Villa Park North Stand Redesign Public Consultation
Earlier this month, Villa Park held two public community consultations on the latest North Stand development plans on the 6th and 15th of May. This process enables the local community to view the plans and raise any concerns. It’s a process they followed with the original plans for when the club proposed to rebuild a new North Stand from scratch.
Grimshaw architects, who were responsible for both design processes, were in attendance for both incarnations of the project. Architects from Grimshaw had also originally been in attendance at Fan Consultation Group meetings to explain the initial process and take supporter feedback on board. They also discussed with the club about going down the total rebuild route after dismissing the initial idea of building over the top of existing infrastructure.
After that plan was then later dismissed – due to macro economic factors, rising costs and the owners wish not to get smaller in terms of capacity, while getting bigger – a new architectural challenge was created.
As well as repeated fan consultation meetings with Grimshaw, MOMS also attended both community consultations. Chris Budd from the podcast was present at the more recent one and gave his initial insights into the differences of the project on the Something for the Weekend episode before the Bournemouth game, the other week.
So, if you haven’t listened to that episode yet, the North Stand conversation is at the start of the show, so check it out below.
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