DAY 1 • TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER • 13.25 – 14.10
Case Study & Panel: Ruthlessly Inclusive – Lessons from Hammersmith & Fulham Civic Campus
The Hammersmith & Fulham Civic Campus is one of the UK’s most ambitious examples of inclusive placemaking.
Following an introduction to the case study, the panel explores how the project was shaped by co-design, lived experience and community engagement, with useful insights for designers, clients and public sector organisations.
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Embedding inclusion and accessibility from the earliest stages of a project
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Lessons learned from working with disability and user advocacy groups
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How inclusive design principles can be applied across future developments
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Why “ruthlessly inclusive” must be the new default for development – the importance of an updated national policy
Mark Rintoul, Senior Associate & Social Value and Inclusive Design Consultant, RSHP
Mark Rintoul
Mark is RSHP’s Social Value and Inclusive Design Champion and is currently the project architect for the Hammersmith & Fulham Civic Campus, a ‘ruthlessly inclusive’ zero-harm scheme which will provide new civic offices, residential accommodation, a cinema, shops, and restaurants and reinvent the concept of the Town Hall to make it exciting and relevant for the people it serves. In 2020, the scheme won the People’s Choice Award NLA, (New London Architecture) New London Awards.
Mark also co-led the planning consent for two hotels on the former Hammersmith & Fulham Magistrates Court site and was the project lead for public realm improvements in the Hammersmith Business Improvement District, (BID).
Prior to this, Mark was the senior architect for Thames Wharf Redevelopment, where he gained planning approval for a 100,000 sq. ft mixed-use development of luxury apartments, restaurants, and offices.
He was also the senior architect for a masterplan project in Chongqing, China where he delivered the phase 1 detail design of the project for two residential towers.
In addition to his work in Hammersmith, Mark has overseen capacity on the delivery of a number of social housing projects, including modular units in Lewisham, London.