Productive Space

Productive Space

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Contents About us...

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Uplifting 6 Progressive 8 Respectful 10 Flexible, adaptable, light-touch studio fit-out

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Affordable, flexible, local workspace

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A progressive school building with a nod to the past

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Enhanced ways of working on Oxford’s science and innovation campus

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Gardensity: Localised, integrated food production

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Intervening in a historic post-industrial setting

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A new mixed-use district in Gothenburg

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Low energy technology and innovation workspace

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About us...

Founded

2004

Located

Unit 305 Metropolitan Wharf 70 Wapping Wall Wapping, London E1W 3SS

Contact

+44 (0) 20 7234 9330 info@bellphillips.com

Team

35 strong

Awards Architect of the Year | Winner 2023 Architecture Today | Winner 2023 British Homes Architect of the Year | Winner 2024 British Homes Awards | Winner 2016, 2024 Civic Trust | Winner 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Evening Standard | Winner 2024 GAGA | Winner 2011 Housing Design | Winner 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 Inside Housing | Winner 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023 London Construction | Winner 2024 New London | Winner 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 Pineapple | Winner 2024 Planning | Winner 2024 RIBA National | Winner 2016, 2022 RIBA Regional | Winner 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 RICS | Winner 2017, 2019 Clients Related Argent, British Land, Lendlease, Peabody, 17 London Boroughs including Southwark, Westminster and Tower Hamlets, Get Living, Igloo, Backhouse, Be First, Pegasus Life, Pocket Living, The Skinners’ School, Kent College Canterbury, Dartford Grammar, Empiric Student Housing Frameworks BeFirst, Bloom, Clarion, Catalyst, Haringey, Homes England, LCP, LHC, L&Q, London & Quadrant, Notting Hill Genisis, Perfect Circle, Places for People, Royal Parks, Scape, Southwark Architects Framework (ADS), Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Westminster DRP & QRP

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Our team hold positions on various panels.

Current appointments include: Tim Bell | Be First, Essex Melissa Dowler | Folkestone and Hythe, Kensington and Chlesea, Waltham Forest (chair) Tom Morgan | Reading Jay Morton | Croydon, Ealing, Islington John Lineen | Kingston Ashmi Thapar | Hounslow, Brent

Uplifting We create places people love We believe in the power of architecture to provide sustainable and inspiring places that everyone should thrive and benefit from.

Our strong social and moral purpose drives us to use our expertise as architects to make a tangible impact on people’s quality of life.

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Progressive We build for a positive future Our design approach is progressive, responsive to the changing world, continuously evolving but always underpinned by our commitment to create a better life for everyone in society.

We create beautifully crafted architecture that responds positively to its surroundings, that challenges convention and creates future legacy.

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Respectful Community, collaborators and the planet We pride ourselves on our proactive and enthusiastic approach to build constructive relationships with everyone we have the pleasure to meet.

We strive to make the process enjoyable and lead each project with a sensitive ear and collaborative mindset because we believe people make places.

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Flexible, adaptable, light-touch studio fit-out Metropolitan Wharf The fit-out of our new offices in Wapping was carefully undertaken to minimise the impact on the Grade II listed warehouse building. Free-standing partitions, shelving, kitchen and storage units constructed from naturally-finished plywood give a visual coherence and warmth to the open plan office space that contrasts with the white painted brick, timber and cast iron of the warehouse structure.

The plywood is complemented by other natural materials; galvanised cable trays and cork pin-up boards. The layout of the office emphasises the open, collaborative nature of the studio whilst providing different environments to work in.

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New housing and co-working hub for Swanley High Street Swanley This mixed use development on Swanley High Street brings together a co-working space/business hub and 18 new homes.

The development makes productive re-use of a vacant town centre site, and is a model for local authorities looking to take control of assets in their area to drive regeneration, support local workers and businesses, and deliver new homes. The project occupies a brownfield site in a key high street location.

A mixture of one and two bed homes addresses local housing needs, while the new business hub - known as The Meeting Point - enhances the vibrancy and economic viability of the high street. Its flexible layout means that it can offer attractive space to small businesses and start-ups, as well fulfilling a post-pandemic need from individuals for co-working space in a convenient town centre location.

The Meeting Point is accessed directly from Swanley High Street, and provides 247 sq.m of flexible commercial space. It provides a supportive setting for individuals who want to be able to work flexibly or for whom home working is not possible. A garden to the rear of the ground floor is designed to be shared between commercial and residential tenants, offering over 340 sq.m of landscaped social space where people can meet and relax.

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Project

High Street Swanley

Location

Swanley, Kent

Client

Sevenoaks District Council

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status Completed Awards

Housing Design 2024 | Winner

The project aspires to be a catalyst for future developments in Swanley, thereby raising the bar for the town in terms of sustainability. Each apartment has an individual air source heat pump alongside mechanical ventilation heat recovery and underfloor heating. Heating and cooling to the co-working and business hub is via an Air Handling Unit. External walls incorporated a high level insulation to target a 0.15 U Value to reduce heating bills.

Electric vehicle charging points have been provided with all spaces having the future capacity to be EV charging points.

Recessed balconies provide shading to the livings spaces to manage solar gain in the summer whilst utilising the solar gain in the winter. Elsewhere windows are provided with horizontal brise soleil.

The project enjoys sustainable transport connections: it is close to the train station with direct access to London Bridge and the building has generous cycle provision.

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A progressive school building with a nod to the past The Mitchell Building The Skinners’ School is a highly respected grammar school in Royal Tunbridge Wells which is expanding to accommodate a growing number of pupils.

We were appointed to design a new 3-storey building in a key location on the public frontage, between two of the original Victorian buildings on the site.

The new building contains a sixth-form centre, English department and library.

The design was developed from a careful analysis of the Gothic revival style of the original school buildings and comprises a design which uses a matching brick with a strong emphasis on verticality and repetition, in a similar manner to the existing buttressed hall.

The result is an architecture which is both highly contemporary and respectful of its historic context.

Like its Victorian neighbours, the building is designed to last 100 years. The quality and detail of the brickwork ensure it sits perfectly in its context, as a symbol of 21st century education in a historic setting that will continue to provide great spaces for learning for generations to come.

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Project

The Mitchel Building

Location

Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Client

The Skinners’ School

Project Cost Undisclosed Status Completed 2020 Awards RIBA National 2022 | Winner RIBA South-east Region 2022 | Winner Civic Trust 2022 | Winner National Building & Construction 2022 | Shortlisted Architects Journal 2021 | Shortlisted Surface Design 2021 | Shortlisted Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society | Winner

The building centred on creating uplifting, stimulating spaces to learn, grow and promote wellbeing in harmony with the surroundings. Sustainability permeated every step of the design process.

Natural, biophilic materials are used throughout with marmoleum flooring, timber cladding, wood-wool acoustic panels and carpets made from recycled fishing nets. Not only does this provide a beautiful aesthetic but studies also show that the use of natural materials can improve performance, improve mood and lower blood pressure essential for learning environments.

Passive daylighting and natural ventilation was prioritised with all classrooms being double or triple aspect, hugely reducing reliance on artificial lighting and air conditioning, whilst exposed concrete soffits regulate the internal temperature and give generous floor to ceiling heights.

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Thrutone fibre cement slate roof tiles

Red brick with colour matched mortar, Brookmill Blend by Traditional Brick & Stone

Hand laid bricks at 45 degrees

Bespoke double masonry support angles by IG Lintels

Timber aluminium composite window system, Velfac 200 Energy

Brick piers hand laid at 45 degrees

Brick special sill with hydrophobic masonry coating Brick slip soldier course as part of IG Lintel masonry support system

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“... the architectural design of a wonderful building that is imaginative, practical, in sympathy with surrounding buildings but also striking in its C21st contrast and pleasingly sustainable.”

Edward Wesson, Headmaster & Paul Johnston, Bursar

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Enhanced ways of working on Oxford’s science and innovation campus Harwell Hide Harwell Campus is a science, technology and innovation campus with close ties to Oxford University. The hides provide tranquil workspaces overlooking an existing lagoon. Each pavilion is clad in angled facets of timber cladding and mirrored glass with each offering a distinct working environment.

To reduce the impact on the ecology of the site the structure of the Hides will touch the ground very lightly in localised areas, with no major excavation or earthworks, and there will be no hard paved paths or vehicle access. The pavilions have been constructed offsite using crosslaminated timber (CLT) to reduce the impact on the ecology of the site.

The use of timber cladding and CLT minimises the embodied carbon, whilst natural passive ventilation and woodburning stoves minimise energy in use.

The Hides have been arranged to minimise the impact on the site’s ecology, trees and planting and the landscape design will reinforce and enhance the existing flora.

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Project

Harwell Hide

Location

Harwell, Oxfordshire

Client

Harwell Campus

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status Completed 2022 Awards

British Council of Offices 2022 | Finalist

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Gardensity: Localised, integrated food production Meridian Water Gardensity is a vision for a zero-carbon community for Meridian Water in Enfield.

Underpinned by Garden City principles the vision seeks to address the challenges of the urban environment by creating a resilient and healthy community structured around an integrated local food system.

Gardensity will empower the community to live more sustainable and healthy lifestyles by providing locally grown food, minimising energy use, reducing transportation and changing attitudes to consumption, creating a stronger and more stable community in the process.

The proposal, developed in conjunction with Grow Tottenham, Susan Parham, Webb Yates, Hoare Lea, Human City, Arcadis and Savills comprises a resilient and sustainable urban community centred on food production at different scales. The integration of homes with food production results in a more sustainable community, with outstanding external amenity space, a greater sense of community, opportunities for education and a heightened relationship with nature where nurturing and growth are central to the shared ethos.

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Project

Meridian Water

Location

Meridian Water, Enfield

Client

Enfield Council

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status Research / Design Code

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Gardensity: Localised, integrated food production Meridian Water A typical urban block proposes large family dual-aspect scissor flats with generous gardens that can be used for growing and which provide excellent amenity. Communal allotments on the roof together with urban gardening and markets on the ground floor make for a self-sustaining community.

The ethos is extended to the public realm to create a network of edible and biodiverse routes throughout the development. This allows residents to benefit at different levels of participation, from passive observer and consumer to full blown grower whether it be as part of a community garden, personal grower or even an urban farmer.

The design seeks to deliver the vision at an appropriate scale and density to make optimum use of sites to deliver much-needed homes.

The study will inform the design guide for the Meridian Water masterplan and will establish principles that underpin the plot designs.

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MERIDIAN GROWTH

MERIDIAN MARKETS

MERIDIAN FOODS MERIDIAN MAKERS

Intervening in a historic postindustrial setting Granary Square Pavilion Granary Square Pavilion incorporates a retail unit, public WCs and public access lift connecting Granary Square to Lower Stable Street on a prominent site opposite the Granary Building and Thomas Heatherwick’s new retail complex at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross. The roof of the pavilion extends the public space of Granary Square completing the western corner of the space.

The pavilion completes Granary Square, extending the public realm across its roof, whilst presenting an active frontage to the adjacent Goods Yard Ramp and Lower Stable Street. The pavilion seeks to be an understated, contemporary, yet high quality, addition to King’s Cross that engages with, but doesn’t compete with, its surrounding context.

The pavilion has a decorative cast iron façade that extends up to the form a balustrade to Granary Square. The pattern of the cast iron is inspired by the molecular structure of coal referencing the site’s industrial heritage.

The pavilion is one of three public realm interventions we have added at King’s Cross together with Gasholder Park and Jellicoe Gardens.

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Granary Square Pavilion

Location

Kings Cross, London

Client

King’s Cross Central Ltd Partners / Argent

Project Cost Undisclosed Status Completed 2019 Awards Civic Trust 2021 | Winner New London Architecture 2020 | Winner

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A new mixeduse district in Gothenburg District Bearing Situated along the river Savean in the northern part of Gothenburg, this historic factory complex consists of a series of striking industrial buildings that date back to the early 20th century. Originally built in phases, the factory served as a hub for both the working and cultural life of the region. However, the ball bearing factory has since been replaced by more modern facilities nearby, leaving behind a rich legacy that now calls for a fresh vision.

In collaboration with Stena Fastigheter and Gothenburg City Council, Bell Phillips has been instrumental in developing a place-making vision for the site’s future. This vision is supported by a comprehensive framework outlining the steps needed to achieve a thriving, multi-use community. Our approach has been informed by extensive research into the best examples of industrial regeneration across Europe, alongside a detailed analysis of the site’s history, architectural fabric, and context.

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District Bearing

Location

Gothenburg, Sweden

Client

Stena Fastigheter

Project Cost

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Status Planning Submitted

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The development plan encompasses approximately 1,000 new homes, alongside a linear park running alongside the river, which will enhance public access and provide green space for residents and visitors. Key to the vision is the renovation of the most significant industrial buildings, which will be re-purposed for a mix of workspace, cultural, retail, and education facilities.

Our aim is to breathe new life into this historically rich site by celebrating its industrial heritage and revealing the unique character of the factory complex.

In doing so, we seek to transform the site into an exciting new destination and play a central role in the broader regeneration of northern Gothenburg.

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Low energy technology and innovation workspace Project Zeus This speculative tech industrial building is intended to be one of the most sustainable buildings of its type.It comprises a superstructure of engineered timber with charred timber cladding to minimise embodied carbon, and is designed to allow natural ventilation and lighting, whilst minimising any unwanted solar gain. The site plan brings the soft landscaping of the surroundings into the heart of the development, as a focus for tenants working in the buildings, contributing to a very high sense of well-being in the workplace.

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Project Zeus

Location

Harwell, Oxfordshire

Client

Harwell Campus

Project Cost

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Status RIBA Stage 2

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Bell Phillips Architects Ltd Unit 305 Metropolitan Wharf 70 Wapping Wall London E1W 3SS 020 7234 9330 www.bellphillips.com