Craft Pegg chosen for Splash Point redesign

Craft Pegg were have been announced as winners of Worthing's Splash Point redesign.

The understated design has been chosen because of its appeal to the general public, with a misty rainbow fountain that would be on during the summer months, the spread of rocks across beach and prom, and the continuation of the tamarisk trees that are found in a number of the Worthing Seafront localities.

Art involvement would be within written words or images engraved within the stones, (these could be added to or taken away in the future). Slide panels that could either be from an artistic perspective or just information will be projected on the slate. The colour of the cycle pathway is still to be negotiated but will be made of recycled glass that shines with the light.

This was the only design that had also come out slightly under budget and used the most recycled materials. Craft Pegg were always artistsandmakers.com's favourite and we look forward to seeing them start work on a Worthing landmark soon.

Designs by by Scott Wilson had also been popular. Unfortunately a lot of what was shown in the image was not within budget and unless you read the small print this was not obvious. The stainless steel light beacon they proposed is rather their signature and can be seen in other places that they landscape, and this was a slight disappointment -as this meant not unique.

BDP with their wave form thought very well about the use of space being very much defined as a performance or display area with acoustics being taken into account, and also a possibility of a canopy at a future date.The sprayed cement form over a stainless flowing wave and crest slightly concerned the engineer as to how this structure would weather.

Camlin Lonsdale had put a lot of thought into the materials and high quality of workmanship but it was thought the design too lacking overall coherence and the main structure would possibly be used as a jumping platform.

So Worthing looks forward to a perfectly scaled, locally distinct design which works with the area of the promenade, the local arts community and the bigger regeneration of the town's seafront. And it's just metres from the site of a landmark swimming pool being designed by Wilknson Eyre. How cool can Worthing seafront get?

Article by Debbie Zoutewelle, who represented Worthing's arts community on the Splash Point Judging Panel, and artistsandmakers.com's Dan Thompson