FORGOTTEN SPACES SHEFFIELD 2011-commendation. A collaboration with Architects David Britch and Eamonn Caniffe. LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY CENTENARY COMPETITION. 1997 with Duncan Ecob. The proposals aimed to extend recreational uses from the town into the surrounding countryside,in ways which linked creatively and conceptually with the historical development of Letchworth as one of the earliest Garden Cities. […]
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The creation of a new ‘gateway’ at the junction of a Sustrans cycle way in Abbey Hey; East Manchester New cycle barriers and chicanes were installed picking up features of local interest-which included the locomotive industry which formed the area in the industrial revolution; references to the local park and fishing ponds and the adjacent […]
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A public space strategy for Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The study developed in response to concern by local businesses and residents at the lack of public space in the Northern Quarter. This was carried out against a background of increased pressure for residential development in the area. The study analysed a hierarchy of spaces and developed […]
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SMLA were appointed in 2009 to develop a master plan for the park which drew on consultation carried out by the friends of Copperas Field. Since then the group has secured funding to progress the project to achieve planning permission which was achieved in 2011.Funding for a natural play space was secured in 2013 .The […]
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A local neighbourhood centre surrounded by local shops, a pub and public services such as a Library, the Housing Office and Doctors surgery. The project aimed to tie all of these together with a new enlarged paved space with a stepped green space forming a backdrop for events in the summer. Completed in 2008. An […]
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Sale West is a former Manchester overspill estate nicknamed the ‘Racecourse Estate’ after the names of some of its roads and surrounded by relativly affluent suburbs. Trafford Council and Irwell Valley Housing Association identified funding from the lottery for improvements to public and neighbourhood spaces in the area with an emphasis on youth and community […]
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Birchwood is part of WARRINGTON New Town and was developed as clustered neighbourhoods Within a framework of native woodland and hedgerow planting. Over time as the area has developed there has been a demand for remodelling areas of the estate to be more manageable and to cater for needs such as increased car ownership. SMLA […]
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Partington is a Manchester overspill estate on the edge of the Cheshire countryside. Many of the residents came from inner city Manchester in the 1950’s and 60’s with the promise of work in the adjoining petrochemical industries in Carrington –much of which closed in the 1980’s and 90’s. The area in the late 1990’s was […]
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Hillock estate is a Manchester overspill estate located in Whitefield in north Manchester between Manchester and Bury. The Project focussed on improved neighbourhood spaces in conjunction with improving practical issue such as parking problems. An environmental strategy for the estate was developed through a series of workshops with a steering group comprising residents and Housing […]
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A new green space between the new ITV building and the Imperial War museum linking to the bridge crossing to Media City and the Manchester Ship Canal walkway The design intent was to create a dynamic robust urban greenspace which matched the scale of the adjoining buildings and canalside waterfront. Where possible we’ve tried to […]
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