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Weston Williamson + Partners
A new way of thinking
Having worked successfully together on over 3m sqft of floorspace, Weston Williamson+Partners architects and Core Five cost consultants have come together to provide a collaborative feasibility study service. This service brings together Weston Williamson’s intelligent, design-led approach to architecture, with Core Five’s ability to give reliable and robust early stage cost advice. With this service we explore the opportunities that can unlock sites and generate high quality developments that deliver maximum value for our clients, and enrich the ultimate occupants’ lives.
“Weston Williamson’s design-led approach, coupled with Core Five’s cost expertise, allows us to unlock value on all sites.”
Beatrix Young, Partner Weston Williamson
“Having worked together with Weston Williamson very successfully on a number of projects we are delighted to offer this new feasibility service for our Clients.” Gerard Cook, Founding Partner Core Five
High quality design...
Barking Town Centre Redevelopment, a joint WW+P / C5 project
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Weston Williamson + Partners
We are a team of 150 professionals in the UK, Australia and Canada, of 15 nationalities, working flexibly and collaboratively with clients and the wider industry.
Our diverse international team members bring their own unique backgrounds and perspectives to projects and to the people that we work with. We are natural collaborators, keen to talk, to listen and to understand. It is by working closely with everyone involved – clients, stakeholders, colleagues and end users - that we deliver successful projects.
We are a design-led practice, full of people who relish a challenge and with a strong record of delivery. Our work is all about the people who use it; how they will inhabit and experience the buildings, places and artefacts that we design. We take a whole life approach, considering how our designs will adapt, retain their relevance and continue to be enjoyed for years to come.
We specialise in creating solutions for complex projects, large or small, international and local. We get to the essence of what people need from buildings and spaces, listening, challenging and responding to clients and stakeholders with elegant, bold solutions. We set out a clear and engaging vision that helps people get involved with the design and the process.
Our ambition is simple but expansive, shaping cities for the future, involving transport, master planning, public space, environment and living. People are at the heart of everything we do. We want to design buildings and places that are a pleasure to use and create civilised beautiful environments that enrich lives.
Core Five
Core Five was established in response to feedback from our Clients who were looking for an independent firm of construction cost consultants focused on delivering a personalised, hands-on, commercially focused service.
The Firm was established in May 2012 by former Partners of Davis Langdon who between them have over 150 years of industry experience. We are currently 125 strong with offices in London and Birmingham, and with a core specialism of cost consultancy. We are proud to work with a wide variety of Clients on some of their most challenging schemes, from bluechip developers such as British Land, LandSec, Native Land and Almacantar through to housing associations such as Notting Hill Genesis and L&Q and local authorities such as London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and London Borough of Croydon (Brick By Brick).
Big Business experience, Niche Practice approach With a wealth of experience from our time at Davis Langdon and others, the firm was established with the express intent of being nimble and highly responsive to our clients’ needs. Our Big Business experience coupled with this Niche Practice approach to the way we deliver our services has certainly set us apart from our competitors. We pride ourselves in knowing how to align designers’ aspirations with our Clients’ commercial goals and we bring a strong commercial focus to the design, procurement and delivery process.
Experts in residential-led schemes We are experts in residential-led schemes, having successfully delivered numerous projects across varying levels of density, height and existing site constraints. In the last year alone we have advised on over 25,000 residential units, with clients including Native Land, St George, Muse, Brick By Brick, Stanhope and Grainger. Our vast experience allows us to give reliable cost advice at an early stage, allowing robust and informed decisions to be made.
Driving efficiency and accuracy through cost data Our wealth of data and benchmarking means we are able to compare project costs and key design metrics at an early stage, to identify premiums and help drive efficiencies from the outset. Thereafter, we have an exceptional track record of delivering our projects on budget. From over £3 billion of construction work procured since the firm was established, 78% has been delivered on, or within, budget. This increases to 86% procured at less than 2% over budget, with 100% being procured within 4% of the original budget set. We believe this is a record unmatched in our industry.
Feasibility Studies – Adding value
We enjoy developing creative design solutions that maximise value for our clients. Our feasibility studies efficiently demonstrate the capacity of sites through high quality development proposals.
Our starting point for all of our projects is always understanding the existing context - in relation to physical qualities, the local community, planning context and development values. This thorough understanding enables us to develop robust layout and massing proposals that are appropriate to the local context, that will meet the requirements of people who will be using the places, whilst minimising planning risk. Our commercial awareness in all sectors of the built environment ensures that our proposals respond appropriately to ever-changing pressures on the industry, ensuring that maximum value is realised.
Our Method We begin our process with a site analysis, identifying constraints to overcome, and opportunities to capitalise on. We use hand sketches to efficiently explore site layout options, ensuring that design decisions are driven by our understanding of the surrounding context, as well as practical considerations such as access and servicing. We develop preferred options in Revit, generating highly efficient typical floor plan layouts in order to maximise value. Area outputs from our Revit models give our clients assurance in gross and internal development areas.
Presented over the following pages are a selection of recent capacity studies where we have successfully generated a vision for high quality development, with an assurance of quantum and value for our clients. Note that the following represents projects that Weston Williamson have been involved with, Core Five have not been involved in all of these
Feasibility Cost Assessment Core Five work closely with Weston Williamson to provide bespoke site-specific cost advice at this early stage. This takes into account the design proposals, site constraints, likely specification levels and other factors to enable the full picture of cost and value to be assessed. Our data-led approach means we can compare the key cost and design metrics against live and recent comparable schemes, identifying any premiums and helping drive efficiencies from the outset.
Barking Town Centre Masterplan
Barking, UK Client: Be First RIBA Stages – 0-1 c. 2,380 new homes - 60% private sale, 40% affordable c. 245,000 sqft commercial / retail Dates – 2018
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The Barking Town Centre Masterplan was a high level feasibility study that looked at regenerating the Barking station area and considered the capacity for a mixed use development adjacent to and over the existing railway station. The proposals comprised of a variety of residential, retail and commercial uses across multiple low to high rise buildings, including enhancements to the public realm and improved access to the Barking Station. Together, Weston Williamson and Core Five were able to constructively develop the early design to arrive at the optimal and most cost effective design proposals, thus driving higher efficiencies. The added complications of constructing around and over the railway station proved challenging in terms of design complexity and cost premiums, however by working collaboratively we were able to mitigate the impact and so improve the overall viability of the development.
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Ashford, UK Client: LinkCity RIBA Stages – 0-1 c. 300 new homes, plus industrial / supermarket retail at ground Dates – Jan 2019
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Our proposal for this site close to Ashford Station proposed 300 high quality residential units above a site-wide podium which accommodated mid-size industrial units, a supermarket and associated parking and delivery areas. The site arrangement took advantage of adjacent street level changes to ensure that the industrial uses did not impact the quality of the residential units. The orientation of the homes maximise views towards the adjacent park. A new communal garden square is proposed at the heart of the masterplan, which has the potential to link directly to the train station. This study demonstrated to our client how the range of uses within this development could be successfully achieved, whilst also maximising the quantum of high quality, mixed-tenure homes.
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Limmo Peninsula
London, UK Client: Berkeley Homes c. 1,200 units, plus commercial / retail at ground RIBA Stages - 1 Dates – Mar 2018
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The Limmo Peninsula is a significant development site near Canning Town, opposite London City Island. We supported our client’s bid for the site, generating residential-led development options for the site. Our proposals delivered a high quality residential neighbourhood, which maximised views towards the water. Massing ensured that views were possible for sites set back from the waters edge, whilst also creating high quality amenity space within the masterplan. Proposals overcame a number of challenging site constraints, including access requirements to the Crossrail shaft at the south of the site, limited access points, and a row of electricity pylons along the eastern edge of the site.
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St George’s House
Wimbledon, London, UK Client: Aecom 3,200 sqm / 347,000 sqft up to 80,000 sqm / 855,000 sqft Commercial development RIBA Stages - 1 June 2016 - Sept 2019
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St George’s House occupies a key site in Wimbledon Town Centre. With the planned arrival of Crossrail 2, Wimbledon will benefit from greater connectivity, and a resultant increase in land values. Our proposals for St George’s House explored ways that commercial floor area could be increased on the site, in order to meet the current demand for Grade A office space within Wimbledon Town Centre. Key to our proposals was to offer flexibility to the client, providing options that could adapt with market conditions. WW+P developed a number of incremental approaches that would increase the value of the site – from minimal to maximum intervention. The aim of all of these options was to increase the value of the site by increasing the area of lettable office space, and also improve the quality of the internal space and external appearance. All of these options were considered in the context of the wider Wimbledon masterplan, and also with consideration of how careful phasing could minimise the impact on the current usable office space.
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Harrow Sites
Harrow, London, UK Client: Network Homes RIBA Stages - 1 18 -20 new homes per site Mixed tenure December 2017
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On behalf of Network Homes, we carried out feasibility studies for two challenging sites in Harrow - one a disused community centre in a residential suburban area, and the other a commercial site close to a busy railway. We generated these studies using efficient layout options to maximise the development potential of these sites whilst ensuring compliance with planning policy, and respecting neighbouring properties.
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Luton Midland Road
Luton, UK Client: Aitch Group RIBA Stages - 1 180 new homes Mixed tenure August 2017
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Our proposal for this significant site next to Luton Station generated a high quality residential development that offered benefits to the wider town centre, whilst meeting the aspirations of the town centre masterplan. The proposals frame a new public square located along the High Street and improve permeability through the site with a new tree-lined street. Proposals also sensitively respond to the adjacent High Street, which sits within a conservation area, and has a number of locally listed buildings along its length. We made use of the level change across the site to achieve greater height and density to the east of the site, which is at a much lower level than the High Street, and benefits from greater distance from the conservation area.
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North Sheen
London, UK Client: Berkeley Homes Units,Min = c. 260 units and Max = 400 units, Plus some commercial / retail uses at ground floor RIBA Stages (from appointment to current stage) – 0-1 Dates – Jan 2019
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Our residential masterplan for this constrained site responded to the surrounding finer suburban residential grain, while also addressing the constrained boundaries, and accommodated commercial uses and an existing bus station. We explored a minimum and maximum development quantum for our client, retaining the key masterplan principles in both options. A range of residential typologies were proposed to respond to the varying context around the site. Perimeter buildings along the main road bounding the site mirrored adjacent town-houses, while adjacent to the railway the proposed massing rose above the railway to minimise noise disruption to residential properties. Within the site, the mix of residential typologies created a range of character areas, and a linear green park acted as a central focus to this new neighbourhood. The study demonstrated to our client how a viable and contextual development could be achieved on this highly constrained site.
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Southwark Residential
Southwark, London, UK Client: London Borough of Southwark RIBA Stages – 0-1 43 new homes, plus retail uses at ground floor Feb 2020
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This design competition for Southwark Council demonstrated the development potential for a challenging site next to an elevated railway, currently occupied by a number of garages and a disused tenants hall. Our proposal responded to the surrounding context respecting neighbouring homes, and avoided single aspect towards the railway. The gable end of the building created interest on this prominent corner, and ground floor uses activated the surrounding public realm.
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This research study explored mid-rise, high-density residential typologies for urban and suburban sites. Proposals demonstrated how high quality, residential-led development can be achieved without the need to build tall, which is often not possible on tightly constrained sites. Typologies include apartment blocks in varying configurations, town-houses and mews houses. Designs allow for flexible ground floor uses including commercial, retail, car parking and light industrial. The study demonstrates options for how typologies can be configured, and how they can be applied to a range of types of sites, for example corner sites, mid-street development or stand-alone sites. Proposed typologies are also assessed in relation to optimum orientation, density and amount of open space.
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The success of our feasibility studies is underpinned by our extensive experience of delivering projects. We constantly apply lessons learnt from our projects that are at more detailed design stages into our feasibility work, generating greater certainty on layout configurations, unit numbers and areas generated in our earlier stage work.
We have selected a number of our residential projects to present on the following pages which demonstrate how our early feasibility studies progress into high quality and viable projects.
Our track record in residential design quality is underpinned by our thorough understanding of the public realm and how the infrastructure of our cities works. We are able to analyse, develop and resolve schemes, juggling competing parameters and collaborating with multiple stakeholders, to successfully deliver exceptional housing across all tenures.
We believe that new residential projects should create a sense of place on a human scale; exploring opportunities for the application of craft in the making of buildings that are tailored to their context and the people that will live in them. Our growing residential team, has a wealth of experience and an ability to harness modern methods of construction to create elegant and innovative design solutions, which add value to our clients’ vision. We’re proud of our close working relationships and high volume of repeat business.
Bacton Estate Phase 2 Strategic Masterplan
Gospel Oak, London, UK Client: London Borough of Camden 277 new homes 64% market sale; 36% social rent/ intermediate tenure D1
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Elm Nursery
Merton, London, UK Client: Merantun Developments Ltd Appointed RIBA Stages: 1-7 21 new homes Affordable tenure March 2019 - ongoing
Initial site capacity study
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At Elm Nursery, our proposal replaces a disused car park to provide 21 new affordable homes. The urban block forms a strong frontage along the busy London Road, and responds to the surrounding context and character through a regular facade treatment, with decorative roof form. We generated an efficient layout which maximised the use of the site, with the lower floors extending further to the rear of the site, and upper floors stepping in to avoid overshadowing neighbouring homes. A ‘fabric-first’ approach will ensure that space heating demands are minimised, and individual air-source heat pump cylinders in each apartment, will provide hot water, avoiding the need for gas.
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Canons Place
Merton, London, UK Client: Merantun Developments Ltd Appointed RIBA Stages: 1-7 18 new homes Private Rental Sector and Private Sale March 2019 - ongoing
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Development at Canon’s Place is arranged around an existing tree, to create a new courtyard, inspired by the nearby walled garden of Canon’s Place House. The architecture of the proposed apartment block and mews houses is inspired by the Georgian proportions of nearby listed buildings. The scheme was designed to sit sensitively within the surrounding conservation area. The development will be built using timber-frame construction, reducing embodied carbon, ground works and enabling offsite construction.
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We are very proud to have designed Merantun’s first PRS developments and to have set a high benchmark both in terms of residential design and sustainability. We are confident that our designs will meet with the Council’s approval and are excited to be utilising this new rental market model.� Bea Young, Partner
Farm Road
Merton, London, UK Client: Merantun Developments Ltd Appointed RIBA Stages: 1-7 18 new homes Private Rental Sector and Private Sale March 2019 - ongoing
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The development at Farm Road will provide 15 new PRS apartments, and 3 houses for private sale. The proposed houses reflect the scale of the adjacent terraced housing, while the apartment building steps up in scale to create a marker at the corner junction. Hung tiles, brick and roof dormer windows echo common features in the area. A sculptural form is achieved for the apartment block through the use of tiles on the roof and walls which give the impression of a continuous folded form.
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Raleigh Gardens
Merton, London, UK Client: Merantun Developments Ltd Appointed RIBA Stages: 1-7 36 new homes Private Rental Sector March 2019 - ongoing
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A disused car park is transformed into 36 new homes for the Private Rental Sector at Raleigh Gardens, an urban block which complements the local surroundings and makes a positive contribution to the streetscape. An efficient floor plan layout maximised the value of this site for our client. The form of the building is broken into two elements, which step in height and plan, to provide visual interest along the street frontage, and to increase daylight to the neighbouring residential development.
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Five high quality private homes replace a row of single storey garages on a Lewisham estate. Revenue raised from the sale of the terraced three bedroom homes will be reinvested in the Borough’s ‘New Homes Better Places’ programme. The scheme has been carefully designed to preserve the amenity of the neighbours, with no impact on privacy, outlook or sunlight. An innovative house plan provides high quality private amenity space on this constrained site.
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02. Development Extended perimeter block to define internal courtyard
25 new homes
Building form must be kept low to avoid overshadowing adjacent buildings - capacity suffers
Front doors at Entrance Square Concept Sketches ground levelRent Social
Nov 2016 – Dec 2017
Enlcosed courtyard
Enlcosed courtyard
Front doors at ground level
evelopment along perimter f site to set away from xisting low buildings
nt doors at ground level
Kennington, London, UK
03. Proposal Client: Southwark Council Two storey perimeter block with taller element RIBA Stages – 0-4block adjacent to taller neighbouring
Proximity to existing buildings reduced
Height concentrated on corner of site, away from low rise buildings
Building extended along two arms to create improved definition and enclosure to courtyard
Initial capacity study
Height orientated along Royal Road to avoid overshadowing courtyard
Early concept
Rutley Close
CONCEPT PLAN
Building along boundary of site kept at extended length to enclose courtyard. Height limited to 2 storeys to avoid overshadowing of existing sketch buildings
Concept sketch of entrance square
Concept sketch of entrance square showing existin
Unit Arrangement
Rutley Close Kennington
1B/2P 2B/4P 2B/4P (WC) 3B/5P Proposed arrangement of units - stacked arrangement allows for efficient structural and servicing strategy
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Ground floor plan (landscape proposal by Exterior Architecture)
ExA
Oct 2017
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Our residential development at Rutley Close completes a broken urban block, creating positive and active street frontages with high quality residential development. The ‘L’ shaped block encloses a new landscaped courtyard, for use by both new and existing residents – a significant improvement on the completely hard landscape of the site prior development. The building massing also frames two existing trees on the outer corner of the site, creating a positive corner feature. New homes are a mix of apartments and duplexes, all benefitting from dual aspect and generous internal spaces. The massing steps up at the south-eastern corner of the site, maximising development away from neighbouring homes, and creating a feature at this corner junction.
WW+P have been thoughtful and considered in their approach and seamlessly understood the councils commitment and the needs and wishes of the local communities” James Cross, New Homes Delivery Team, Southwark Council
Street view
Sceaux Gardens
Camberwell, London, UK Client: Southwark Council RIBA Stages – 0-4 81 new homes Social Rent Nov 2016 – ongoing
Initial capacity studies
Ground floor plan (landscape proposal by Exterior Architecture)
For this estate regeneration scheme, we have developed 3 sites to provide 81 new homes, as well as wider estate improvements including enhanced access arrangements and higher quality public realm. Proposals respond sensitively to the conservation area context, and celebrate the historic gardens at the heart of the estate, which are much valued by residents. The arrangement of the two buildings at the centre of the estate improve accessibility to the central gardens, and their orientation enhances passive surveillance of this space. The third site is located at the main entrance to the estate, and has been designed as a strong marker to this arrival point. We worked closely with Southwark throughout the project to successfully engage with the residents of the estate and to ensure that new homes accommodated the requirements of the residents who were being re-housed in within the new development.
View from central gardens
Spa Road
Bermondsey, London, UK Client: Hyde Housing Association / Rooff Ltd RIBA Stages - 0-7 48 apartments 50% Private Sale, 50% Social Rent Ground floor commercial and retail space - 856m2
Initial site concepts
Ground floor plan
Spa Road demonstrates how to successfully knit a new mixed tenure development into an existing regeneration plan. By deliberately phasing construction, our client was able to benefit from a projected uplift in property values in this part of South London. Our high quality design proposal for this prominent plot within the wider Bermondsey Spa regeneration masterplan addressed several site constraints including the proximity of adjacent estate buildings, protected mature trees on Spa Road and resolved daylight, sunlight and privacy challenges with nearby properties. We were able to maximise unit numbers and value by adopting a single core approach.
Street view
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