Retail & Mixed Use
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Heriot Watt University
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Olympic Design Authority
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Iarnród Éireann
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IKEA
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Godrej Bhartiya City Ireo Gulshan Homz Reliance Zurich Airport Noida International Airport Unitech Indian Institute of Technology Mandi Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Bernard vanLeer Foundation Sun Group PRA Realty India Pvt. Ltd. Inkel Limited
John Innes Centre Lancashire County Cricket Club Lima 2019 Manchester Science Partnerships MP Kings Retail S.à r.l. Municipality of Winterswijk Nanjing University National Gallery of Ireland National Maritime Museum National University of Ireland Netflix Network Rail
Seoul Metropolitan Government Singapore People's Association The Berkely Group Theatre Royal Drury Lane TransManche Link Transport for Greater Manchester Transport Scotland University College London University of Cambridge University of Manchester University of Strathclyde Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
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Projects
Crossroads, India
Crossroads, India Crossroads is a commercial and retail centre on a three acre site located in Valsad, Gujarat. The corner site is strategically located at the junction of National Highway 48 and State Highway, ValsadDharampur Road. The programme includes retail, restaurants, fastfood chains, car showrooms, banquet facilities, a boutique hotel, and offices
Upper Crest, India
Upper Crest, India
BDP has been commissioned to develop the master plan, landscape design and the building design of an 11acre residential and commercial development in Valsad.
Metropolis, India
Metropolis, India BDP have designed an upcoming 50,000 sqft mixed use, retail and office building in Valsad, Gujarat. The site is situated at a prime location in Valsad, surrounded by the premium industrial and commercial belt of the city. Our design utilises its street corner site, with double-height retail spaces wrapped on two sides of the building and three floors of office space above.
IKEA Oxford Circus, UK
IKEA Hammersmith, UK
Transformation of a dated shopping centre into a welcoming, inclusive and uplifting place for the community. A new focal point formed around amphitheatre steps, is designed to host events and create a hub for meeting.
IKEA Hammersmith
IKEA Hammersmith
London, UK MP Kings Retail S.à r.l. Architecture, Building Services Engineering, Civil & Structural Engineering, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design, Sustainability, Urban Design, Urban Planning
Shanghai Yangshupu Power Plant, China
Shanghai Yangshupu Power Plant
Redevelopment of an early twentieth century power plant to reinvigorate an important and historical industrial area. The mixed use development comprises retail and F&B, hotels, cultural and leisure facilities ,and office accommodation.
Shanghai Yangshupu Power Plant
Shanghai, China Shanghai Yangdian Energy Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. Architecture, Urban Design
Shanghai Yangshupu Power Plant, China
Westgate Centre, Oxford, UK
Westgate Centre Major retail led mixed use development, seamlessly stitched into Oxford’s historic city fabric. Integrates the city’s streets with a network of covered streets, lanes and arcades.
Westgate Centre
Oxford, UK Westgate Oxford Alliance (Land Securities & The Crown Estate) Architecture, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Urban Design
Meadowhall, Sheffield, UK
The Leisure Hall, Meadowhall, Sheffield, UK
Shanghai Nanjing East Road The Bund X-Change, China
BOXPARK, UK
BOXPARK
Brings communities together by providing the best street food, drinks and entertainment under one roof. Has so far created over 800 FTE jobs and supported over 330 independent businesses.
Croydon, Wembley and Liverpool, UK RGCM Limited T/a RG Group
BOXPARK
Architecture, Acoustics, Building Services Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Landscape Architecture
Paddington Box, London, UK
Samsung Experience Store, Canada
Porsche Four Valley Drive, Canada
“Liverpool One is a vibrant and economically successful retail, leisure and mixed-use quarter - an entirely revitalised city centre.” – RIBA Judges
Liverpool One, UK
Liverpool One Mixed use scheme is an exemplar of retail regeneration which has transformed the city. Refurbishment and new build developments are knitted into and restore the streetscape.
Liverpool, UK
Liverpool One
Grosvenor Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design, Urban Design
St James Quarter, UK
St James’ Quarter
Vibrant new city quarter located in a World Heritage Site comprising retail, hospitality, leisure and housing. The central galleria creates a new landmark for the city with a striking, naturally ventilated roof.
St James’ Quarter
Edinburgh, UK Nuveen Real Estate, Laing O'Rourke Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design
The Lexicon, UK
Augustine Hill, Galway, Ireland
Sloane Street, London, UK
“This is the definition of choreographed city-building, and this carefully curated retail mix will play a vital role in establishing The Well as a vibrant, lively destination for residents and visitors to Toronto.” – Jeff Ross, Senior Vice President at RioCan REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
The Well, Canada
Bringing an extraordinary dynamism to Toronto through its diversity of uses and high urban density. People-focused neighbourhood with seven buildings mixing offices, residences, retail, galleries and restaurants.
The Well
The Well Toronto, Canada Rio Can, Allied Properties and DiamondCorp Architecture, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design, Urban Design
Shoppers World Brampton, Canada
IKEA Wuxi Phase 2, China
One Stamford Square, UK
The Rock, Bury, UK
Parkway, Newbury, UK
Eden Walk, Kingston, UK
Marassi Galleria Mall, Bahrain
Al Mashtal, UAE
Mivida Retail District, Egypt
Insights and Ideas
Global trends
People-centred placemaking
ESG and climate change
Technology integration
Inclusive design
Future flexibility
Adaptive reuse
Health and wellbeing
Net zero and sustainable design
Energy infrastructure
Old Buildings, New Beginnings Adaptive reuse and heritage regeneration
Old Buildings, New Beginnings Adaptive reuse and heritage regeneration can: •
Provide a building with a new purpose
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Enhance its social, physical and historic value
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Preserve its history while making it relevant to today’s society
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Create a sense of place for local communities
Regeneration of Shanghai's historic Yangshupu power plant into a vibrant mixed use destination
Shanghai Yangshupu Power Station Adaptive Reuse
Old Buildings, New Beginnings
Providing an opportunity to: •
Mitigate the building’s environmental impact
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Prevent further urban sprawl of our cities and towns A 1930s telephone exchange has been transformed into an ultra-low carbon sustainability hub at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership
Old Buildings, New Beginnings We can make an old building carbon free by carefully considering our approach to: •
Site selection
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Microclimate
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Material reuse
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Noise and air pollution
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Sub-structure
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Renewable energy
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Flexibility
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Greening
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Community
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Transport infrastructure
Design for Inclusion How can we make projects more inclusive beyond accessibility?
Design for Inclusion
Society is demanding an equitable approach to the design and development of the built environment. Our guiding principles outline how can we create social value and support ESG objectives.
Guiding principles for incorporating social equity in the built environment
Design for Inclusion
BDP’s inclusive design approach focuses on the full range of human diversity and our vast human needs to enable everyone to live and thrive.
Design for Inclusion 3D acoustic modelling Just one of the methods we have at our disposal to visualise the behaviour of sound to ensure the auditory experience is inclusive for all.
South Bank University's Chapel Theatre
Rising to the Climate Challenge Sustainable design strategies for the built environment.
Achieving Net-Zero Labs How can we create a net zero science research building? •
Utilise the data that drives CO2e emissions
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Take a holistic view to reducing CO2e emissions
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Only build what is needed, but enable flexibility
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Take responsibility for the impact of your building
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Offset any remaining embodied carbon emissions
Low Carbon Now Our housing team in Toronto explore what we can do NOW to lower a development’s carbon trajectory. Three key levers: •
Build smart structures
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Use high performing building envelopes
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Eliminate fossil fuels
Lighting the Way to a Circular Economy How can we incorporate a circular economy approach to lighting design? It’s not just about product and the supply chain - it is crucially also about project process. Collaboration is essential.
River Regeneration – Bringing Life to Communities Revitalising our urban centres through green infrastructure.
River Regeneration - Bringing Life to Communities From building level to city level, green infrastructure offers a range of benefits to resolve complex urban issues.
River Regeneration – Bringing Life to Communities
We place four key design principles at the centre of our thinking to maximise the potential each project can bring.
Integration
Urban Edge
Grey Infrastructure
River Regeneration – Bringing Life to Communities
Intermediate Edge
Natural Edge
Green Infrastructure
Optimisation of Green and Grey Infrastructure Integrating green and grey infrastructure can form a holistic stormwater management system.
reGeneration Activating social and commercial value through meanwhile use.
reGeneration MEANWHILE USE during the time between land acquisition and the start of construction can enable: •
Placemakers to build trust and engagement with the community
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Understand their needs and address them through meanwhile use
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Incorporate the most successful aspects into the permanent development
reGeneration Activating social and commercial value by: •
Improving neighborhood health, employment, education, and placemaking
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Stimulating local spend
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Delivering real social impact to deliver ESG objectives
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Support industry reputation
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Creating interim income streams
These vignettes describe some possible meanwhile use scenarios
reGeneration BOXPARK Croydon has transformed an inactive site earmarked for future development into a dynamic pop-up food and entertainment venue for London’s diverse communities.
BOXPARK 330
independent businesses supported
800
FTE jobs created majority local to each site
$325
spend onsite and across local town centres
$169m
Gross Value Added (GVA) to local economy in new jobs and business investment
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