After successfully completing the detailed briefing and client representative role for the new United Kingdom Supreme Court, we were asked to assist the client and architect with the negotiations for consents.
One of the key benefits offered as part of the line of reasoning to alter the listed fabric was the dramatically improved public access and high quality of the fit-out. We helped devise a strategy of commissioning bespoke art and furniture that would complement the interior architecture and reflect the importance of the building.
We provided technical coordination of the Public Art strategy and advised on the commissioning of artists and craftsmen through the Art Committee chaired by one of the Law Lords. As project manager appointed to deliver the fit-out, we subsequently managed the delivery of all aspects of the fit-out and client installations. Our job required close coordination with the Supreme Court Implementation Programme, the refurbishment project team, the UKSC Facilities Management team and the Law Lords, to ensure that all aspects of the programme were coordinated, sequenced effectively, and fit-for-purpose.
In addition there was a large art element involving the conservation and repositioning of the Middlesex Guildhall Art Collection, as well as coordinating high profile contributors such as Sir Peter Blake and the former Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion. The fit-out included a number of packages; bespoke courtroom joinery, office and administration furniture, curtains and textiles, signage, way-finding and security installations.
