Do

Don't

■  use professional architects with appropriate skills and experience

■  provide interest through shapes

■  provide interest through detailing and patterns

■  use optical illusions to reduce the perceived height of tall structures

■  employ appropriate professionals with expertise in air dispersion to inform the design.

■  perpetuate mediocrity through mimicking bad design in existing buildings

■  ignore opportunities to challenge engineering norms for example on standard steel portal frame constructions, by use of cladding and surface treatments to create interesting and eye catching rooflines

■  assume that design is a simple process for waste facilities

■  underestimate the required height of emission stacks

■  ignore the impact the stack will have on surrounding viewpoints and how it will 'sit' within the landscape of the area.

PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE

Marchwood, Hampshire

What is it?

■ Energy from waste facility on Southampton Water.

Design Features

■ Represents the most striking contemporary design in waste management facilities in the UK to-date.

■ Simple dome structure provides a distinctive building form unique in the waste sector.

■ A solution which uses the open aspect of the site with a clear vision to 'show off' the design on a prominent site on the edge of Southampton Harbour.

Images courtesy Veolia Environmental Services (www.veolia.co.uk)