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1.0 THE VISION
. Sand Bank Ba – Design Objectives
ese Guidelines have been crafted with the intent of preserving and enhancing the island’s rugged beauty and diverse landscape settings. ese Guidelines also draw from the region’s eclectic character, lifestyle, and elements of the British and French culture to create a unique sense of place.
Five design objectives are herein addressed, and Owners, Contractors, Architects and Landscape Architects should work together from the initial
phases of design to ensure all aspects of the design are consistent with the following objectives:
1. Responsive – Establish a way of building that employs the tropical climate and setting to create buildings and landscapes that seem effortlessly “connected” with subtlety. All buildings, structures,
and landscape improvements should take their cue from the site’s landforms, vegetation, and view corridors.
2. Contextual – Create a community that reflects the vibrant, island culture by drawing upon Caribbean architectural traditions, patterns, and indigenous materials. e Caribbean has a rich history of building traditions and mixture of cultures to draw upon. Buildings may present contemporary interpretations of this former British colony’s indigenous aesthetic, which evolved over time as a response to climate, cultural traditions, indigenous or regional materials, geography and in some examples, to European design approaches.
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