PURPOSE OF TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM Sample Clauses

PURPOSE OF TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM. HSR 13-06 - EXECUTION VERSION It is the intent of this document to establish principles which will guide designers toward an appropriate level of aesthetic quality while satisfying the Project’s functional and budgetary requirements. HST bridge and overpasses, HST aerial structures and other structural elements are not merely utilitarian building components; their aesthetic quality must be considered early in design. Aesthetic character should be integral to the concept and detailing of structures and should not be an afterthought. The settings into which HST structures will be introduced will be widely diverse, from high-density urban environments to unpopulated, rural places. Structural aesthetics therefore must be responsive to these settings with concern for human scale, building scale (present and future), and the vantage points from which the structures will be viewed. These guidelines are not intended to prescribe a particular design approach for structural elements. Rather, the guidelines herein allow for contextual design responses to site-specific or unique conditions (“context-sensitive solutions”) while ensuring the design objectives are satisfied.