEXT: D incorporating green technology industries, which L The UK Government is promoting various could inclde for example sustainable construction, measures to increase housebuilding in the UK OBJECTIVES:
A and there are regional targets and fundingB for renewable energy etc., but also including ‘softer’ skills C L housebuilding in the East Riding area. ThisD is likely to be a growing market in the near future. Large such as sustainable land management, food growing construction projects in the locality, such as the biomass power station and possible wind turbine and recycling. factory, are likely to draw on existing local skilled
construction labour, creating new opportunities Craft engineering skills in the construction labour market. There are Model 2: Transitions Everthorpe Hall Park L opportunities to work ACTIVITYwith local, regional and On site Model 1: Transitions Green national construction companies to provide Capitalising on the historic asset of the hall, the Opportunities: a network of skills training,STRAND: apprenticeship Conservation and Eco-tourism Sustainable agriculture Horticulture Requirements: and linked employmentSustainable opportunities in the concept is to create a visitor attraction of some Technology Park construction industry. The continually increasing On site On site Timescale:On site and o site Opportunities: habitat creation, wetlands, Opportunities: small-scale agriculture: Opportunities: plant growing and environmental performance standards for housing description, that could be a conferenceA / events Land-Use tourism, sustainable land management maybe limited to demonstrationB project ornamental gardening (at least up to 2016) is providing a challenge to Requirements: working with partners C Requirements: workingA with partners Requirements: greenhouses, land D traditional forms of housing construction and new Timescale: 12-24 months B Timescale: 12 months + facility, with formal gardens,Timescale: training 12-24 months C for hospitality technologies and skills are increasingly required D to meet standards for airtightness, insulation, and horticulture skills. A water-saving and renewable energy production. L B C This provides new employment opportunities as D
housing construction becomes more diversified. A BA Housing is a key growth area, but many Model 3: Enterprise and industry ParkCB D C constructionCONTEXT: skills are also transferrable across D sectors. Emphasising the need toL create employment and A B The land surrounding the prison is a valuable OBJECTIVES: C asset. In this part of the East Riding, the land skills training, this model considers the coreD functions Pre-fab housing systems and exemplar Existing HMP Everthorpe workshops Goods logistics skils is mostly intensely farmed on a large scale, of the site as light industrialsustainable housing and facilities for start-up which results in poor wildlife habitats, a lack On site On site On site / o site of diversity and opportunities for people to businesses. This could focus on providing servicesOpportunities: ACTIVITY Opportunities: Opportunities: enjoy nature. HMP Everthorpe site is dierent, Outdoor pursuits and fitness A Requirements: Requirements:and goods within the prisonRequirements: as well as in the wider though. Mires Beck, theSTRAND: woodlands and B Timescale: C Timescale: smaller un-cultivated fields provide a great Timescale: D On site Resettlement region and beyond. Opportunities: opportunity to enhance wildlife habitats and A Community tranpsort B Community facilities Healthcare and rehabilitation services C perhaps to make productiveServices and sustainableand D On site and o site Requirements: RSAuse of TRANSITIONS… the land. This could take many forms On site On site Opportunities: fill gaps in public Timescale: and will have to workCommunity with any development All the models include some commonOpportunities: fill gaps inactivities, community such RolandOpportunities: Karthaus Architect delivery for RSA of Transitions health 2013services transport, increase mobility and access to on the site: development and sustainable service provision and facilities for site including mental health, drug rehabilitation. employment,A family visits etc. B A visitors eg. civicA space, gym, creche Requirements: working with partners Facilities C B land use can support one another if they are asRequirements the core: working with resettlement partners services andB the models are D C Requirements: working with partners Timescale: 12 months + C Timescale: 12-24 months D Timescale: 12 months + carefully considered and planned together. not necessarily mutually exclusive, butD simply provide dierent perspectives to view the site from. A B C D CONTEXT: Model 2: Transitions The buildings on the site and the existing OBJECTIVES: training facilities within the prison provide Everthorpe Hall Park numerous opportunities for enterprise and Site-wide recycling Food growing Biomass production and other renewables employment. Ex-oenders face particular diculties in securing work: competition for On site On site On site jobs has never been higher and a criminal Opportunities: Opportunities: Opportunities:Accommodation support record can provide a barrier to employment. ACTIVITY Requirements: Requirements: Requirements: There are existing training programmes within On site and o site the prison, but theseSTRAND: need to be enhanced Timescale: Timescale: Timescale:Opportunities: with external training and skills support Retail Employability support and training Requirements:Conference and hospitality facilities for prison-leaversEnterprise and joined up with and local, RSA TRANSITIONS… On site Timescale: regional and national employers to create On site RolandOn Karthaussite Architect for RSA Transitions 2013 Opportunities: cafe selling food grown on Employability Opportunities: CV writing, employment Opportunities: re-use of Everthorpe hall continuous paths into real, sustainable jobs. site, garden furniture, cycle shop etc. skills, steps into sustainable jobs with Requirements: business plan and Requirements: business plan refurbishment project The existing farmstead provides a potential partnering organisations and more widely Timescale: 12-24 months Timescale: 12-24 months employment zone that could house low-cost Requirements: working with partners employment spaces for start-up companies Timescale: 12 months + and the spaces within Everthorpe Hall and the connected buildings provide great potential for event and tourism facilities that could provide jobs on-site for ex-oenders. CONTEXT: OBJECTIVES:
The aim on site is to develop resettlement • Support development of small services, which meet oenders’ multiple businesses needs: skills and employability, opportunities Behavioural change and self-esteem Family services Finance and debt support for work, strong positive relationships, • Provide employment training tailored resilience and support with issues like housing On site or o site Onto site available jobs On site and substance misuse. At the same time, the Opportunities: Opportunities: Opportunities: • Develop relationships with local Self-catering accommodation site provides opportunities to benefit the Requirements: Requirements: local community through filling gaps in local Requirements: employers to support local growth Timescale: On site services and enhancing their neighbourhood Timescale: Timescale:and not outcompete existing jobseekers Opportunities: Use of site for eco-tourism environment and networks. As changes to accommodation probation and further cuts are made to public Requirements: business plan RSA TRANSITIONS… • Complement and develop training Timescale: 24 months + services across the board, striking the right schemes within the prison Roland Karthaus Architect for RSA Transitions 2013 balance and combining approaches that Model 3: Transitions Enterprise benefit oenders and local people critical. & Industry Park
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Roland Karthaus Architect for RSA Transitions 2013 Masterplanning workshops
The next step in the iterative development process was to design a method for the wide range of stakeholders to engage with these ideas and explore how they could be applied on this site. A ‘lightbox’ was designed by the architect and constructed by o enders in the prison workshops. A series of back-printed perspex sheets with aerial photos and plans at di erent scales were designed to fit onto the lightbox. Existing buildings on the site were cut from plywood to scale and a series of di erent sized building blocks were also cut. This toolkit was used over a period of two weeks in a variety of situations with di erent groups of consultees: inside the prison, in the Transitions o ce, in Everthorpe hall and at the local school. The key issues identified earlier were explored and people’s comments and ideas recorded. The building blocks were used to explore di erent scales and possible functional distributions on the site, so that impacts such as vehicle movements, noise and so on could be meaningfully discussed. Although technical in nature, the models enabled non-technical consultees to both understand and respond to these issues in a very direct manner.
28 Transitions Masterplan The toolkit was used in each workshop to structure an interactive and exploratory discussion with each group. The three operational models were explained as a starting point and the aerial photos were used to discuss practical site issues at di erent scales. The issues of access and on-site functions led most of the early discussions at 1:1000 scale. At 1:500 scale, the ‘building blocks’ were used to explore the possible scale of di erent functions. The large, square blocks in the main picture, right are approximately 1,000 m2 footprint in order to consider the likely impact of light-industrial units on the site and in relation to other uses and functions, including the existing buildings. This was highly productive in reaching consensus about the principles for planning the site. The toolkit proved to be accessible and engaging to all the workshop groups. A formal questionnaire was then used to gather precise data on people’s responses to the di erent models, potential functions on the site and connections between them.
Spring 2014 29 Row Labels green industry mixed tourism Grand Total client group 6 3 2 11 Cllr 3 1 4 employer 11 2 local business 1 1 2 local resident 1 2 3 other 1 1 prison staff 7 10 3 20 service provide 4 21 7 (blank) 1 1 Grand Total24 14 4 9 51 Masterplanning workshops RSA TRANSITIONS EVERTHORPE . REPORT 2: OPTIONS DEVELOPMENT AND MASTERPLANNING CONSULTATION - DRAFT JULY 2013
MASTERPLANNING CONSULTATION & ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS . JUNE/JULY 2013
SUMMARY OF RESPONSES totals A number of points can readily be drawn from the responses: green industry mixed tourism The workshops elicited highly useful and the most under-represented stakeholder community facilities. Some highly valuable * The first model option: Transitions Green relevant inputs at a number of di erent group was that of employers. Those that discussionsTechnology explored Park was the the most interactions preferred, though in the discussions, many respondents said that they levels: did engage generated some genuinely betweenfelt di erent aspects of the functions other models could and readily di erent be incorporated into this option Model 1: Transitions Green innovative ideas, particularly in relation user-groups, for example the potential 18% Technology Park * Almost all respondents broadly supported the Project aims objectives to manufacturing for the sustainable conflictsproject, between with many the expressing use ofstrong facilities support, though by it should be noted that the self-selecting groups Strategically, there was an overwhelming construction industry. The Transitions prison o cersmeans this may and not bybe reflected o enders more widely. families. In particular, however there was strong support from all 8% 47% level of support for the project, regardless team felt that this lower level of This willquarters, directly including inform local residents the and design politicians. of key of professional or personal interest, engagement may have been due to the early elements* There in thewas some following support for allphases. of the functions listed in the questionnaire political persuasion, proximity or stage of the project and the (appropriate) Additionally, there were numerous Model 2: Transitions * There was a consensus that funding and Everthorpe Hall Park circumstances. Some firm objections lack of certainty about functions and discussionssustainability about were the the greatest potential challenges for the project 27% were raised from a small number of local operations. The project has strong support fulfillingwould existing have to overcome prison facilities services residents, but these were isolated and from key economic subregional bodies: the contracts,* The such greatest as area catering of concern was and around laundry. access, both within the site and to the site from the A63/M62 they mostly chose not to engage with Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the These ideas will continue to be developed * Beck Road residents were also concerned that there the process. It was clear that there was Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) with thewould prison be significant management residential accommodation team to on the site for oenders and ex-oenders. This had therefore a degree of positive self-selection and the local authority. The project team explorealready the procurement been ruled out by the challengesTransitions team as HMP Humber site being inappropriate for the site. Model 3: Transitions Enterprise in the participants. It was also clear that has done additional work with employers and opportunities. Early on through In terms of the site, the concept of a & Industry Park people immediately grasped the concept since the masterplanning and is setting discussions with the prison management, Transitions ‘hub’ as a cental facility, with Page | 2 and could see the direct connection up a forum of business champions and a decision had been taken not to include heavier, industrial uses being organised with the site and the potential it o ered. advisors. o ender residential accommodation peripherally was generally agreed upon. Row Labels green industry mixed tourism Grand Total client group 6 3 2 11 The parallel network mapping work within the site. It was agreed that such There was a great deal of support for Cllr 3 1 4 employer 11 2 local business 1 1 2 undertaken by the team inside the prison Operational models a rural site was incompatible with the bringing the hall and garden back into use local resident 1 2 3 other 1 1 revealed some of the organisational In terms of the conceptual operational objective of integration in housing terms and to make use of the landscape. There prison staff 7 10 3 20 service provide 4 21 7 (blank) 1 1 challenges to implementing Transitions, models, the green skills model was clearly and that there may be risks involved, was some concern at the potential loss of Grand Total 24 14 4 9 51 but prison sta and o enders alike almost preferred by most participants, but a including planning risks that would trees and concern abou the impacts on totals ROLAND KARTHAUS ARCHITECT 18 unanimously supported the principle and number of ideas from the other models likely outweigh the benefits. Resettlement some residential properties, but the scale green industry mixed tourism negativity was mainly expressed at the fact were also popular and there was strong services form an important component of aerial photo was useful in demonstrating that Transitions was a necessary change, support for light manufacturing and Transitions services and this position was that the site was large enough to absorb 18% rather than how the prison service should training functions and related employment strongly supported in the workshops. This new elements and make up for what was 8% 47% be operating anyway. Local and regional functions, health and wellbeing functions, highlights the importance of transport and lost, plus providing many new benefits. commissioners and providers - in the sustainable land-use, community facilities, the team has commissioned further work There was general agreement that the 27% public and third sector, were excited by the re-use of the historic buildings, in this area. alternative access route around the former the prospect and keen to engage. Perhaps core Transitions support services and Wolds enclosure was the best option and
30 Transitions Masterplan the development work with the prison inputs, particularly into the continuity works to be developed for the purposes of fairly special assemblies and require security, the Ministry of Justice merger of existing land management operations cost-estimating and thereby an in-principle specialist fabrication and testing team and a transport consultant indicates and associated storage and facilities as schedule of work items and skill packages. equipment. There may be su cient this should be feasible. the site develops towards the masterplan. This was reviewed to identify areas of wider demand for these products to A further area explored was for training specialisms and areas where skills could support a fabrication setup on the site, Planning and employment opportunities o ered be developed within the prison training or it may be more appropriate to form A specific meeting was held with the by the masterplan itself. The masterplan programme. These were also reviewed in a partnership with a local existing local planning authority who were shows a significant amount of construction terms of transferrability, as the hall project fabricator. wholly supportive of the principles and works taking place over its lifetime, with is a single project for a limited period of • Joinery installations: elements such in particular of the re-use of the historic various types of construction requiring time, whilst any training programmes as staircases commonly require a buildings. It was agreed that once the di erent sets of skills. Some of these are should be targetting generally available, combination of o -site maufactured initial masterplan was concluded, this highly specialist, but many are skills that sustainable employment. Some specific elements, with on-site adjustment and would form the basis for discussions could be readily developed within the examples of skills and trades that met installation. These are medium-level regarding individual applications and the o ender population through alignment these criteria were: skills that require little specialist measuring and mitigation of cumulative of training within the prison, training and equipment and could readily be set up impacts. The workshops had revealed apprenticeships with construction firms, • Dry-lining: the hall will need to be on site with more modest investment. some limited support for residential that could be built into the construction brought up to current insulation accommodation on the site, which could procurement process. standards and with a masonry building Full details of the masterplanning be sold as a means to support the financial In addition, the nearby Category D such as this, would normally be workshops, questionnaire responses and basis of the project, however the planners prison, HMP Hatfield has a population achieved through insuation inside the site development training opportunities are confirmed this would be against policy. of day-release o enders, many with existing walls and plasterboard dry- contained in separately available reports. existing construction skills. Both HMP lining to the interior. This will form a Site development training Humber and HMP Hatfield o enders large package of works within the hall, opportunities were supervised to carry out strip-out but is also a widely-demanded trade in A continued engagement with the works on Everthorpe hall during the all types of construction work, from prison sta currently responsible for period of this study. Working with the residential to commercial renovation managing the workshops, o ender skills HMP Humber workshops and training and new-build. training, maintaining the land and for the team and providers, the Transitions team • Windows: all windows within the management of Category D o enders who considered the renovation of Everthorpe hall will need to be replaced to meet have day-release licences was undertaken Hall as a case-study. Although the works the requirements of Part L of the over the period of the masterplan have yet to be designed, the conditions building regulations. Due to the development. This has provided important survey enabled a fairly detailed scope of nature of the buildings, these will be
Spring 2014 31 Masterplan development and testing
The focus for physical development of the site centres on the existing farmstead and manor house complex, Everthorpe hall. The key elements are shown here, to enable a basic planning process and to consider how the development could be delivered over time through di erent phases as funding becomes available, or through di erent partners. These diagrams do not show some of the site constraints that need to be addressed as each element is designed and delivered. The existing farmstead buildings are mainly in a poor state of repair, some with asbestos roofs. In the center of the site, a newer shed exists that could continue to be used. The manor house complex and walled garden pre-exist all of the other site development and are well-loved local landmarks. Historic photos show a formal garden to the south of the hall on the site of the current, derelict tennis court. A woodland has existed in this location for an even longer period, but it appears that this was largely replanted, possibly as livestock forage around the time of the prison development, meaning that there are few very mature trees. Neither the farm track nor the residential road are adequate for significant additional tra c. The private house opposite the farmstead is an important consideration.
32 Transitions Masterplan An outline proposal for a new access road has been developed, providing direct access to light industrial employment and training units. These will require some tree loss, which should be mitigated and an additional bu er created to protect the residential property. A car park can be accommodated between these and the walled garden, to create a more public ‘arrival’ point, separate from the heavier servicing. The remaining elements are arranged diagramatically so that they can be delivered in any order. The whole Masterplan is set up as a framework, with the intention that the suite of elements combine to support one another, but nonetheless can be delivered more or less independently. Light industrial /training units are almost certainly dependent on a new access road, but the other elements are not necessarily, on their own. The access road and car parking become required when the quantity of other development reaches a certain threshold. The precise functions of each building and the associated capacity and therefore tra c generation will become clear during the next stages of development as the briefs and business plans are refined. The configuration of each should be designed towards the illustrated Masterplan in the first section of this document.
Spring 2014 33 A set of components
The quantity and form of development enhancement as well as community Component A indicated on the Masterplan represents facilities will be required in proportion Of the two courtyards in the Everthorpe approximately £14 million of investment to the scale of each components and so hall complex, the northern one has in this site at current costs. The initial assumptions have been included here. simpler buildings that are quicker and Transitions business plan does not envisage These components represent the current easier to renovate for new uses. Unified a scale of operation that will require this proposal in terms of form, scale and under a simple glazed roof, this courtyard amount of development from the outset function and these may continue to can deliver an initial ‘Transitions hub’ and the vision is that Transitions will grow change through discussions with potential to bring together partners and service over time and through partnership working partners, however the overall scale of delivery under one roof. This component to fill out this framework. The initial development and broadly, the spread of also incorporates some road and other proposal is that the site will be transferred uses is not expected to change. For the improvements for the local residential to a Transitions social enterprise. most part, these components may be community. This is likely to have two key elements: delivered in any order, apart from the road a property managment function and a and car park as noted earlier. Component Max. area (net internal): 290 m2 separate delivery function that works A is anticipated as the initial development Consruction cost estimate: £780,000 alongside other tenants. Some of these and provides a base for the operation of partners will want fully furnished space Transitions services. to rent and deliver services from as part All areas are approximate and subject of the Transitions o er. Others, such to surveys. In the case of renovated o ce as light industrial operators may wish space, the areas are estimates of the final Component B only to lease a serviced plot and erect net lettable space. Elsewhere areas are The acces s road is not independent of the their own buildings. These partners Gross Internal Floor Areas. Estimates other components but will be required at will only be accommodated in order include fees and contingencies and are a certain threshold, together with the car to deliver Transitions objectives on based at today’s prices. Cost estimates parking for upwards of 100 vehicles. The the site, but in simple land terms, they provided by Ian Sayer & Co. cost includes demolitions, infrastructure, would become tenants of the Transitions tree replanting and habitat enhancements. landlord. These objectives may form part of the tenure agreements. To enable Construction cost estimate: £1.3m this process, the key components of the masterplan are scheduled here, together with accompanying requirements. It is envisaged that mitigation and landscape
34 Transitions Masterplan Component C Component E The light industrial / training units The health and wellbeing centre can consist of two runs of three 1,000 m2 combine a wide variety of related services modules. Each module can be delivered in a shared space. independently, but a significant proportion of the cost of each run of units is for Max area: 500 m2 servicing and infrastructure. A portion of Construction cost estimate: £1.4m the cost is for tree re-planting and habitat enhancements and community facilities.
Max area: 6,000 m2 Component F Construction cost estimate: £6.5m Flexible business units are generally popular in the area and can provide a ‘soft-landing’ for ex-o enders starting up businesses, with on-site support.
Component D Max area: 500 m2 Everthorpe Hall and the walled garden Construction cost estimate: £700,000 together provide an attractive package for heritage funding and will deliver a significant quantity of o ce, meeting and conference accommodation, with more public elements. It is an important local Component G icon and its renovation and re-use will A field learning centre could be a simple, make an important statement about the lightweight, flexible building acting as a Transitions objectives. This component connection between the Transitions Hub incorporates landscaping and food and the wider site. growing areas. Max area: 100 m2 Max area (net internal): 600 m2 Construction cost estimate: £250,000 Construction cost estimate: £3.6m
Spring 2014 35 Initial development scheme: Transitions hub
Demolitions The Transitions team are currently based This will provide a Transitions Hub on in the o ce building facing onto the the site at an appropriate level of capital northern courtyard. This building was investment for the initial social enterprise. given a light-touch refurbishment by a The training and skills opportunities for team of Category D o enders, managed o enders identified for the conversion of by o cers from HMP Humber. This Everthorpe Hall are similar here, but at courtyard is surrounded by a stable a smaller scale, providing an ideal testing building, a utility building currently used ground and capacity building opportunity. New mezzanine in stable as a welfare space for sta and o enders This will require planning permission, but working on the farm and some storage initial discussions with the local authority buildings. These can be reprovided by revealed strong support for bringing opening up the adjacent courtyard and these buildings back into productive use. making use of further outbuildings. Protected species are in evidence and
TheGround vision Floor is to convert these buildings surveys are currently underway to ensure First floor Possible oce space: 210 msq Possible oce space: 80 msq intoAncillary fully serviceable space: 70 msq o ce spaces, appropriate measures can be taken for compliant with current building standards their management during the works. and to semi-enclose the courtyard space
with a simple glazed roof, to form a kind Demolitions of ‘atrium’ or breakout space. Existing walls and roofs will need toOUTBUILDINGS be insulated and windows replaced, with some new openings for new windows etc. Some ACCOMMODATION: AVAILABLEof the buildingsSPACE will require internal remodelling and the courtyard will need to be made good and decorated. Although relatively modest in the context of the wider site potential, this will New mezzanine in stable nonetheless provide an additional 30 or so desk spaces, meeting and consultation
space and a carefully controlled social Roland Karthaus Architect environment that represents the ideas of rehabilitation capital in microcosm. Ground Floor First floor Possible oce space: 210 msq Possible oce space: 80 msq Ancillary space: 70 msq
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AVAILABLE SPACE ACCOMMODATION:
Roland Karthaus Architect Spring 2014 37 Developing the masterplan
This study has followed a uniquely will help to refine the brief and thereby the iterative process to arrive at a strategic design of each. The masterplan can then framework for Transitions to operate be used to consider how these evolving on this particular site (far page, right). components can continue to relate and The illustrative plan (this page, right) is contribute to the whole of the site and intended to make this tangible and to bring the Transitions objectives. Some of the out some of the key issues that need to be components are more opportunistic in developed as the project moves forward. terms of timescale than others: demand for This picture is fully expected to be flexible o ce spaces for start-up businesses adjusted throughout this process and may only emerge once Transitions has the starting point is a series of more established a certain level of activity detailed surveys. The trees in particular and support on the site, for example. are an enormously valuable aspect of the Other components require more forward site: some of these are less mature and planning, such as the new access, or a valuable than others and though some heritage bid for Everthorpe hall, which broad assumptions have been made here, has a lead-in time. a full arboricultural survey is a priority. As noted at the beginning of this More detailed habitats surveys should document, the process of developing this be undertaken in parallel. The landscape masterplan has been equally as significant is a distinctive feature and a landscape as the outcome and the iteration between architect should be appointed to help the development of the social enterprise develop the masterplan further, so that activities, the organisational and delivery each component can contribute towards work within HMP Humber and the an enhanced sense of place for the site concept of rehabilitation capital and users: visitors, clients, sta and wildlife. culture must be continued if the objectives A framework for the submission of are to be achieved. planning applications should be agreed with the local authority, including thresholds of development related to each set of mitigation and enhancement measures. As individual components come forward, operators will be identified who
38 Transitions Masterplan HM Prison
car park light industry & workshops
Everthorpe Hall
Health and wellbeing centre Farm storage
Walled garden
Flexible start-up offices
Ecology field building
Allotments Food growing and renewables
New tree planting and enhancements
Garden and recreation areas
Meadow garden Walking trails Service connection SpringNew 2014 access road 39 Acknowledgments
This report was written by Roland The Transitions team would like to thank Karthaus, Architect as part of the RSA all those who gave up their time to engage Transitions team, directed by Rachel with this process and helped to shape O’Brien and supported by John Marshall the proposals. In particular, thanks to and Alistair Russell. the o cers and sta at HMP Humber who facilitated the workshops and to the The masterplanning process was Governor, Ed Cornmell for his unwavering a collaborative exercise throughout and support. was only possible through the engagement and goodwill of the numerous people and Thanks also to Quantity Surveyors, Byron organisations taking part through the Phelps and Ian Sayer and Co. A fuller list consultations and workshops. of acknowledgments can be found at the front of the main Transitions report.
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