Residential Design Development

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Residential Design Development

The architects appointed for residential buildings S1 & S11 are AECOM. This page shows how the designs have evolved, and have been informed by previous public consultation events earlier in 2018. You can view the relevant pages of the exhibition boards in the 'additional materials' section below, and have your say using the comment form at the bottom of the page.

Quick Facts & Figures

Approximately 497 new homes

S1 - 37 storeys, 278 homes

S11 – 31 storeys, 219 homes

Homes: studio, 1, 2 and 3 beds, 10% wheelchair adaptable

Affordable housing across tenures & units

Dual aspect apartments

Bike storage facilities and terraces for residents

Crèche in S11 and potential Wellness Centre in S1

Above: view of S1 (left) & S11 (right) from the North Park

Design Principles & Materiality

Podiums wrap the bottom of towers to provide additional public amenities and a human scale at the base of S1 & S11. These are designed to look different from the rest of the residential towers.

The residential part of the towers have two types of bronze-effect façades:

Type A: Fully glazed view walls are framed in bronze-finish metal.

Type B: The metal is folded to create articulation and reflect light.

The podium or base of the towers will:

Form the public spaces (Crèche, Wellness Centre, and amenity terraces).

Be clad with horizontal louvred screens, angled depending on indoor uses.

Have large frame-elements express key entrances for the Crèche Wellness Centre

The design of the S1 podium is developing and not yet finalised. The detailed plans will be reviewed with the Local Planning Authority.