Residential
We create attractive and unique homes that are inspired by people and the way they want to live
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From affordable housing and apartments in the private rented sector, through to private houses and estates, we create sustainable and market-driven design solutions that achieve the densities required, while maintaining human scale and a sense of place.
Image: Alfred Street Apartments, Oxford. Oxford is famed for its dreaming spires, and ADP has integrated penthouses into this historic skyline. Taking inspiration from the surrounding roof forms, the complex geometry is folded to frame views out to Oxford’s landmarks.
development potential. This starts with a thorough understanding of the client’s requirements, and the physical and planning constraints of the site. We also offer an integrated design service including masterplanning, architecture, landscape and interior design. This enables us to consider the whole environment, and provide holistic design solutions that consider every type of space that supports the creation of thriving communities.
We have also delivered a number of residential mixed-use schemes on urban and brownfield sites, and in conservation areas and historic settings. These developments have regenerated previously disused areas, Our cross-sector experience in education, healthcare, leisure, arts and and provided valuable amenities for culture, and community development, the local community. has also given us the experience We approach each project individually to provide the social infrastructure needed to support new housing to produce high-quality bespoke development. designs that enhance wellbeing for residents, while maximising
“It’s rare to find such a well-considered development in such a central position and we have been delighted with how well they have been received.”
Private rented Alfred Street Apartments, Oxford City centre locations are becoming an increasingly popular choice for modern living but require developers to consider new ways of maximising the use of city centre space. In mature historic cities like Oxford, development sites for city centre housing are few and far between. Last year however, ADP completed an exciting project to convert a centrally-located 1960s office building into light-filled compact flats with a contemporary penthouse rooftop extension. Their central location means that residents will be within walking distance of the shops, restaurants and other facilities that Oxford has to offer. The development created 15 apartments by cleverly exploiting every inch of usable space. Our design for the compact flats incorporates a separate bedroom and windows into a floor area of just 35sqm, creating deceptively spacious places to live.
The integration of winter gardens into the flats enables the bedroom to be positioned at the back of the apartments, so that the lounge and bedrooms benefit from natural light and ventilation, both of which contribute to better wellbeing. This configuration also reduces noise penetration from the surrounding city streets. A neutral colour scheme and floor to ceiling glazing also increases the feeling of spaciousness, with space maximised by built-in storage and loose furniture. The rooftop extension provides threebedroom penthouse apartments with their own private terraces. Slots in the zinc cladding gives the tenants of the apartments views of some of Oxford’s most significant historic buildings. The Alfred Street development provides the city with much-needed additional residential units in a much sought after city centre location.
Quote: Greg Barnes, Managing Director Lettings, Brecon and Brecon. Image: Alfred Street Apartments
“Corde’s ingenious design using the flat roof space of the office to create two new apartments, increased the value of our investment by 20%.”
Private Rented Plantain Place ADP undertook the planning negotiations and architectural design for two residential apartments located above its London studio, which is housed in former Victorian workshops near London Bridge. We carried out consultations with the adjoining residential owners that ensured no objections were made by the neighbouring properties. The apartments have been designed to maximise daylight on what is a very small and complex site. Quote: Client Image: Plaintain Place apartments
Located on opposite sides of a narrow courtyard they also required very careful and creative internal planning to avoid overlooking. The modern architectural language provides a lightweight glass and aluminium steel framed contemporary addition, while respecting the integrity of the existing masonry of the late Victorian architecture below. ADP’s sister company, Corde, provided the architecture and engineering services, with the fitout designed by ADP’s interiors team.
A new housing estate next to a Grade II listed Georgian manor house benefits from its tranquil parkland setting
Private Residential Chalfont St. Giles
Working in partnership with Comer Homes, we utilised our experience of working on sensitive sites to create a housing development in a beautiful parkland setting. The residential development is designed to regenerate the area and preserve the historic buildings on the site, which include the Chilterns Open Air Museum, which will remain open. Designed to meet the ‘Lifetime Homes Standard’, 309 new homes will be created, and existing buildings converted, in line with a masterplan generated by ADP. Our designs are strongly influenced by the Chilterns Design Guide, which specifies a traditional appearance to complement the architectural character of the site. The bricks used on the facades closely match those found in the existing garden wall, and
the pitched roofs are finished with slate. Each apartment has a balcony to provide private external space, which also gives some additional articulation to the facades. The manor house and stable buildings have been subdivided with care and sympathy, to create apartments and houses that reflect the quality and features of the existing buildings. To the south of the manor house, a new leisure pavilion has been included. This provides a swimming pool, and creates a link between the park land, historic garden wall and manor gardens. Changing facilities and sports pitches are housed in a purpose-built club house, located away from the listed buildings. Image (right): Aerial view of the residential development in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire.
Sensitive design secured difficult planning permission for a group of new buildings in an open landscape
Private residential Polo Stables and Housing Nestling gracefully in the Oxfordshire countryside alongside a Grade II listed barn, a group of buildings for one of the UK’s leading Polo teams have been sensitively designed to meet stringent planning requirements in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The buildings include a new house for the polo manager, flats for grooms and new stables. Ensuring 24/7 surveillance of the ponies was a key consideration of the brief. Forming a protective boundary, living accommodation is placed around the perimeter of the stables so that staff can monitor the horses and be on hand in case of emergencies. The two storey polo manager’s house allows views over the polo field to the north and west, and the stables to the south and east.
Image (left): Stable Manager’s House
The polo manager’s house is timber frame partly clad in locally traditional Flemish bond brick, and untreated Siberian Larch rain screen cladding, which will weather naturally. Full height glazing slices through the building’s gable ends, flooding the interior with natural light. Accommodation is arranged either side of the ‘light filled’ corridor with an oak staircase located centrally. Designed using the same palette of materials as the polo manager’s house, a two storey grooms’ house is provided together with two further buildings containing tack rooms, with apartments above. Balconies overlook the stables, with transparent glazing at each end giving the impression that the balcony is a folded extension of the cladding.
The pitch of the roofs to the accommodation on the east-west axis To meet the requirements of planning, enables the generation of electricity the house is set back a respectful nine on the section of roofs facing south. metres away from the 17th Century South light is captured by photovoltaic listed barn on the site. All building modules. To the north, fenestration heights are below that of the listed has been carefully considered to limit building, giving it visual dominance. large windows and reduce heat loss.
Image: Polo stable development sits gracefully in an Area of Polo Stables Oxford Outstanding Natural Beauty
This family home is a contemporary interpretation of the Arts and Craft style, whose principles placed value on the quality of materials, design and craftsmanship
Private residential Sevenoaks This new home is designed to create a quiet, light filled environment, that capitalises on views, and provides the opportunity for the family to display art. The house replaces an existing bungalow, and is located on a highly sensitive site alongside a listed house by C W Bowles. This setting, together with the work of Kent-born architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, has inspired the design, which is a contemporary interpretation of the Arts and Crafts style. The internal layout reflects the traditional ‘Wealden House’ arrangement, with a large doubleheight central void with an entrance hall, and landing above. The ‘Wealden House’, is a distinctive medieval hall house type that was prevalent across Kent, and influenced the Arts and Crafts movement.
Image: Visualisation of the house, in Sevenoaks, Kent
Just as Baille Scott saw the hall as a room in itself, so we have used this as the primary means of organising the circulation, with the living room, dining room, kitchen and support
spaces, and study, all accessed from the entrance. At first floor an open landing under the exposed roof provides access to the master bedroom and dressing room on one side, and a pair of the bedrooms on the other. A narrow stair placed in a cupboard – not unlike a servants’ stair in a traditional house, leads up to an attic studio, whilst further accommodation can be accessed from the main stair, which continues down to a basement. Passive low-energy design has been integral to the design concept, with heavily insulated facades on three sides, and a higher proportion of glazing on the south side for winter warmth. The tall chimneys provide natural ventilation, with a mechanical ventilation heat recovery system, photovoltaics and ground source heat pumps. Underground tanks will store rainwater for irrigation of the landscape. The project is being delivered by ADP’s sister company Corde, a combined architecture and engineering design service.
“The comprehensive restoration and redevelopment of the former Oxford Prison has brought a large area of the city back to life. Comprising of Grade I, II and II* listed buildings, the scheme is an extraordinary accomplishment made possible by the single minded vision of several organisations working in partnership.”
Private residential Oxford Castle The recipient of over 14 awards including an RIBA Award, the Oxford Castle Heritage Project is an exemplar urban regeneration project. It marks the latest development of a site that has undergone many changes in nearly one thousand years of history, showing a continuity of use as a centre of local, regional and national authority. This £23 million project was the result of close consultations between ADP, Oxfordshire County Council and the commercial developer. The redevelopment of the site emerged as one of mixed use, mingling residential and commercial areas to create a vibrant new interpretation of Oxford Castle. The scheme includes a variety of apartments above new retail units in a vibrant environment.
The gaol at the heart of the scheme is now an exciting and unique hotel. This shift in use nevertheless retains the residential nature of the original building, where the shutting of prison doors in one becomes the mode of privacy in another. Access to Oxford Castle has long been denied to the people of Oxford, and as such, an important part of the county’s history had been neglected. ADP was keen to reinvigorate this history, making it visible, tangible and dynamic for the public using the site. At the heart of this aim lay the Conservation Plan. The Conservation Plan and design approach was to adapt the buildings to their new uses whilst maintaining as much of the original fabric as possible. From the earliest beginning, ADP devised a set of design principles to ensure a coherent, unified approach to the redevelopment.
Quote: The Civic Trust Image: Residents in the new build apartments enjoy everything on their doorstep and the chance to explore Oxford’s lesser known history.
“This type of complex – big and beautifully built , at a time when British architecture was exceptionally well crafted – makes for special homes today.”
Private residential Royal Connaught Park This private gated development set in 100 acres of mature parkland, makes the most of its historic setting in a Grade II listed complex. Royal Connaught Park is of significant architectural and historic interest, and the original Grade II listed Victorian buildings were formerly occupied by the International University Europe, and for 70 years prior to that, the Royal Masonic School for Boys.
Quote: Jonathan Glancey, Reporter, The Guardian Image: Grade II listed buildings converted to apartments
ADP worked with Comer Homes to develop a masterplan for the site, which included the conversion of listed buildings together with new units, designed to complement the existing architecture. The new developments are compact and consist of seven new buildings,
which provide 170 units of residential accommodation along with underground parking. These have been designed to lessen the impact on the green belt, and ensure that the surrounding park land is preserved. A fitness suite with a swimming pool, spa facilities, a dance and aerobics studio and a gym is also provided for residents. The development also includes a new gatehouse, and cycle track that runs through the complex and around the park.
“The Council warmly welcomes the outline proposals to restore Fort Bovisand. We look forward to continuing discussions that lead to a scheme which is sensitive to this historic monument.”
Private residential Fort Bovisand Plymouth’s Fort Bovisand is one of Plymouth’s least disturbed Palmerston Forts. Located in the South Hams Coastal Conservation Area, its origins go back to Tudor times, and the Fort has remains from both the World Wars and the Cold War. The coastal landscape is also a ‘Site of Special Scientific Interest’ and a natural habitat for local wild and marine life. We worked closely with the Fort Bovisand Trust, Historic England and local planners to unlock the potential of the site. The mixed-use residential development will provide 81 homes and save the Scheduled Monument from ruin, making 400 years of history accessible to everyone. Proposals include the restoration of the distinctive Victorian casemates to provide residential apartments. The World War Two lookout towers that once stood on top of the casemates will be reinstated to provide three maisonettes with panoramic sea
views. The Upper Fort will be conserved and adapted to residential use with little intervention. Ancillary buildings will be converted to create a visitors centre and a café. Designed to Passivhaus standards, a new apartment building to the West of the site will recede into the hillside with discrete parking and amenity. Each apartment will have space for a kayak or canoe. Stone and slate cottages are proposed next to the existing hillside dwellings. Working with the native planting of the coastal site, the landscape scheme includes picnic areas and spaces as part of the layered interpretation of the site, including a learning nature trail, and an amphitheatre on the quayside for exhibitions and events. The link with the South West Coastal Path will be reinstated and the Fort Bovisand Trust hope to enable access by bicycle, bus and ferry to increase the different ways for visitors to reach the site.
Quote: Cllr John Tucker, South Hams District Council Leader (Heritage Lottery Fund news story 08/04/2013). Image (right): View from Plymouth Sound.
Clay Farm will provide much needed affordable housing for key workers at the nearby Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Affordable Housing Clay Farm The Clay Farm Community development on the edge of Cambridge is designed to provide community facilities for the new residents of the Southern Fringe development and the established community of Trumpington village. Enabled by a partnership between Cambridge City Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridgeshire Police, and the Bedford Pilgrims Housing association, the scheme includes affordable flats for key workers, a community centre and cafĂŠ, a public library, a doctors surgery and accommodation for the police and social services. Giving people a real say in the design of their building is essential. Regular consultations were held with the new residents and the established community to provide a building that catered for all of their needs, important in bringing social cohesion to a new community on the edge of an established settlement.
Image: Visualisation of Clay Farm
Located at the heart of a new landscaped square, the building has a
double frontage and entrances on all elevations to embrace the community from every angle. The main axis through the building follows the line of an ancient bronze-age ditch that runs through the site. The building will support an environmentally and socially sustainable lifestyle through a passive design approach, green infrastructure, low-carbon transport and sustainable drainage and ecology. Flexibility and simplicity are central to the design, enabling multiple building users, to understand and operate the building as effectively as possible, resulting in minimal material waste and energy use. Flats on the upper stories are arranged with recessed balconies and vertical fins to provide shade to the southeast elevation, reducing solar gains. The northwest elevation has projecting balconies with angled glazed elements to capture the rare occurrence of late afternoon summer sun.
Village-like developments blend the best of country living with the benefits of a modern lifestyle
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Affordable Housing Heyford Park In Oxfordshire ADP is working with Dorchester Living to transform a former military site into a new mixeduse village centre that will create a vibrant community hub for existing and new residents. Set within 1,231 acres of Oxfordshire countryside, RAF Heyford played a pivotal role throughout military history. Built in 1916, it provided facilities for training air crews in the First and Second World Wars, and later served as a base for the United States Airforce during the Cold War. This heritage is reflected in the distinctive architecture on the site, which has influenced the design code for the new development. ADP is responsible for developing the main buildings that create the Village Centre at the heart of the settlement area, which will provide amenities for over 1000 new and existing residents. Village Centre North consists of accommodation arranged along the wide and tree lined Camp Road, which is the main east-west axis route through the site.
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The blocks will provide commercial and residential accommodation, with a mixture of shared ownership and affordable housing, a food store, and retail space. A steel framed glazed market and cricket pitch in the Village Square will provide the opportunity for community events. ADP is also delivering Village Centre South, which will provide a hotel, a pub, bars, a restaurant, a bowling alley, private function rooms, a gym suite, and 12 boutique hotel rooms.
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From the outset our client was keen to develop a long term legacy for the site, with a commitment to continued investment in the social and physical infrastructure. Designing a solution that created a sense of place and provided amenities for the whole community was essential in ensuring social cohesion and longterm economic sustainability. Equally important was embracing the historic significance of the site to preserve the cultural memories of the generations of people who decided to settle there after the base closed.
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Images: Visualisations of Heyford Park Village North.
At the University of Sussex, 2000 student bedrooms are being delivered as part of a £750 million masterplan
Student Residential University of Sussex Over 2000 student bedrooms will be created on campus as part of ADP’s masterplan for the University. The £750 million masterplan, which builds upon the original masterplan created in 2004, won planning approval last year, and will increase the capacity of the campus from 12,000 to 20,000 students.
Image: Aerial view of the masterplan at the University of Sussex
ADP’s blueprint for the campus which has informed subsequent projects, has been designed to respect Spence’s original vision, with new architecture that complements the existing built form and natural landscape of the parkland setting.
ADP also delivered Swanborough House, three separate accommodation blocks that provide 250 student bedrooms. The en-suite bedrooms are clustered into self-contained flats, each with a communal lounge and kitchen. It is popular with the students and the highest rent on the campus.
Development capacity for 680 student bedrooms in the centre of Newcastle has been maximised by distributing accommodation in two tall ‘cluster towers’ with a shared entrance and social space at ground floor level
Student residential Strawberry Place ADP was asked to develop design proposals for a major city centre site in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The proposals include 680 student bedrooms in a mix of three, four and five bed cluster flats, as well as a number of studios. A 150 bed hotel and around 100 studio apartments for private rental are also proposed on the site.
A key challenge for this highly accessible site, is to provide secure and pleasant shared external spaces for students, while also addressing the improved public realm and landscaping.
ADP worked closely with private investors, operators, developers, and contractors to create a student housing offer that is un-paralleled in To maximise the development capacity the city. and permeability of the site, student accommodation is distributed in two tall ‘cluster towers’ linked at ground level with shared entrance and social spaces.
Image: Visualisation of Strawberry Place
National Expertise, Local Delivery Over the past five decades we have been continually learning from our clients. This has given us an in-depth knowledge of design for housing schemes across the country. We have seven studios in the UK and an international office. This enables us to support our clients by uniting national expertise with a service delivered at a hands on, local level. Our local knowledge has also resulted in strong relationships with housing associations, developers, planning authorities, and heritage organisations across the UK. Our rigorous design and consultation management process is delivered by experienced, grounded and positive people. We seek to create honest relationships with our clients, our staff, the consultants we work with and the wider community. The exploration and testing of design ideas is supported by BIM modelling and visualisation: software that
promotes collaboration, efficient delivery, and successful cost effective project outcomes. We are always monitoring the impact of the buildings we design, ensuring that our process enables the development of low energy buildings that work efficiently and cost-effectively, while creating healthy environments for people to inhabit. Putting people at the centre of the design process has resulted in strong client relationships and award-winning architecture. Just as important is being proud of how our work impacts upon the lives of the people who live in the homes we design. We are certified to quality assurance standard ISO 9001.
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