Presentation guidance - Oxford Design Review Panel

Sharing of presentation documents               

Please supply your presentation by email or via WeTransfer (or similar) to the Panel Coordinator one week in advance of the meeting.

The site visit

The objective of the site visit is to get a thorough feel for the site, within and beyond its boundary, and the opportunities and challenges it presents. See our Site visit guidance page for full details.

Presentation of the scheme at ODRP

To gain the most useful feedback from the panel during the discussion, and ensure the Panel understands the scheme and the design development to date, please provide a concise presentation (not a full Design and Access Statement) that is visual - using diagrams, architectural drawings, visualisations, models and 3-D illustrations.

The presentation should include:

• an overview of the brief, aims and objectives
• information on the sustainability strategy/targets, including embodied and operational carbon and biodiversity net gain
• contextual analysis showing the site in relation to adjoining properties and its wider context beyond the red line boundary
• aerial photographs of the site and its surroundings
• illustrations of the historical development of the urban form and settlement patterns, listed buildings and conservation area boundaries
• the story of the design development, how the chosen design was arrived at, what options were rejected and why
• site plans clearly showing land ownership, indicating specific areas that are to be built on, buildings for demolition, retention and/or refurbishment
• landscape analysis and details of the landscape design approach
• plans, sections and elevations of proposed buildings, including street sections and/or sections through buildings which also show the wider topography
• daylight/sunlight analysis diagrams of internal rooms and external courtyards
• photomontages and visualisations demonstrating the development in its context
• detailed drawings communicating the architectural approach and materials

Concentrate on the story of how you have arrived at the particular design, how you are responding to the brief and the context, and what you are trying to achieve. You have approximately 40 minutes to present your proposal; this requires a limited number of slides that tell the story concisely and illustrate your narrative about the scheme.

3D illustrations are particularly welcome to demonstrate a variety of user experiences, such as pedestrian or vehicle approaches, sense of arrival, internal and external orientation etc. If you have produced a model for VU.CITY, we request that you submit these visualisations as part of your submission.