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Masterplanning Urban Design Landscape Architecture
Introduction to PRP
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Introduction Selected Projects Chongqing Urban Framework, P.R.China Wornington Green London, UK Velika Plaza, Montenegro Myatts Field North, London, UK Great Western Park, Oxfordshire, UK Yuntolovo, St. Petersburg, Russia Tihoretskiy Prospekt 55, Russia Grazhdanskiy Prospekt 17-17A, Russia Mill Hill East, London, UK Homs City Extension, Syria King’s Reach, Biggleswade, UK Cambridge City Extension, UK Bow Cross, London, UK Lodge Hill, Chattenden, UK Haggerston and Kingsland, London, UK Kennet Island Village, Reading, UK Heathside and Lethbridge, London, UK South Kilburn, London, UK
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Masterplanning, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture Introduction Our aim is to create places of unique character, born of local conditions but with the power to inspire new potential
New City Extension, Syria
Cambridge City Extension, UK
St. Petersburg, Russia
Housebuilder Awards 2010
Housebuilding Innovation Awards 2009
Highly Commended ‘Best Low or Zero Carbon Initiative’
Best Housing Product
Housing Design Awards 2010
Sustainable In-house Design Team of the Year
Project HAPPI Winner
Clean City Awards 2010 Waste Management Platinum Award
Sustainable Housing Awards 2009 Best Waste Initiative
Sustainable Housing Awards 2008 Sustainable Housing Awards 2008 Low Energy Building of the Year
Building Awards 2007 Architectural Practice of the Year
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Chongqing, P.R.China
PRP has a proven track record in creating high quality places that can inspire and encourage community life. We create new communities, regenerate existing urban fabric, expand existing settlements, plan large-scale mixed use developments and design public spaces and landscapes. We understand the importance of changing perceptions of place to create character and add value.
Our approach is based on two key elements:
PRP’s multi-disciplinary teams bring together skills in masterplanning, urban design, landscape architecture and environmental and sustainable design to deliver successful and sustainable solutions for developments of any scale. Supported by our investment in research, we offer expertise in the many inter-related issues involved in the creation of successful places. For example at the larger scale, the management of water resources and the fostering of biodiversity, down to the design of successful streets and spaces at the smaller scale.
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Vision We bring strong skills in visioning and changing the perceptions of a place to unlock its potential. We begin by developing a strong conceptual narrative that forms the basis for subsequent design stages. Through our experience of delivering projects in a broad range of economic, social and environmental settings and our expertise in public consultation and technical delivery, we can add value to our work and ensure that our projects foster a climate for investment and growth.
Selected Projects Chongqing Urban Framework P. R.China Masterplanning Urban Design Landscape Architecture
Chongqing is the largest city in western China, with a population of 32 million. The YuZhong peninsula is the centrepiece site of the wider ‘Two River Four Shore’ urban design campaign run by the city Government. The project aims to raise the international profile of the city, to attract inward investment and to improve the quality of the environment at a human scale. The site is bounded by the Jialing and Yangtze rivers, with their confluence forming the dramatic heart of the city. PRP has developed the overall vision and instigated a new planning framework for the peninsula, encompassing the central business district and the historic core of the city. Proposals focus on upgrading the image and legibility of the city centre, improving connections to the river front, developing character areas within new urban quarters, protecting heritage, upgrading the existing fabric and environment and making significant new landscape proposals.
Chongqing Urban Framework, P.R. China
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Wornington Green London, UK
Masterplanning Urban Design
Wornington Green is the largest regeneration scheme in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for decades. PRP has provided the masterplan for the overall redevelopment and the detailed design for the first phase. The design will complement the rich architectural heritage of the area and reinstate links between Portobello Road and Ladbroke Grove. The development will eventually provide up to 1,000 new homes and a new London square will form the focal point of the new urban quarter. The final design solution is the culmination of over five years’ consultation and offers an exemplary model for large-scale urban regeneration, in which public housing is seamlessly integrated with private housing. Materials and details are of a high quality, to reinforce the vibrancy of the local vernacular.
Wornington Green London, UK
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Velika Plaza Montenegro
Urban Design Landscape Architecture
Working for the Montenegro Government, PRP prepared a detailed masterplan for an area of over 1,500 ha of Mediterranean coastline, incorporating two new towns for a population of 45,000 residents and the provision of tourism, health, educational, recreational and cultural facilities. The plan fulfils the Government’s vision for sustainable tourism as a catalyst for development. It provides a new community to encourage future growth while protecting and enhancing the sensitive coastal ecology.
Velika Plaza, Montenegro
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Myatts Field North London, UK Urban Design Landscape Architecture
This major regeneration project in the London Borough of Lambeth will deliver 808 new homes and the refurbishment of 172 existing properties. The masterplan focuses on the public realm, at the heart of which is a new central park and community centre. A new hierarchy of streets create character areas relating to the surrounding urban form, providing a variety of identities for the different parts of the estate. The plan incorporates new technologies for heat and power, a strategy to develop and enhance the ecology of the area and the placement of art. The plan was developed in consultation with stakeholders and the local community.
Myatts Field North, London, UK
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Great Western Park Oxfordshire, UK Urban Design Landscape Architecture
This detailed solution to provide new homes in rural Oxfordshire is the product of a careful study of local settlements, a robust landscape strategy and the creation of three individual village centres, each with community facilities at its heart. The 18 ha site will provide 3,200 new homes, and schools, shops, sports and recreational facilities.
Great Western Park, Oxfordshire, UK
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Yuntolovo St. Petersburg Russia
Masterplanning
This competition winning scheme is for a new community of 70,000 residents on a 500 ha site to the north of St. Petersburg. To be developed over a period of ten years, it will provide retail and leisure facilities, schools, kindergartens, parks and a zoo. The design strategy creates a sustainable community in a wooded landscape, using and extending existing canals as a central feature of the landscape design. A tram system provides links to existing local public transport and the city itself.
Yuntolovo, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Tihoretskiy Prospekt 55 St. Petersburg Russia Urban Design Landscape Architecture
A major regeneration project of approximately 24 ha in St. Petersburg, bounded by an existing park, apartment buildings and a military academy. It will provide 4,000 new homes and 15,000 sq.m of commercial office space.
Tihoretskiy Prospekt 55, St. Petersburg, Russia
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A new boulevard connects two prominent landmarks and forms a spine through the project. At one end, the boulevard terminates in a new square framed by the military academy, and at the other in an existing public park. Residential towers form a crescent overlooking the park. The boulevard is lined with tall apartment blocks incorporating retail and other public facilities at ground level. Set behind are lower apartment blocks framing garden squares and tree lined streets.
Grazhdanskiy Prospekt 17-17A St. Petersburg, Russia Masterplanning
Based on the traditional St. Petersburg perimeter block, but remodelled on sustainable design principles, this masterplan provides for a population of 38,000 and includes kindergartens, shops, and new green spaces.
Grazhdanskiy Prospekt 17-17A, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Mill Hill East London, UK Masterplanning Urban Design Landscape Architecture
This dramatic site is a former Ministry of Defense Barracks situated at the heart of the London Borough of Barnet. The Mill Hill masterplan comprises 2175 new homes, (25% houses and 75% apartments), 1,100 sq.m of retail space fronting onto a proposed public square, 3,470 sq.m of office and light industrial space, a new two form entry primary school and nursery, a doctors’ surgery and a series of public parks. The masterplan creates a new piazza which links the station and creates new employment opportunities. A new spine rises up the steep hill to two new parks offering stunning views to the south.
Mill Hill East, London, UK
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Homs City Extension Syria Masterplanning Urban Design Landscape Architecture
Working with the Homs Governorate, PRP has prepared a strategic plan for the growth and extension of the city of Homs, the third largest city in Syria. The plan incorporates the wholesale regeneration of 929 ha of the existing city fabric and far-reaching proposals for four distinct new areas: Misfat Homs: A 757 ha extension of the city over former ‘brownfield’ industrial land Cornisha Aisha: The regeneration of 929 ha of existing ‘informal’ settlements The Eastern Garden Suburbs: A 461 ha extension of the city Zaidal & Fayrouzeh Satellite Towns: A strategy for expansion of each
Homs City Extension, Syria
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King’s Reach Biggleswade, UK Masterplanning
Inspired by a study of traditional local settlement patterns, this extension of an existing urban area provides for 2,100 new homes, arranged in distinct quarters and connected by a legible hierarchy of streets, with a new market square as the heart of the community. The layout and design of the streets and public spaces will reinforce a sense of community, safety and security. The plan includes extensive areas of open space, sporting facilities, schools and other community amenities.
King’s Reach, Biggleswade, UK . Cambridge City Extension, UK
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Cambridge City Extension UK Masterplanning Urban Design Landscape Architecture
PRP is designing an extension of the city of Cambridge as a distinct new community accommodating 2,500 new homes, shopping, schools and community facilities. The plan maintains local ‘green belt’ open space and will enhance the existing landscape. At the heart of the development is the ‘spine’, a route accessed through new ‘gateway’ public spaces which leads to a central square as the focus for the community.
Bow Cross London, UK Masterplanning
Adjacent to the site of the 2012 Olympics, Bow Cross (formerly known as Crossways Estate) is a significant regeneration project that includes the refurbishment of existing homes and the provision of 400 new homes in a safe community environment. Apartments are designed to generous standards of area, storage and open space. The three, 25 storey, tower blocks which dominate Bow Cross are being re-clad and re-fitted as high-quality low-energy homes. The first of the three towers has been refurbished and work has begun on the neighbouring tower. Communal areas and entrances are carefully designed for comfort and security. With rooftop lighting visible throughout the area, they act as a symbol of the regeneration of the community.
Bow Cross, London, UK . Lodge Hill, Chattenden, UK
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Lodge Hill Chattenden, UK Masterplanning
As a key member of the consultant team, PRP has developed a competition winning vision for this new sustainable settlement based on thorough consultation and extensive appraisal of options. The vision supports the core strategy of the Local Authority and includes 5,000 homes, new schools, employment facilities, shops and two potential hotels.
Haggerston and Kingsland London, UK Masterplanning Urban Design
This ÂŁ110m regeneration project includes 761 new homes in a mix of townhouses and apartments, arranged as urban blocks around a network of pedestrian-friendly residential streets. Internal courtyard podium gardens and the largest expanse of ‘green roofs’ in the UK, provide generous semi-private open space in a dense urban environment.
Haggerston and Kingsland, London, UK . Kennet Island Village, Reading, UK
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Kennet Island Village Reading, UK Masterplanning Urban Design Landscape Architecture
A contemporary take on a traditional grid layout creates a sustainable urban extension to the adjacent town of Reading. The 28 ha site provides a network of streets, plazas and parks, and will include 10,000 sq.m of office space, a hotel and community buildings. A 10% increase in the number of units improved the viability of the scheme.
Heathside and Lethbridge London, UK Masterplanning Landscape Architecture
Adjacent to Blackheath Park, with its strong character and views over London, the masterplan provides a connection to the park and proposes a ‘green axis’ extending from the park through the site as the organising idea. It maintains communal open space and enhances ecology while regenerating this prime location with new development. It offers a mix of tenures and unit sizes to support the development of an inclusive community.
South Kilburn London, UK
Masterplanning Landscape Architecture
As part of the wider masterplan, PRP developed a strategy for the public realm which includes proposals for the design and landscaping of streets, public spaces, car parking and play areas. A landscape strategy proposes ecological planting principles and the re-introduction of nature into the area. Materials are sustainably sourced and sustainable drainage strategies include the use of swales and attenuation ponds.
Heathside and Lethbridge, London, UK . South Kilburn, London, UK
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Al Hayer Rural Masterplan, UAE
Beswick, Manchester, UK
Masterplanning Landscape Architecture
Masterplanning
An exemplar project to rationalise camel farming in the UAE. Sustainability measures conserve and recycle water and exploit bio-digester technology to generate energy. Fragile native plant species are protected. Farms are organised in clusters to optimise commercial development of farm produce.
BRE Sustainable Landscape Demonstration Project, Watford, UK Landscape Architecture National competition winning entry for the BRE Innovation Park development near Watford. Exemplar sustainable landscape development to raise expectation for achieving sustainability and environmental gains across the landscape industry.
An urban extension inspired from a study of the local historic tradition and vernacular. 2100 new homes focused on a central market square generating a community focus.
Ontario Tower, London, UK Landscape Architecture Based on the concept of river Eyots, the design of the public realm and landscape associated with this residential tower and hotel features a riverside garden, water feature and walkway.
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Cardington, Bedfordshire, UK
Osbaldwick, York, UK
Lavente Gate, Milton Keynes, UK
Urban Design
Masterplanning
Urban Design
Preparation of visionary proposals for a small village in Bedfordshire dominated by two 240m long airship sheds. Our scheme echoes and reinforces this community memory to achieve approval from the locals and Government planning authority.
A competition winning masterplan for the extension of an existing historic town. The scheme pioneers sustainable design techniques and supports the use of public transport. The development is arranged as a group of clusters, each with its own identity.
An urban extension to the new city of Milton Keynes is based on sustainable design principles. It incorporates the existing landscape, completing a major park system on the east side of the city
Empress State Public Square, London, UK
Blackfriars, Herefordshire, UK
Hanham Hall, Bristol, UK
Landscape Architecture
Masterplanning, Urban Design Landscape Architecture
Masterplanning Landscape Architecture
The masterplan of a new 40 ha urban village provides 700 new homes, landscape features include an attractive public park with a canal basis that will attract visitors to the area.
A zero carbon design and strategy proposal for the UK Government’s Carbon Challenge Competition. This was a site specific design for a code level 6, mixed use development incorporating zero carbon technology and measures to encourage a low carbon lifestyle.
PRP designed the pubic piazza at one of London’s landmark buildings. It incorporates an art installation of interlocking canopies, a timber frame and floral tapestry.
Masterplanning, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture Services Masterplanning / Urban Design Services Research visits & publications Site & market analysis Visioning & narrative Stakeholder & consultation ‘planning for real’ type events Optional appraisals & feasibility Environmental assessment Viability testing Sustainable design options Illustrative layouts 3D models & CGI’s Design briefs & framework documents Design & access statements Design codes Project management
Landscape Architecture Services Landscape Strategy Feasibility Studies & Concept Design Landscape Character Assessment Landscape & Townscape Visual Impact Assessment Collaborative Design Workshops Cultural & Sustainable Masterplanning Design Code Reports Urban Design Proposals Design & Access Statements Streetscapes/Homezones Detailed Design Contract Administration SUDS Strategies Verifiable Visualisations Landscape Management Plans Street Furniture Design Art Strategy Expert Witness
Landscape Architecture Project experience includes: Resorts Education Health Care Urban Regeneration Commercial and Leisure Heritage and Restoration Parks and Open Spaces Playgrounds and Adventure Play Green Roofs
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Robert Coles Partner
Phillip Blackshaw Associate Director (Landscape)
Andy von Bradsky Chairman
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