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the residential development, including
the north south street, to help generate
pedestrian flow and activity across the
entire development.
A restrained palette of materials
provides a calm, external environment
for the buildings, creating a unifying
curtilage to the stadium and residential
development which defines the north-
south street. New street tree planting also
helps to reinforce key routes, building
entrances and mitigate potential wind
tunnelling and help define semi-private
and private spaces both in the public realm
and residential courtyards.
Turkington Martin worked with Light
Follows Behaviour to design an integrated
and comprehensive lighting strategy that
adds to the character of the development,
creates a safe and enjoyable environment
for residents and can facilitate changes
in lighting required during match days /
nights.
How did you take into the
consideration the number of footfall
the site is going to have in the
design?
There is a pedestrian flow model taken
so we knew where supporters were likely
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Landscape Insight | September 2018
to congregate and really it was making
sure that the public realm in the end
was not just dominated by the stadium
requirements it had marry in very well
with the residential realm. We wanted it to
have a domestic feel as well.
The north-south street is designed to
accommodate the requirements of the
football stadium on match days, when
high volumes of people will be entering
and exiting the area in relatively short
periods of time. The design provides an
uncluttered environment, maximising
freedom of movement to and from the
stadium.
The football stadium is going to have
thousands of people entering and leaving
the area so it had to be designed so they