is for architecture By Barton Willmore
Explore Engage Excite
It brings me great pleasure to be able to present A is for Architecture: a coming together of Barton Willmore’s architects from across the UK and a selection of our diverse range of projects. Born as a small architectural Practice in 1936 in Reading, Barton Willmore has grown over the past 80 years to become the UK’s largest integrated planning and design consultancy with 11 UK offices. But, within these pages, we wanted to take you back to our roots: architecture. Over the past two years in particular, our architectural service has been evolving. Breaking the barriers of our presence in London, Reading, Bristol and Edinburgh, we now work together as one team interconnecting our skills. For me as a Partner, it’s great to lead a national team that can offer a more streamlined service to our clients. The architectural experience at Barton Willmore is to explore, to engage and to excite. This book has enabled us to share some of our favourite projects, which focuses on this exciting process that we go through as designers. In it, we think about a site’s context, how it will function, the creation of spaces and form and how we can add value both economically and socially. While we’ve aligned projects to each of these, it’s a full process that we go through for every project. We’re in a great place now, but like the industry we will of course continue to evolve and adapt. We’re already ahead of the game in moving our team over to BIM and Revit (in the top 10% nationally), and every job from our Bristol, Reading, Edinburgh and London offices will be making the most of these to work seamlessly and increase efficiency. I do hope you enjoy looking through the book and taking a glimpse into our world - we look forward to seeing what the future has to offer for our team at this exciting time.
Nick Collins Partner
INTRODUCTION
4
UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT
9
SOUTHALL REGENERATION: THE ARCHES
10
SOUTHALL REGENERATION: MALGAVITA
18
ALPHATECTURE
23
OLD FISON’S, BRAMFORD
28
READING FC: BEARWOOD PARK
34
DAMMAM BOTANIC GARDENS
42
PENNYWELL, EDINBURGH
46
FOCUS ON FUNCTION
55
DHL AT EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT
56
ENTERPRISE HOUSE, ALDGATE
62
ARCHITECTURE PINBALL
65
WESTCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS
72
LOW ENERGY HOMES
76
ACACIA VALLEY VISITOR CENTRE
80
POPLAR BUSINESS PARK
86
SPACES & FORMS
95
ST PAUL’S CHURCH, WESTON NEW USES FOR OLD BUILDINGS FORMER HONILEY AIRFIELD
96 102 106
ARCHIDOODLE
109
WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES
112
MULBERRY MEWS, LONDON ADDING VALUE
116 123
KNIGHTSTONE OFFICES OFFICES REBOOTED WHY ARCHITECTURE? FORMER CADBURY FACTORY SOMERDALE PAVILION CAVERSHAM CENTRE, READING ARTCHITECTURE THE HAVEN, SWANSEA READING FC: ROYAL ELM PARK AND FINALLY... EXPLORE ENGAGE EXCITE GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION MEET OUR TEAM
124 128 131 140 146 150 155 158 162 171 172 174 176 178 180
3
INTRODUCTION
Barton Willmore is the UK’s leading integrated, independent, planning and design consultancy. Originally established as an Architectural Practice 80 years ago, Barton Willmore has a strong designled approach throughout all disciplines. Our architectural team, which is based across London, Reading, Bristol and Edinburgh combines high quality, innovative and sustainable design with extensive commercial awareness on projects across the UK. Each member of our team is skilled at guiding developments of all types, from large scale commercial hubs to the refurbishment of listed buildings or development of major integrated urban regeneration schemes.
4
BW INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE PLANNING & DESIGN MASTERPLANNING TOWN PLANNING ARCHITECTURE
5
UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT A sense of place (or genius loci for those Architects amongst us) is a key mainstay of architectural learning and practice day in, day out. It influences massing and location, aspect and materials‌ in fact, every element of an architectural response. In this chapter, we explain how the context has informed our response and how our Architecture has sought to frame and enhance its surroundings.
SOUTHALL REGENERATION: THE ARCHES Client: Workspace Group Redevelopment of existing commercial space 2,093 sqm of commercial space 176 homes
10
Understanding Context
The redevelopment of the small, metal-clad commercial units that sat behind the historic Arches creates a new public frontage and green space to create a dense urban scheme alongside a new Crossrail station, acting as a catalyst for change in Southall. Dating back to the 1890s, the Arches themselves will be retained and have influenced the design. Using brickwork, their rhythm is repeated across the layers of the buildings.
Understanding Southall Regeneration Context
11
The retained Arches provide a public frontage and link to the past. Behind, improved commercial units offer SMEs a home. Their massing provides a platform for public realm and the residential blocks above.
MAGDALENA KOZIEL ARCHITECT
“
By stacking the new structures behind the Arches, we could give a sense of the new buildings ‘floating’ above the public frontage.
”
12
Understanding Context
Residential upper
Residential typical
Commercial new The Arches
Understanding Southall Regeneration Context
13
14
Understanding Context
IAN DUBBER HEAD OF PLANNING AT WORKSPACE GROUP
“
The repositioning of the Arches Business Centre will contribute to the transformation of this vibrant part of London which from 2018, thanks to Crossrail, will be one of the best connected places in London.
”
Understanding Context
15
REBBUD NAI GNINNALP FO DAEH PUORG ECAPSKROW TA
“
eht fo gninoitisoper ehT lliw ertneC ssenisuB sehcrA noitamrofsnart eht ot etubirtnoc nodnoL fo trap tnarbiv siht fo ot sknaht ,8102 morf hcihw tseb eht fo eno eb lliw ,liarssorC .nodnoL ni secalp detcennoc
”
16
Understanding Context
Understanding Southall Regeneration Context
17
SOUTHALL REGENERATION: MALGAVITA
18
Understanding Context
Client: Aria Developments 225 homes Communal space Retail and leisure facilities including a gym
Understanding Southall Regeneration Context
19
20
Understanding Context
As a result of the Arches scheme coming forward, this adjacent site has also been identified as a major opportunity. Malgavita, as the scheme is known, takes on a similar architectural language to that of the Arches, while also providing rejuvenated public space.
Understanding Southall Regeneration Context
21
By working on these independent schemes but with the wider context in mind in a joined-up way, the designs reconnect the station and new development with Southall’s existing south eastern corner and the Havelock Estate.
22
Understanding Context
ALPHATECTURE By looking into the detail of everyday surroundings, new meaning can be found. Exploring architectural typography reveals a hidden view; a new way of understanding our built environment.
I
A
O
A
IF YOU HAVE TOTAL FREEDOM, THEN YOU ARE IN TROUBLE.
WHEN YOU HAVE NO RULES, THEN YOU START TO BUILD YOUR OWN RULES.
I
A
O
A
IF YOU HAVE TOTAL FREEDOM, THEN YOU ARE IN TROUBLE.
IT’S MUCH BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE SOME OBLIGATION, SOME DISCIPLINE, SOME RULES.
WHEN YOU HAVE NO RULES, THEN YOU START TO BUILD YOUR OWN RULES.
RENZO PIANO
OLD FISON’S BRAMFORD 28
Understanding Context
Client: Paper Mill Properties 172 homes Refurbishment of Grade II listed building Business centre and retail Design praised at Mid Suffolk District Council Planning Committee
This 19th century fertiliser and chemical works presented a challenging brownfield redevelopment site, not least due to significant contamination present. Its stunning rural location and listed buildings, however, presented a unique sense of place and character, enabling us to define a striking mixed-use proposal that sees the refurbishment of the North Warehouse. The proposed buildings seek to reflect its industrial stature and elegance, and combine to create an animated central square and public realm linking urban form with improved connections to the surrounding landscape.
Understanding Old Fison’s, Bramford Context
29
KATHIE GUTHRIE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE (BBC NEWS)
“
The design is innovative and it will give the whole derelict area the ‘wow’ factor, with employment opportunities as well as quality, modern homes.
”
30
Understanding Context
Understanding Old Fison’s, Bramford Context
31
PAUL JOSLIN ARCHITECT
“
Our design concept embraces the simplicity of the North Warehouse’s structure, and maximises its presence whilst reflecting its scale and rhythm in new buildings.
”
32
Understanding Context
CLAIRE BUTLIN LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
“
Considered planting - trees and hedgerows - along Paper Mill Lane seeks to continue the rural character of the area, while the removal of some existing buildings and walls, offers us the opportunity to provide more views of the listed North Warehouse for visitors and passers by, to create a sense of place to the public realm.
”
Understanding Old Fison’s, Bramford Context
33
READING FC: BEARWOOD PARK
34
Understanding Context
The creation of a Category 1 Academy to train and nurture new talent establishes Reading FC as a sustainable club with Premier League ambition, supporting opportunities for academy players and the future first team. Set within a listed park and gardens, the new and refurbished buildings are framed within the dense green landscape, providing a scenic backdrop to facilities of the highest quality, balancing unique design with the business aims of the club.
Client: Reading FC Grade II listed park and garden Football club headquarters and training campus 30 residential units Several high quality outdoor pitches
Reading Understanding FC: Bearwood Context Park
35
NIGEL HOWE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, READING FC
“
It will be a facility that demonstrates our ambition to improve, a training ground which will hopefully help us to attract the best young players to the club. 36
Understanding Context
”
Reading Understanding FC: Bearwood Context Park
37
PETER NEWTON ARCHITECT
“
The activities taking place in these buildings all occur at ground level. Our design makes the most of this to create a family of low, abstract events within the park that optimise views and space, while creating a modern facility in line with the club’s ambition.
”
38
Understanding Context
Reading Understanding FC: Bearwood Context Park
39
AUDINGA ANDRUSKEVICIUTE ARCHITECT
“
For the materials, we chose a grey palette, creating a positive relationship with the surrounding landscape.
”
40
Understanding Context
Reading Understanding FC: Bearwood Context Park
41
DAMMAM BOTANIC GARDENS
42
Understanding Context
Client: Omrania and Associates New leisure attraction Four biomes to reflect different climates
Dammam is recognised as one of the fastest growing cities in Saudi Arabia and its King Abdul Aziz Sea Port is the largest on the Persian Gulf. Previously dependent on fishing and pearls, the city is entering a new phase of development, with new facilities promoting leisure, education and employment potential whilst also promoting the city’s reputation and reflecting its history and heritage.
MATTHEW FRANTZ DESIGNER
“
The spice ‘ingredients’ of the region’s spice trail provide a perfect connection with the central purpose of a botanical garden, the exploration of horticultural themes and the education of visitors as to their origins, their relevance today and potential for the future.
”
Dammam Understanding Botanic Gardens Context
43
STEPHANIE EDWARDS DESIGNER
“
The concept for the physical form reflects the sails of the dhows that have set out to sea from this place since the land was first settled. The sail of the dhow is distinctive and recognisable, the billowing main sail on a downwind beat presents a form which, when reflected, presents a perfect opportunity to develop a protected atmosphere.
�
44
Understanding Context
Dammam Understanding Botanic Gardens Context
45
PENNYWELL EDINBURGH 46
Understanding Context
Client: Urban Union Urban regeneration 719 homes Public realm Tenure-blind design Includes wheelchair dwellings
One of Scotland’s largest residentialled regeneration projects, Pennywell comprises four different brownfield areas with existing communities between them, meaning that linkage with the existing communities is a key consideration. A sense of place is critical to the development, attracting a vibrant mix of people in line with The City of Edinburgh Council’s ambitious 21st Century Homes project.
Understanding Pennywell, Edinburgh Context
47
MARGARET BURGESS MSP HOUSING MINISTER FOR SCOTLAND
“
These new homes will replace poor quality housing and will give the area a new lease of life. In addition to this, the project is delivering community benefits by supporting apprenticeships.
”
48
Understanding Context
Understanding Pennywell, Edinburgh Context
49
The development is about much more than just bringing high quality new homes to the area; it’s about creating a sustainable community that people want to live in. This sustainable architectural approach is reflected in the building specification, which includes enhanced building fabric, efficient boilers, mechanical ventilation and heat recovery. We’ve created homes that will be sustainable for future generations.
50
Understanding Context
Understanding Pennywell, Edinburgh Context
51
STUART BISHOP ARCHITECT
“
Giving the development a clear identity and consistency is provided through a limited palette of quality materials, simple building lines and details along with well-considered window proportions and rhythms. We’re delighted to see this vision come to life and transform not only the sites themselves, but the existing communities that surround them.
”
52
Understanding Context
Understanding Pennywell, Edinburgh Context
53
FOCUS ON FUNCTION Form and function are to Architecture what nature or nurture is to life sciences. Understanding of the client brief is paramount from the outset, ensuring that a building meets expectations and possibly exceeds them. Here, we focus on projects that respond to a tight brief to deliver exciting spaces that also hold the functional activity at their heart.
DHL AT EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT
56
Focus on Function
Client: DHL DHL’s largest UK site 85,000 sqm extension to DHL’s Cargo Terminal Creation of 2,100 new local jobs
With a complex brief – creating a multi-functional space that accommodates everyone from younger employees working in the call centre to corporate clients and staff working in the warehouse our aim is to create an engaging and stimulating space that is attractive to employees and caters for a complex range of functions.
DHL at EastFocus Midlands on Function Airport
57
MARK BAKER ARCHITECT
“
In our design, we want to set a new benchmark for quality industrial unit design – changing perceptions of industrial units as dull, poorly designed buildings by creating a bright, dramatic space designed around the people who work there.
”
58
Focus on Function
DHL at EastFocus Midlands on Function Airport
59
The new and original office spaces are connected by a new doubleheight staff canteen area for dining and socialising, surrounded by smaller coffee shops for informal meetings. Overlooking the open, expansive canteen space is a ‘think tank’ – a glass room for employees to share new and creative ideas.
60
Focus on Function
Using elements of DHL’s branding throughout the space along with super-graphics in place of posters and intelligent colour-coded signage helps employees to navigate the exciting series of spaces.
DHL at EastFocus Midlands on Function Airport
61
62
Focus on Function
ENTERPRISE HOUSE ALDGATE Client: Galliard Homes 18-storey building 80% office floorspace Serviced apartments
Enterprise Focus House, on Function Aldgate
63
MAGDALENA KOZIEL ARCHITECT
“
By building 18 storeys on this tight 18 x 20 m site, we’re able to provide a viable development proposal that also makes a positive contribution to Aldgate’s skyline, regenerating the area and satisfying Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Historic England’s requirements while still providing functional office space that is accessible and attractive for businesses.
”
This design aims to create a high quality development that contributes to the significant regeneration already taking place in Aldgate. Offices, serviced apartmentsOFFICE and an attractive rooftop terrace provide work and communal amenity space and views of the City. GROUND FLOOR
64
Focus on Function
ARCHITECTURE PINBALL Architecture doesn’t just follow a linear approach influenced only by the minds of the designer. Here, we take a fun-filled journey through the wonders of architecture pinball. Whizzing through other disciplines, the planning process and many obstacles, it’s a journey to behold.
cc c Archite Archite Archite ture turet pinball pinball pinball
open open
c ture Archite ture pinball
open openopen
open
open
WESTCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS Client: Westcliff High School for Boys New sixth form facilities Refurbished science block exterior Classrooms and laboratories Completed July 2015
72
Focus on Function
The challenge of tight budgets and even tighter site constraints required careful consideration for this busy and successful school. The design seeks to accommodate a science department and sixth form, providing the highquality functional learning environment required while in a highly efficient and natural light-filled form.
Westcliff High Focus School on Function for Boys
73
ROMY PANESAR DESIGNER
“
As a fully functioning school, timescales were crucial. Working efficiently and keeping budget in mind were crucial to ensuring the school’s buildings were delivered within the 18-month period.
”
74
Focus on Function
Westcliff High Focus School on Function for Boys
75
LOW ENERGY HOMES
76
Focus on Function
Client: Research & Development Development of a passively designed housetype Response to sustainability challenges Adaptable with future legislation
Eco-friendly homes are no longer a niche market. Through the development of passive design, lifetime homes standards and technical specifications, environmentally sustainable design solutions can be created that are adaptable, robust and deliverable in every scheme.
Low Focus Energy on Function Homes
77
Even without the presence of a Code for Sustainable Homes, many of the underlying principles are still coming forwards into modern design, with a robust fabric first approach remaining beneficial for essential building regulations.
TOM MACKLEN ARCHITECT
“
We started with a typical standard house type, which was then evolved and adapted to create a house that would appeal to developers and to home owners.
�
78
Focus on Function
Low Focus Energy on Function Homes
79
ACACIA VALLEY VISITOR CENTRE
80
Focus on Function
Client: Ar’Riyadh Development Authority 5,000 sqm site in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Visitor centre and associated administrative and security buildings 1,000 sqm mosque
The Acacia Valley visitor centre is the first in a series of proposed gateways providing access to the AlAredh National Park in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. Central to the cluster of five buildings is a minaret that will act as a beacon for visitors as they make their way back from the edge of the world - a dramatic clifftop viewing platform.
CafĂŠ and exhibition space
Acacia Valley FocusVisitor on Function Centre
81
ADAM CROZIER DESIGNER
“
The buildings have taken their inspiration and form from the local geological features. Built into the sheer walls of the dry river bed, the buildings represent fractured rock fragments spilling into the valley.
�
82
Focus on Function
Acacia Valley FocusVisitor on Function Centre
83
NICK SWEET DESIGNER
“
Given the harsh climate and remoteness of the buildings, a great deal of emphasis was placed on making the buildings and grounds as functional and resource efficient as possible. Thick stone clad walls provide insulation with deep cut apertures cut in the northern facades affording views of the dramatic landscape beyond.
�
84
Focus on Function
Acacia Valley FocusVisitor on Function Centre
85
86
Focus on Function
POPLAR BUSINESS PARK Client: Telford Homes and Workspace Group High-density residential Business centre for small to medium-sized businesses Consultation with decisionmakers in Greater London Authority 392 homes
Poplar FocusBusiness on Function Park
87
88
Focus on Function
JAMES CARR ARCHITECT
“
Located between the contrasting economies of Poplar and Canary Wharf, the site sits within a key urban area. The resultant scheme responds in line with London’s housing agenda to deliver employment, homes and open space while functioning as a key link between contrasting neighbourhoods.
”
Poplar FocusBusiness on Function Park
89
STEVE TAPPER DESIGNER
“
Cited by the Local Authority as key concerns, the scheme integrates open space and access routes so that the two features complement one another. By exploring how we might create an urban space on a new and overlooked pedestrian route, we were able to incorporate subtle wayfinding so that the route could not only be easily found, but be a desired route that was safe and thus well used.
�
90
Focus on Function
Poplar FocusBusiness on Function Park
91
92
Focus on Function
JOHN HAXWORTH LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
“
We designed the open space so that it could be used for a multitude of pop-up events, really making it a place in which people would enjoy spending their time. That, along with robust landscaping and seating on a route that rises and falls into the ground surface, leading you across the development and under an elevated Aspen Way, ensures both a community space and a functional, safe route are part of the development.
�
Poplar FocusBusiness on Function Park
93
SPACES & FORMS From a single home to a large industrial estate, the spaces and forms that Architecture describes and encloses frame how we live, work and play. In this chapter, we look at very different schemes whose forms are influenced not only by their context and their function, but also by a wish to delight and exceed expectations.
ST PAUL’S CHURCH WESTON Client: St Paul’s Church Construction of mixed-use extension of church facilities New facilities include a café, crèche, youth hall, training and office space, and a communal gathering space New church tower
96
Spaces & Forms
With approximately 1,000 people using St Paul’s Church’s facilities each week, the current buildings are no longer sufficient to support the wide variety of projects. Following consultations with church members and the surrounding community, the church council developed a brief that sought a modern addition that would sit well alongside the historic church and put into built form their aims to “Reach, Teach, Mend and Send.”
St Paul’s Church, Spaces &Weston Forms
97
JACQUES TORIEN DESIGNER
“
The ark helps to define the new entrance to the church, guiding the visitor towards the glazed entrance.
”
The new building is conceived in three distinct elements: the ark, the street, and the main body. These three components provide an elegant transition between the existing residential buildings on Walliscote Road and St Paul’s Church.
98
Spaces & Forms
St Paul’s Church, Spaces &Weston Forms
99
100
Spaces & Forms
AVRIL CHADWICK DESIGNER
“
The Street functions as a circulation space between the existing church and the new building, the glass not only maximising natural light in both the old and new structures, but also providing physical connection via a ‘light touch’.
”
St Paul’s Church, Spaces &Weston Forms
101
NEW USES FOR OLD BUILDINGS Clients: Welsh Back, Bristol; Tramshed, Cardiff Feasibility studies Mixed-use schemes Regeneration of existing buildings
102
Spaces & Forms
Although intended as a massing study, these images enable the efficient communication of use and form across this constrained riverside site. The proposed scheme is designed to reflect the industrial aesthetic and scale of surrounding buildings, while also increasing the capacity of the footprint.
New Uses for Spaces Old Buildings & Forms
103
TOM MACKLEN ARCHITECT
“
Commercial viability strongly informed this site and the spaces required. We needed the buildings to animate the ground floor, while providing much needed commercial space for small businesses as well as high-value residential units.
�
104
Spaces & Forms
New Uses for Spaces Old Buildings & Forms
105
106
Spaces & Forms
FORMER HONILEY AIRFIELD
Client: Hundred Percent Group Design of nine buildings in a campus format as part of the proposed Fulcrum automotive R&D facility 97 hectare site including a 2.5 mile test track
This otherwise diverse collection of unit sizes and shapes is united by a common architectural language. Subtle consistencies and variations in material, colour and glazing break up the building mass, articulating the diversity of use within while still unifying them under one ‘brand’.
Former Spaces Honiley&Airfield Forms
107
PETER NEWTON ARCHITECT
“
The variety of building sizes and formats across this large site provides a diverse range of unique facilities for potential occupiers.
�
108
Spaces & Forms
ARCHIDOODLE
E G T N I S SS A W CE S O R P ILITIE C A F
112
Spaces & Forms
Client: Various Energy from waste, power projects and recycling facilities as sculptural forms and art
Waste Processing Spaces Facilities & Forms
113
ROMY PANESAR DESIGNER
“
Waste facilities are not typically the home of rich architectural design, instead usually becoming a product of their function, in the heart of industrial areas. But, by using a variation in shapes and materials, these buildings are more than a simple shed structure, enriching the aesthetics in line with client values.
�
114
Spaces & Forms
Waste Processing Spaces Facilities & Forms
115
116
Spaces & Forms
MULBERRY MEWS, LONDON Client: Workspace Group Five-storey contemporary medium density townhouses and apartments BREEAM excellent Business unit for multiple SME occupancy Delivered and occupied
MulberrySpaces Mews,&London Forms
117
118
Spaces & Forms
Designed to replace redundant two-storey warehouse buildings in the heart of Islington, our highspecification residential designs reflect a modern architectural language while remaining sympathetic to their surroundings. The high quality ensured that the designs were appealing, leading to the delivery of the scheme.
PAUL JOSLIN ARCHITECT
“
A modern interpretation of London townhouse and mews house typologies.
�
MulberrySpaces Mews,&London Forms
119
Providing contemporary living and working accommodation, the scheme utilises natural ventilation and sustainable technologies, while creating life and interaction day and night via retail and small workspace units centred around a central pedestrian area. Ensuring high density on this tight site secured maximum use of the space, providing a scheme that’s financially viable without compromising its form.
120
Spaces & Forms
MulberrySpaces Mews,&London Forms
121
ADDING VALUE Money makes the world go round, and although many might wish it to be different, it must inform our architectural response. In this chapter, we highlight projects that were of course influenced by budget, as every design response is, but also add strong value to the community around them.
124
Adding Value
KNIGHTSTONE OFFICES The brief requested a scheme that would reflect Knightstone’s standing as a diverse and contemporary affordable housing provider, enabling them to consolidate each of their regional operations into a single, highly sustainable and efficient building that maximised the site.
Client: Dowlas Developments & Knightstone Housing Association 4,645 sqm commercial space Built and occupied Winner of Built Environment Award from Weston Civic Society
Knightstone AddingOffices Value
125
MIKE DAY KNIGHTSTONE HOUSING ASSOCIATION
“
Our investment in our new home has enabled us to better support and empower residents in their homes and communities, while creating a truly collaborative working environment for staff.
”
126
Adding Value
Arranged over three floors, open-plan flexible layouts, conferencing facilities and diverse communal spaces combine with carefully considered external design elements such as acoustic glazing and photovoltaics. The designs deliver a BREEAM Very Good development, which offers the maximum return both in terms of efficiency savings and maximised lettable floor area.
Knightstone AddingOffices Value
127
OFFICES REBOOTED 128
Adding Value
Client: Various Various locations Renovation of office space reaching the end of its economic life
Design is a tool that has the power to bring existing buildings back to their former glory. Comprehensive restoration of office and commercial space, particularly in built-up and urban environments, can be as challenging as starting from scratch. By working to overcome constraints, animated and modern spaces can be created in the oldest of buildings.
Offices Adding Rebooted Value
129
ROMY PANESAR DESIGNER
“
By renovating spaces that are coming to the end of their economic life, they can once again attract suitable tenants and rentals to remain competitive.
�
130
Adding Value
WHY ARCHITECTURE? It’s a simple question, but our Architects’ answers show the diversity and richness of our discipline.
FORMER CADBURY FACTORY
140
Adding Value
Client: Taylor Wimpey 700-home urban extension to neighbouring Keynsham Sports club, primary school, care home, restaurant and retail facilities 11,000 sqm of employment space
Detached from its origins when the Cadbury Factory closed its doors, these designs invite cultural richness back to Keynsham, adding value to the community. Capturing the essence of the site plays a strong part in the design, and each of the development phases interprets this in a different way to provide a rich and varied sense of place that is often said to be lacking in large-scale housebuilding.
Former Cadbury Adding Factory Value
141
The first phase of family housing reflects the same style as the neighbouring homes, which were built contemporaneously with the factory, in the Arts and Crafts style, providing a seamless transition. This aims to add value to the existing community rather than dominates.
142
Adding Value
Former Cadbury Adding Factory Value
143
144
Adding Value
JAMES DEHAVILLAND DESIGNER
“
Located between Bath and Bristol, this site is of strategic value to the South West. By creating a community feel with access to recreation and green spaces, these designs create somewhere that people will want to live locally.
”
Former Cadbury Adding Factory Value
145
SOMERDALE PAVILION
Originally founded for factory employees, the new Fry Club, now renamed Somerdale Pavilion, will embrace the community of Keynsham as a whole, adding value to the project. This central core also includes commercial accommodation for SMEs in addition to conservation and conversion of the factory buildings to luxury apartments.
146
Adding Value
Somerdale Adding Pavilion Value
147
MARK BAKER ARCHITECT
“
In the near future, we aim to bring the benefits of BIM to our wider client base by integrating and coordinating the process with both our master planning and urban design teams. This will not only increase productivity, but it will also improve accuracy when costing projects or potential variations.
�
148
Adding Value
Using BIM-enabled software, both the architectural and structural elements have been developed and coordinated together in one singular model. Due to its advanced 3D model, creating a streamlined and efficient process, potential conflicts between the two disciplines have been easily identified and resolved early on in the design process.
Somerdale Adding Pavilion Value
149
Client: Hermes Regeneration of 1960s local centre Retail, leisure and residential mixed use Extend and refurbish existing retail floorspace
150
Adding Value
Current provision of vacant space above the retail levels and land adjacent to the Centre provides further scope to explore new uses such as leisure and residential in line with the mixed brief that this project brings. A public realm strategy brings together these functions from which this outdated 1960s centre can thrive.
CENT
M A H S R E V A C G N I D A E R , E R
Caversham Centre, Adding Reading Value
151
The revitalising designs provide a mechanism for change to improve the quality and vitality of the Centre and move away from the existing dated outlook in order to compete in the changing retail and leisure markets.
152
Adding Value
Caversham Centre, Adding Reading Value
153
ROMY PANESAR DESIGNER
“
Designing to accommodate updated public-facing store frontage benefits the retailer in maintaining successful trading and service for its customers.
�
154
Adding Value
ARTCHITECTURE Edinburgh Inspired by the work of Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi, our very own artchitecture interprets the delivery of new development, visually representing the benefits that good placemaking can bring.
THE HAVEN SWANSEA 158
Adding Value
At this waterfront development, design indicators such as the massing, proportions and detailing draw on a historic industrial precedent to add value to the contemporary residential architecture to deliver a high-quality living environment, full of character, as part of wider development.
Client: Charles Church 48 new homes formed of townhouses and apartments Part of brownfield development ‘SA1’ at Swansea Docks Delivered
The Haven, Adding Swansea Value
159
GERRY FOX CHARLES CHURCH
“
We are absolutely thrilled to be building The Haven development which, as its name suggests, will be a beautiful environment for people to live.
”
(South Wales Evening Post)
160
Adding Value
The Haven, Adding Swansea Value
161
Client: Reading FC 600+ homes 2,000 sqm of high quality retail and leisure space Creation of public square and park
162
Adding Value
Over 15 hectares of land immediately surrounding the Madejski Stadium in Reading currently lie underutilised, containing only a carpark and training ground. Effectively maximising the use of this space through a variety of uses, including residential and leisure, will deliver significant community benefits and also fulfil the future ambitions of the club and its financial viability.
READING FC: ROYAL ELM PARK
Reading FC: Royal Adding ElmValue Park
163
164
Adding Value
PAUL JOSLIN ARCHITECT
“
Our designs aim to incorporate a mix of uses within an urban townscape to diversify the existing commercial land uses in neighbouring Green Park to create a place that can be used 24 hours a day.
”
Reading FC: Royal Adding ElmValue Park
165
Creating a new, flexible, public realm space designed to respond to a wide range and diversity of events and functions will provide Reading with a destination space that it previously was without while contributing to the viability and growth of the club and its assets.
166
Adding Value
Reading FC: Royal Adding ElmValue Park
167
168
Adding Value
Reading FC: Royal Adding ElmValue Park
169
AND FINALLY...
EXPLORE When looking at designing convention centre space, creating a flexible building that will accommodate delegates, performance and meeting space under one roof is paramount. The design requires an adaptable space that looks, feels and operates sympathetically with its surroundings to add a focal point to leisure-led mixed-use schemes.
A great design is nothing without the support of stakeholders. Whether it's the public, clients, councils or occupiers, active engagement throughout the design process is paramount to the success of any project.
N CONVTRENE TIO CEN
TOWER DESIGN
With space often a key constraint, building upwards is often an effective and viable solution, but one that can come under great visual scrutiny. We’ve explored a number of different design options that maximise space and uses while remaining both visually appealing and interesting using shape and cladding as tools for this.
Modern foodstores sell everything you could ever need in life, with brand loyalty often illustrating the lifestyle aspirations of customers. Our team have explored contemporary foodstore design and how this can represent ‘lifestyle in a box’. 172
And Finally...
FOOD
STORE
DESIG
N
L DESI A I T N E D I S E R
FO N O I S I V A
GN
Self-build homes can provide an exciting cost-effective, sustainable solution to getting on the housing ladder and addressing the UK’s housing need. Tom Macklen, Senior Architect based in Bristol is working with Ecomotive on the SNUG Home, a grass roots project that supports and empowers residents to design and create their own sustainable homes as part of Bristol Green Capital 2015.
T E E R T S A I R VICTOR
Our concept for Victoria Street as a ‘Branchline’ is borne out of two important functions: acting as a link and becoming a place. Reimagining Victoria Street as a major conduit of moving people from Temple Meads to the city centre, we celebrate a number of existing and proposed ‘stops’ or pause points that collectively make it a compelling and exciting destination.
Explore
173
ENGAGE We're constantly exploring new ideas and are at the forefront of driving technology with BIM working across the practice. By pushing innovation and problem solving, our design exploration seeks to develop our own skills as designers and the world around us.
EXCITE When all the hard work comes together, the final product of our multidisciplinary teams aims to excite the beholder, provoke enthusiasm and incite inspiration for the future.
Excite
177
APHIC OMMUNICATION Our Graphic Communications team are adept at interpreting the demands and nuances of the built environment, making us well placed to present your projects intelligibly and beautifully across many media channels. As graphic designers, web designers, film makers, illustrators, art directors, project managers and innovative problem solvers, we listen and understand our clients’ goals to create
DIGITAL
tailored and innovative branding and design. We have a unique perspective of the industry from working with our architectural friends day-in dayout‌ as well as on this book!
ART DIRECTION
Infographics
Branding & Identity
Photography
Animation
Marketing Literature
Storyboards
Film
Books, Brochures, Documents
Events
Website Design & Development
Exhibition Design
Illustration
Victoria
RETAIL PARK
WELCOME MONDAY – SATURDAY: 9:00 – 18:00 SUNDAY: 11:00 – 16:00
Encouraging Recycling in Nottingham
Graphic Communication
179
MEET OUR TEAM Nick
Peter
Paul
180
Partner nick.collins@ bartonwillmore.co.uk
Reading peter.newton@ bartonwillmore.co.uk
London paul.joslin@ bartonwillmore.co.uk
And Finally...
Stuart
Tom
Edinburgh stuart.bishop@ bartonwillmore.co.uk
Bristol tom.macklen@ bartonwillmore.co.uk
11 OFFICES; ONE TEAM; HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
See more at www.bartonwillmore.co.uk #AisforArchitecture
Meet Our Team
181
OUR OFFICES
101 Victoria Street Bristol BS1 6PU T/ +44 (0)117 929 9677
7 Soho Square London W1D 3QB T/ +44 (020) 7446 6888
Greyfriars House Greyfriars Road Cardiff CF10 3AL T/ +44 (0)2920 660 910
Tower 12 18/22 Bridge Street Spinningfields Manchester M3 3BZ T/ +44 (0)161 817 4900
St Andrews House St Andrews Road Cambridge CB4 1WB T/ +44 (0)1223 345 555 The Observatory Southfleet Road Ebbsfleet Dartford Kent DA10 0DF T/ +44 (0)1322 374 660 68/70 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2LR T/ +44 (0)131 220 7777 3rd Floor 14 King Street Leeds LS1 2HL T/ +44 (0)113 204 4777
182
And Finally...
The Forum 2nd Floor The Pearl New Bridge Street West Newcastle NE1 8AQ T/ +44 (0)191 206 4040 The Blade Abbey Square Reading RG1 3BE T/ +44 (0)118 943 0000 Regent House Prince’s Gate 4 Homer Road Solihull B91 3QQ T/ +44 (0)121 711 5151
Explore Engage Excite
Printed using vegetable based inks on FSC Certified recycled material to ISO 14001 environmental standards. Š The contents of this book must not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of Barton Willmore.
www.bartonwillmore.co.uk #AisforArchitecture