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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
Dhaka Metro, Bangladesh
Dhaka Metro BDP is working on the Line 5 North Metro Line in Dhaka and is designing 9 underground stations for MFCA. There are 5 typical stations and 4 unique stations with 2 of them being stacked ones. The designs of the entry structures of these stations are inspired by the local context and vary from area to area, thereby lending then a local influence and tying them in with their surroundings.
Dhaka Metro, Bangladesh
Noida International Airport
The landscape concept included ideas on use of vacant lands in initial phases of the airport developments, strategies for trees, planting palette, design of key landscape areas like forest park, plane spotting park and swale park.
Noida International Airport, India
Noida International Airport
Concessionaire urban development guidelines for the airport’s surrounding neighbourhood. Green campus concept landscape masterplan for the entire 1,334 hectare layout.
Rail
“This station led the city through industrialisation, and it now stands out as an example of what we can achieve as we navigate our way towards net-zero.” – Nicola Sturgeon, former First Minister of Scotland
Glasgow Queen Street Station, UK
Glasgow Queen Street Station Station redeveloped to cater for longer, greener trains and increased passenger footfall. A glazed façade floods the station with daylight, while the dramatic roof creates a memorable gateway to the city.
Glasgow, UK Transport Scotland
Glasgow Queen Street Station
Architecture, Acoustics, Building Services Engineering, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design, Sustainability
“The result is undeniably dramatic… the roof soars and dives in a whirl of parabolic arches. The space is airy and exciting and ranks among the most impressive sheds of the modern railway.” – Britain’s 100 Best Railway Stations
Victoria Station, Manchester, UK
Victoria Station Manchester Reinforces the station’s identity as a low carbon transport hub. Facilitates improved links between cities in the north.
Manchester, UK
Victoria Station Manchester
Network Rail Architecture, Heritage
“Where does architecture begin and end? What can architectural thinking bring to super-scale infrastructure? This project provokes these questions and responds with impressive success. The final project brings local delight with the striking form of the new river bridge and a strong identity through its materiality and consistent detailing.” – RIBA National Awards
Ordsall Chord, UK
Ordsall Chord
Series of bridges and viaducts which unlock railway routes, improve connections and faster journey times. Landscaping and lighting to public spaces and heritage features tie the scheme into the surrounding urban fabric.
Ordsall Chord
Manchester, UK Network Rail Architecture, Heritage, Lighting Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design
Metro
Whitechapel Elizabeth Line Station, UK
Whitechapel Elizabeth Line Station
Station modernisation as part of London’s new Elizabeth Line, located in an extremely challenging site. Designed to achieve BREEAM Excellent.
Whitechapel Elizabeth Line Station
London, UK Hyder Consulting for Crossrail Architecture, Graphic Design, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design, Urban Design, Urban Planning
Colindale Station, UK
Transport Hubs
Gloucester Transport Hub, UK
Gloucester Transport Hub Bus stands for 12 vehicles arranged in chevron format to allow a drive in, reverse out method of operation. The highly transparent building provides maximum visual contact with its surroundings and a calm, airy environment.
Gloucester Transport Hub
Gloucester, UK Gloucester City Council
Architecture, Acoustics, Interior Design, Civil & Structural Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design
Leicester Net Zero Bus Station, UK
Leicester Net Zero Bus Station
Bus station redevelopment which reframes bus travel as an efficient and highly user-friendly travel option. The UK’s first net zero bus station.
Leicester Net Zero Bus Station
Leicester, UK Arcadis LLP
Architecture, Building Services Engineering, Civil & Structural Engineering, Landscape Architecture
Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal, UAE
Isle of Man Sea Terminal, UK
Isle of Man Sea Terminal Douglas, UK Manx Development Corporation Architecture, Acoustics, Building Services Engineering, Civil & Structural Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Design
Bagan Airport, South East Asia
Creating Places
Noida International Airport
Gautam Buddha Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India Noida Airport
Architecture, Building Services Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design
Paddington Lawn, UK
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.
BDP India