Jersey Reform Day.
This site is dedicated to the day, now officially recognised annually by the States of Jersey, to mark the anniversary of the events of 28 September 1769.
Jersey's own Independence or Bastille Day.
Just suppose the Building Inspector fails your new building because the walls are not painted with suitably contrasting colours?
Can it happen?
Jersey now has anti-Discrimination legislation that includes Disability - so building users with sight impairment have to be considered when colour schemes are planned.
This presentation for the AJA (Association of Jersey Architects) by AkzoNobel - the Dulux group of companies - was given at the Town Hall, St Helier, Jersey on 24 April 2019.
As the video shows there are various design methods to be used to ensure that buildings are accessible to all and there is help available through Normans Ltd in Jersey and lots of on-line technical gizmos to help....
The Association of Jersey Architects hosted their Architecture Week during July which was all very friendly and jolly at a superficial level but they do seem to be obsessed with "image" and "Prettiness".
The culmination of the week was the presentation of awards for "best in show" but the categories were all about image - function did not make much of an imact here and I tried to say so on several occasions.
My observations were not well receievd and subsequent follow up comments left on the AJA Facebook site were soon deleted.
One senior Architect member of the Association e-mailed me;
"Just a kind warning against casting yourself as a permanent moaner & grumbler. Some are now calling you 'Mr Dissatisfied'.
Appreciate you have an interest in Accessibility but don't impugn others who are actually working on such issues.
I would also avoid commenting on issues about which you don't have the full facts. Best Regards etc"
I published thise redacted version under the comments section of the AJA Facebook site and added that I sould be delighted to receive an award as the "Most Dissatisfied" at the next awards ceremony...
In the interview that follows of about 11 minutes, recorded with Deputy Duhamel in a windy Royal Square follwing his appearance before a Scrutiny Panel hearing, the Environment Minister expresses some strong views and supports some of my criticisms of Jersey Architects and their blinkered design aspirations....
A gremlin in the system is preventing me from correcting some typs above but I will try to deal with them later...
