The BE-Net (Built Environment Network) is a digital resource, comprising the archival content from the last five decades of Civic Trust Awards, accompanied by the findings from new reassessments of these past Award winners. In total the Civic Trust Awards have recognised over 5,000 succesful projects dating back to 1959.
What is the aim of the BE-Net Project?
The Trust is producing a unique resource which will educate people about the long term life of built environment schemes. It highlights the elements which have contributed to the success or failure of a scheme. It will provide a site and forum where visitors can learn about and discuss the physical, environmental, social and economic factors which have contributed to the perceived success or failure of a scheme.
Visitors are be encouraged to undertake their own modern-day assessments, and upload them to the Built Environment Network, allowing others to read about the continued success (or otherwise) of Award winning schemes from the last fifty years. This ongoing feedback from the people who use the buildings reflects the importance that the Civic Trust Awards place on the ability of Award winning schemes to be of benefit to their local community.
Already well known as a national campaigning organisation, the Civic Trust is using the feedback from the BE-Net project to identify, highlight and promote the issues around creating successful, popular, accessible and well used public spaces and buildings.
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