MONTH IN REVIEW
This scheme shows how we can unlock
the potential of an underused site to build
more of the genuinely affordable homes
Londoners so urgently need.”
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
LANDSCAPE PROJECT
OOBE APPOINTED
FOR SHEFFIELD PARK
HILL REGENERATION
Landscape Architects OOBE has
been appointed to provide plans
for the regeneration of Sheffield’s
Park Hill Flats.
OOBE has been commissioned
by Alumno Developments to be
landscape architects for the phase
which will see the seven-hectare
estate containing 1,000 flats
redesigned.
The firm said it is designing a
landscape that turns an “overrun
and unsafe environment” into an
outdoor space that will reflect the
architectural functions within the
building.
The lower level spaces will
be designed to provide a range
of areas for outdoor socialising,
dining and study, as well as
potential commercial break-out
space adjacent to the commercial
zone within the building.
Sophie Tombleson, one of the
team’s talented senior landscape
architects working on the project,
said: “I’m extremely privileged
to be involved in this project, the
history and story behind it has
provided fantastic inspiration in
the landscape design.The outdoor
space is designed to provide a
range of areas that accommodate
residents and visitors, from
outdoor study to lawns for
informal sports.
“Our design celebrates the
heritage and iconic design of the
original Le Corbusier-inspired
building by retaining and revealing
existing architectural features
within the landscape, including
imposing concrete retaining walls,
ramps, and sunken gardens.”
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Landscape Insight | September 2018
LANDSCAPE PROJECT LANDSCAPE PROJECT
MAYOR USES ‘FULL
STRENGTH’ TO APPROVE
LANDSCAPE PROJECT
FOR 400 NEW HOMES PLANS SUBMITTED
FOR TOTTENHAM
HALE PROJECT
FEATURING
DESIGN BY GRANT
ASSOCIATES
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has
approved a major landscape project
which will deliver “hundreds of new
homes” in Brentford.
The mayor approved plans for 441
new homes on the site of a former
Citroen car dealership, after the
development was originally refused
by Hounslow Council in February this
year. After considering the scheme the
mayor decided to ‘call in’ the scheme
and make a final decision himself.
The approved scheme includes
a review mechanism which means
that if building is not well underway
within two years of the permission
being granted, the developer could be
compelled to provide further affordable
homes.
Khan said: “This scheme shows
how we can unlock the potential
of an underused site to build more
of the genuinely affordable homes
Londoners so urgently need. I’m clear
that to fix the capital’s housing crisis
Government must play its part, but we
can make a difference now by ensuring
developments include more genuinely
affordable housing.”
“I have carefully considered the
impacts of these plans – particularly
the effect on historic buildings.”
Argent Related has submitted
proposals for the mixed-use
redevelopment of Tottenham
Hale in North London, featuring
landscape design by Grant
Associates.
Masterplanned by architects
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
(AHMM), Alison Brooks
Architects and Pollard Thomas
Edwards alongside Grant
Associates, the project will deliver
some 1,036 new homes.
The homes will be a mixture
of affordable housing as well as
market sale and rental properties.
In addition, the site will include
a health centre, cinema, office
and retail space. These buildings
will be interconnected by a new
public realm of paved and open,
green space equivalent in size to
two football pitches.
Argent Related formed
a strategic development
partnership with the council in
2016, with the remit of changing
the existing road-bound central
lands by the Tottenham Hale
transport interchange.
The masterplan encompasses
five pieces of land earmarked
for change, supporting London
Borough of Haringey’s vision of a
new ‘district centre’ for the area
comprising; Asley Road East and
West Ferry Island, North Island
and Welbourne Centre.