For the Gomm Valley we have assembled a team of many talents to help us try to reach communities of interest across the town and beyond. This is so that we can plan and design a place that all can be proud of and feel that, in at least some ways, it offers something for them and that they have shaped new homes and a new place, of lasting significance for the town. The communications team is led by Doug Stewart of LemonDrizzle Consultants, supported by Dexter Bushell (Human Nature) and Abena Poku-Awuah (Muon Events). We intend to run upbeat and accessible engagement events which, while they have a professional framing, are welcoming and empowering for local people. We will also try to make them fun! (Famous last words…) .

www.humannature.place

We are delighted to have been able to engage Kjellander and Sjӧberg on this, their first project in the UK. Stefan Sjӧberg and Ola Kjellander hail from Sweden where they run a very successful architecture practice working on all scales from large master plans and complex, mixed-use schemes to one-off homes and spaces. They bring a profound sensitivity to their work with particular experience of human scale development. As card-carrying Scandinavians, sustainability underpins everything they think and do. Their fresh approach greatly enriches the work of our bespoke team.

www.kjellandersjoberg.se

James Hampton and Daniel Rea formed Periscope two years ago having both previously worked in eminent architecture and landscape practices. Given the very special setting for new homes in Gomm Valley, we were drawn to a practice that is founded on the principle of architecture and landscape design working hand-in-hand from the outset, underpinned by an understanding of and commitment to high quality public realm. “This is the perfect project for us because it really combines landscape and architecture. One of the key things we do as a practice is try to promote landscape to the same level of ambition as architecture, something that’s not done much in the UK. The landscape is the thing that’s going to make this project; it will humanise it, make the streets places where people want to live and allow the architecture to nestle within the valley without being too dominant.”

www.periscopestudio.co.uk

Ed is a founder and senior partner of multidisciplinary engineers Expedition, part of The Useful Simple Trust. He leads a team at Gomm Valley responsible for all aspects of engineering: civils, structures, drainage, energy and utilities; Expedition are also responsible for the sustainability strategy and delivery.
“This project is doing something very important; exploring how you do urbanism better on the edges of towns. I find this idea of integration between natural landscape and high quality urbanism really motivating; I’d love to live in a place like this.”

www.expedition.uk.com

John and the team at Urban Movement bring a much needed and refreshing perspective to the world of transport and highways design. All successful settlements hang off the structure and quality of their street network, which acts as a fundamental framework for the design of mixed-use and housing blocks and plots. Accordingly, the specification and design of these streets is of critical importance and Urban Movement are among a handful of practitioners who excel in this space. They will be working closely with transport engineers from Peter Evans Partnership, led by Andrew Kenyon and Helen Stephens, who have long experience of local and strategic highway networks in and around High Wycombe and share our deep commitment to sustainable modes of movement.   At Gomm Valley we intend to plan for a future in which sustainable transport - walking, cycling and electric vehicles of all kinds - has the prominence it deserves and with the help of the local authorities we can create a highly mobile but low impact settlement.

www.urbanmovement.co.uk