Design & Desire what had been for some years, a neglected and run down corner of Middlesbrough. Located on a prominent brownfield site within the Boho Zone area, the building acts as a spoke connected to the ‘hub’ provided by Boho One. A business accommodation building, Boho Five sits geographically close to and working in a complementary way with the existing buildings within Middlesbrough’s Boho Zone, providing a seamless offer to cluster companies and potential entrepreneurs. It is a high quality, innovative building reflecting the aspirations of the digital sector and designed to foster increased collaboration between its occupiers. Specifically, it provides small, flexible incubation space for start-up businesses which will then grow and expand to occupy space in other publicly or privately owned buildings with the area, continuing with the positive redevelopment of the site. DigitalCity Chief Executive Officer, Mark Elliott, could see that the complete cycle of business development needed to be catered for in the Boho Zone so that young and emerging digital companies could participate in and benefit from the collaborative and nurturing atmosphere being created within the complex. The feasibility study for Boho Five was commissioned with xsite as a small piece of work which formed a link to our previous Boho work (Boho One, Bohouse and involvement in the original masterplanning). 0
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Discussions between the client and the design team during pre-planning design stages were extremely valuable. DCB and Middlesbrough Council were able to provide feedback and advice in relation to the operation of Boho One and how they believed Boho Five could fit into the Boho Zone network. Every aspect of the strategy and design for the building had to reflect economy from the outset if the project was to be deemed viable. Middlesbrough Council was looking to provide opportunities to accelerate the development of new and emerging businesses in the digital and creative sectors and identified a gap in the provision of small, front end start-up space. With an idea of demand already gained from its collective experience of Boho One to Four, together with the knowledge that there was a finite amount of funding available from the HCA and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), we were then working against the funding deadline – challenges which combined to help shape the brief for the building.
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