REGENERATION CONSUL TANT OF THE YEAR: EDAW

摘要

The role of the consultant in a regeneration project is partly pragmatic - to operate the vast and complex administrative machinery that funds and regulates it. It is also partly to do with vision and partly to do with the still mildly taboo subject of social engineering: communities must be imagined, and they must be achievable. It was the judges' opinion that EDAW was the best consultant in the UK at fulfilling those requirements. For a start, there is the scale of the work: from megaprojects such as the vast King's Cross Central scheme and the rethinking of Blackpool, all the way down to neighbourhood renewal plans in Tower Hamlets and Black Law wind farm. However, if you're looking for a single project that demonstrates EDAW's ability, it is probably the Olympic masterplan. Not only does this co-ordinate the work of four local authorities, and provide a framework for what will probably be the largest regeneration project in Europe, but it played a key role in winning the games for London in the first place. Nuff said.