Housing and regeneration projects

Hillock Estate Whitefield 2004-5
SMLA has been appointed by Contour Housing Group to develop a strategy and proposals for environmental improvements on the Hillock Estate in Whitefield, North Manchester with a £500,000 budget. Work is due for completion on site in Spring 2006.
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Salisbury House St. Helens 2004-6
SMLA has been appointed by the Salvation Army Housing Association to develop a strategy and proposals for environmental improvements to Salisbury House residential centre. Works including boundary provision and a residents garden started on site in Summer 2005. The project is due for completion in December 2005.
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St Peter's School Manchester 2002-3
SMLA were appointed as Landscape consultants by architects Abbey Holford Rowe to develop external works proposals for a new secondary school in an inner city area of Manchester. The project was completed in February 2003.Approx value of works £180,000 landscape hard and soft works.SMLA input included the design of two courtyards, new seating areas and surface markings in the two play areas as well as developing the overall soft landscape framework of the school.

St. Peters School won an award in the Manchester Society of Architects Awards 2004 for best new community or educational building.
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Monteney Workshop Sheffield 2002
SMLA were been appointed as Landscape consultants in May 2002 by architects Chapman Robinson as part of an RIBA competition winning team to develop masterplanning and design proposals for a new Learning Centre as well as regenerating a local neighbourhood centre with a library, shopping parade, community managed Garden Centre with links to adjacent parks. Outline design proposals are finished in October 2002.
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Partington environmental improvements (1998-present)
Development and implementation of a £2 million Environmental Improvement Strategy, in a large public housing area. Hard and soft landscape works layout design including infrastructure providing parking remodeling open space providing new public open space. Client - Manchester and District Housing Association.
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Chell Heath Estate, Stoke-on-Trent (1988-1992, for CTAC, Manchester)
Refurbishment of a large public housing area. Involved as project Landscape Architect with design, resident consultations, project management & contract administration. Contract value:- £2.7 million over 3 phases. Hard and soft landscape works, fencing and bespoke boundary works.

Trinity project Salford (1986, for Cass Associates, Liverpool)
Detailed design, involvement with masterplanning of a major inner city renewal project. (Contract values £150-250k)

Sylvester Street, Liverpool (1985, for ASH EDP)
Detailed design of an inner City housing renewal project. Hard and soft landscape works.(Contract value £75k)

Hassall Home Mercia (1993-96)
Landscape design consultancy on softworks for private house builder on projects in Rugby, Telford and Derby.

North Valley Estatem Colne (1991-92, for CTAC, Manchester)
A study of the use of open space on a large Council Estate, leading to proposals for the development of public space with a hierarchy of different uses. from localised ‘pocket parks’ to public spaces oriented towards the whole community. The study developed with the involvement of a working party drawn from local residents.

Heathlands retirement home Prestwich, Manchester (1995/96)
Masterplan, design proposals and management strategy.

Coates Estate, Barnoldswick (1991-92, for CTAC, Manchester)
Working closely with a group drawn from residents with local authority representation, the study focussed on the sketch design proposals for a park and children’s play area on a disused allotment site. At the same time the study aimed to embrace the wider issues of the use of public space on a council estate.

Assheton House environmental improvements (1997-97, for Assheton Residents Association in association with TPAS)
Proposals involved traffic calming and management, boundary works to create a more secure residential environment around a high rise Local Authority block of flats in Ashton under Lyne. Submitted for Lottery funding October 1997.

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FIRST CHOICE HOMES OLDHAM (09/2006)
SMLA have been appointed to work as design consultants on a programme of Environmental Improvements ...