Luke Ian Philip Richards MArch Portfolio

LUKE IAN PHILIP RICHARDS MARCH PORTFOLIO 2018-2021

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND MARCH YEAR 6

WHAT ELSE CAUSES SUCH BAD DEPRIVATION? Blackpool Crime Statistics

dissertation, deprivation, social exclusion, transport infrastructure, masterplan framework, research-based approach

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW

During my fifth year dissertation, I investigated the connection between transport infrastructure and social exclusion and deprivation. Public transport is crucial to support the ongoing fight against deprivation and poverty, and exclusion can manifest itself in the following ways:

Public transport infrastructure and social exclusion in London: What correlations can we find between transport infrastructure and levels of poverty and deprivation in the capital?

PHYSICAL EXCLUSION • • • •

Lack of accessibility / wheelchair access points.

Lack of staff to aid those with visual/hearing impairments.

Those physically excluded are more reliant on cars, which they may not be able to afford.

They may be shut out entirely, losing access to local facilities and neighbouring areas.

GEOGRAPHICAL EXCLUSION • Poor transport provision and the resulting inaccessibility are factors which contribute to urban social exclusion.

• Complex economic and social conditions mean that most individuals are unlikely to be able to carry out all their activities within their immediate local area.

EXCLUSION FROM FACILITIES • Residents in areas of social exclusion often lack access to good shopping, financial, leisure, health and education facilities because of time and income constraints.

• For those without cars, good transport connections can be make or break.

• Out-of-centre facilities remove large shopping centres from central areas, making them harder to access.

ECONOMIC EXCLUSION Luke Ian Philip Richards 14060019

• Lack of employment opportunities to residents of areas experiencing social exclusion.

• Lack of connection via public transport infrastructure can limit the geographical extent of job search and on-work travel patterns.

• Relying on driving can be prohibitively expensive.

TIME-BASED EXCLUSION

Research 2: Dissertation

• Travelling by public transport, on average, takes a longer amount of time to complete the same journey than driving to the same destination.

• People may struggle to make commitments (employment, recreational, educational etc) due to a lack of time relating to the need to travel.

FEAR-BASED EXCLUSION

Year 5 Dissertation My research found a direct connection between transport infrastructure and levels of social exclusion and deprivation .

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• Public spaces that instil fear in individuals, such as dimly-lit areas or well-known for crime (such as Central Drive) can prevent people from visiting it, or prevent people from using certain stations.

• Authorities must find ways of reducing fear and increasing accessibility to vulnerable people through design, surveillance and management of public transport spaces.

WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES? Blackpool Deprivation Statistics BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW

41.5% of Blackpool’s LSOAs are in the 10% most deprived across all of England (indicated by the dark blue)

LSOA (Lower Layer Super Output Area): A group of postcode blocks that typically comprises around 1500 residents

In fact, 8 of the 10 most deprived LSOAs in the UK are in Blackpool Blackpool also has the highest proportion of its neighbourhoods in the most deprived 1%

town planning, masterplanning, social science, deprivation, poverty, research, statistics, English Indices of Deprivation

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#1 #1 #3 #2 #8

most deprived local authority in terms of employment deprivation, meaning there are not enough suitable jobs for those who want them. most deprived local authority in terms of health deprivation, meaning poor mental health support and lack of medical facilities. most deprived in terms of income deprivation, meaning a higher percentage of households are claiming benefits, income support and do not have enough money to live. most deprived in terms of income deprivation affecting children. Blackpool has the second highest proportion of children living in income deprived households.

highest recorded crime rates in England for violence, theft, criminal damage and burglary.

Normally, coming first is a cause for celebration, but not here. These statistics rank Blackpool as the most deprived local authority in the UK - with the highest unemployment rates and health deprivation.

town planning, masterplanning, social science, deprivation, poverty, crime, research, deprivation, statistics

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Blackpool Crime Statistics

26% 40%

BLACKPOOL TOWER

Central Drive sits right at the heart of the most deprived areas in Blackpool, and bisects three of the worst communities

“After 8pm, I don’t even dare walk to the end of the road” - Anon, referring to Central Drive

200%

No.

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ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

3

BICYCLE THEFT

17

BURGLARY

39

CRIMINAL DAMAGE/ARSON

15

DRUGS

18

THEFT

8

POSSESSION OF WEAPONS

16

PUBLIC ORDER

14

SHOPLIFTING

3

PERSONAL THEFT

8

VEHICLE CRIME

111

VIOLENCE/SEXUAL ASSAULT

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OTHER

Central Drive’s violent crime rate is 2x that of the national average and the highest in Blackpool as a whole

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Between 2014 and 2018, Central Drive experienced 71 serious or fatal traffic collisions, over 4x the national average per mile

2/3

2/3 of females in Blackpool aged 14 to 21 have experienced unwanted sexual attention or harassment in a public place

#1

Blackpool was ranked the worst UK local authority for girls’ human rights and quality of life

town planning, masterplanning, social science, deprivation, poverty, transport infrastructure

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Project Goals

By breaking the cycle and improving the transport infrastructure, we enable the rest of the loop to be improved.

GOOD TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

MORE AVAILABLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES

MORE MONEY SAVED FOR RESIDENTS + CONNECTIONS TO AFFORDABLE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

+ CONNECTIONS TO VITAL SERVICES, PLACES AND JOBS

+ SUPPORT FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

MONEY REINVESTED IN THE PEOPLE

LOWER DRUG ABUSE & CRIME LEVELS

IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE

+ IMPROVED TRANSPORT NETWORKS

POOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

HIGHER INCOME DEPRIVATION

HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

+ LACK OF AFFORDABLE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

MONEY WASTED TO IMPROVE STATUS

INCREASED CRIME RATES

HIGH DRUG ABUSE LEVELS

masterplanning, town planning, urban design, public transport infrastructure, connections, tram routes

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Masterplan Concept Diagram TO FLEETWOOD

TO BLACKPOOL NORTH & KINGSCOTE PARK

NORTH PIER TALBOT SQUARE

BLACKPOOL TOWER

NORTH PIER

LINKS TO PROMENADE

NO MORE CARS!

GREEN LINK

TRAM CONNECTIONS

Green corridors connecting Central Drive to Blackpool’s promenade are crucial in order to provide access to jobs and the beachfront.

A new 1,300 space multi-storey car park at Blackpool Central allows us to convert several large car park sites across Blackpool into green spaces without losing provision for parking for those who need it.

Central Drive can provide a green, pedestrian connection between Blackpool Tower and the suburb of Revoe for commuters who plan to walk, cycle or use the tram.

Central Drive will act as a spine for all the new tram connections outlined above, including connections to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Stanley Park, Blackpool Zoo, Blackpool Airport and Hawes Side retail park. It will also provide connections for other suburban areas of Blackpool, enabling easier access to the town centre.

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BLACKPOOL CENTRAL

CENTRAL DRIVE

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TO STANLEY PARK & BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL

REVOE PARK EXISTING TRAM ROUTES

PROPOSED EXTENSIONS

BLOOMFIELD ROAD MANCHESTER SQUARE

GREEN LINKS

GREEN SPACES

ONGOING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS

BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

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TO BLACKPOOL AIRPORT & PLEASURE BEACH

TO BLACKPOOL SOUTH & HAWES SIDE

masterplanning, town planning, urban design, public transport infrastructure, connections, tram routes

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Blackpool Tram Extension 1: Central Drive

BLACKPOOL TRAMWAY

The addition of safe cycle paths enables greener travel for commuters and the general public.

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Green spaces will provide landscaped places to gather, improve mental and physical health and remove CO2 from the atmosphere, resulting in cleaner air quality.

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CENTRAL PIER

Pedestrianised zones will reduce the number of cars on the roads and will open up new opportunities for shopfronts to spill out.

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Mental Health, Wellbeing and Rehabilitation Centre

The new tram route will run along Central Drive, which will be completely pedestrianised along its length ( )

The addition of extra tram routes will provide quick connectivity to other parts of Blackpool, allow further development of commercial space and housing and enable further connections in the future.

Well-lit, safe pedestrian spaces which have clean, well-maintained surfaces will improve the safety and wellbeing of those who walk along it.

CENTRAL DRIVE

Central Drive is one of the worst roads in the UK for traffic accidents, with over 4x the national average per year. Removing cars removes the risk of dangerous or fatal collisions.

MANCHESTER SQUARE

A refurbishment of the existing shopfronts, which are currently closed and boarded up, will allow new commercial opportunities and provide jobs for people in need.

FOX HALL VILLAGE

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This existing track is used to take trams to a depot (*). We propose to extend this line through to Central Drive by cutting through Fox Hall Village and passing by the football stadium.

BLOOMFIELD ROAD

At the heart of the redevelopment, we will provide a mental health, wellbeing and rehabilitation centre to combat addiction and aid recovery.

BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB

Removing cars from Central Drive will re-direct traffic elsewhere, and tram routes being introduced to road networks may cause congestion.

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The route must run through Fox Hall Village, which will take up space used for housing, however, the project is currently paused, with no date set for resumption.

masterplanning, town planning, urban design, public transport infrastructure, connections, tram routes

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Blackpool Tram Extension 2: Blackpool Victoria Hospital

TALBOT ROAD

KINGSCOTE PARK

We could cut the route from Option 1 to terminate at Kingscote Park, avoiding the need to tunnel

BLACKPOOL NORTH

NORTH PIER

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VICTORIA HOSPITAL

BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL

TALBOT SQUARE BLACKPOOL ZOO

BLACKPOOL ZOO

TOWER BLACKPOOL CENTRAL

Assuming Phase 1 is complete, we could extend another branch from Central Drive further south

STANLEY PARK

This route would arrive at the hospital from the south, along a wide road with ample space for tram tracks

CENTRAL PIER

MODEL VILLAGE

CENTRAL DRIVE

MANCHESTER SQUARE

The route with minimal disruption is this route, as it sticks to main wide roads, but must take tight corners

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There is no need to tunnel in this case, instead using existing roads to complete the route.

The Kingscote Park extension still connects a deprived area of Blackpool into the network, even if it can’t go as far as we would have liked.

Tight corners mean trams have to slow down, and this may cause traffic congestion. The tram might not even be able to turn this corner!

The proposal connects Victoria Hospital to the tram network, Blackpool’s only A&E facility that is currently only accessible through a long bus journey.

The extension will provide a public transport connection to two ma jor attractions within Blackpool, Stanley Park and Blackpool Zoo.

Tram networks being introduced into narrower roads will cause congestion, so traffic might need to be diverted.

masterplanning, town planning, urban design, public transport infrastructure, connections, tram routes

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Blackpool Tram Extension 3: Blackpool Airport BLOOMFIELD ROAD

MANCHESTER SQUARE

Blackpool Airport is currently being redeveloped as Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone, a hub for industrial and commercial companies to set up factories and warehouses.

Direct connection from Central Drive to Hawes Side not feasible - too many curved and narrow roads for tram infrastructure

ST CHAD’S ROAD

This will provide over 3,000 jobs, and will be a ma jor employment hub for the town. It is essential that the airport becomes fully integrated into the new transport network.

WATERLOO ROAD

BLACKPOOL SOUTH

This route finds a feasible way of connecting Hawes Side Retail Park to the tram network, where a route from the Phase 1 and 2 developments weren’t able to.

HAWES SIDE

SOUTH PIER

HAWES SIDE SHOPPING PARK VICARAGE

YEADON WAY

ROAD

PLEASURE BEACH

COMMON EDGE

MARTON MOSS SIDE

YEADON WAY

By passing the tram through undeveloped land, there is a possibility for new housing to be built - but this comes at the cost of green space and farmland.

HIGHFIELD ROAD

BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH

BURLINGTON ROAD WEST

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SQUIRES GATE LANE

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The tram extension to Blackpool Airport and Hawes Side will drastically reduce what is currently a long commute from the town centre.

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HARROW PLACE

POTENTIAL FUTURE CONNECTION TO MERESIDE

SQUIRES GATE

STARR GATE

BLACKPOOL AIRPORT

It also connects St George’s, one of Blackpool’s best performing secondary schools, to the tram network - crucial for the improvement of education in the town.

BLACKPOOL AIRPORT ENTERPRISE ZONE

Yeadon Way is a large flyover that connects Blackpool Town Centre to the motorway, that has only just been re-opened to the public. Being only two lanes wide, it is unsuitable for tram tracks, however, the tram could run alongside.

There is no way of providing a direct route from the Central Drive extension to Hawes Side, due to the complex road network. The route must therefore follow a slightly longer route instead.

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masterplanning, town planning, urban design, public transport infrastructure, connections, tram routes

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Public Transport Masterplan

POTENTIAL FUTURE CONNECTION TO MERESIDE MARTON MOSS SIDE

BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL

POTENTIAL FUTURE CONNECTION TO LAYTON

VICTORIA HOSPITAL

BLACKPOOL ZOO BLACKPOOL ZOO

HAWES SIDE

MODEL VILLAGE

VICARAGE LANE

SQUIRES GATE LANE

HAWES SIDE SHOPPING PARK

STANLEY PARK

STANLEY PARK

BLACKPOOL AIRPORT ENTERPRISE ZONE

COMMON EDGE

WHITEGATE DRIVE

TO LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER & PRESTON

KINGSCOTE PARK

BLACKPOOL AIRPORT

REVOE

YEADON WAY

BLACKPOOL AIRPORT TO LYTHAM ST ANNES & PRESTON

CENTRAL DRIVE TALBOT GATEWAY

HOUNDSHILL SHOPPING CENTRE

BLACKPOOL NORTH

WILTON PARADE

BLACKPOOL CENTRAL

TALBOT SQUARE

TO FLEETWOOD PLEASANT STREET

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SQUIRES GATE

BLOOMFIELD ROAD

BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB

FOXHALL VILLAGE

BLACKPOOL SOUTH

SQUIRES GATE

BLACKPOOL CENTRAL

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TOWER

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BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH PLEASURE BEACH

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NATIONAL RAIL STATIONS

BLACKPOOL TRAMWAY Fleetwood Ferry to Starr Gate via Blackpool North

EXTENSION A Blackpool Central Central Drive Bloomfield Road

EXTENSION B Victoria Hospital Stanley Park Kingscote Park

EXTENSION C Blackpool Airport Hawes Side Lytham St Annes

STARR GATE HARROW PLACE

BURLINGTON ROAD WEST

BLACKPOOL TOWER

NATIONAL RAIL SERVICES

POTENTIAL FUTURE CONNECTION TO LYTHAM

MOST DEPRIVED AREAS OF BLACKPOOL

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BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Masterplan Aerial View

Photoshop, town planning, masterplanning, green belt, infrastructure, community

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Building Typology Masterplan

Bars, pubs, restaurants & nightclubs next to Blackpool Central redevelopment

Vectorworks, masterplanning, typologies, urban design, town planning, community, essential services

Blackpool & the Fylde College

Community centres and youth centres Health services

Grocery shops, hardware shops, cafés

Community-run retail stores, markets GP & physical health services Revoe Library

New social housing Revoe Learning Academy (primary school)

Gym, swimming pool & fitness facilities

Indoor sports facilities

Mental health centre

Blackpool Football Club

Vectorworks, masterplanning, urban design, town planning, community, green infrastructure, biophilic design

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Green Infrastructure Masterplan

The masterplan proposes a series of new green links - new pedestrian and green connections between a series of landmarks around Revoe.

BLACKPOOL & THE FYLDE COLLEGE BLACKPOOL CENTRAL

The ultimate goal is to provide safe, pedestrian and cyclist friendly connections between Central Drive, Blackpool Promenade, Revoe and Blackpool & the Fylde College.

CENTRAL PIER

BLACKPOOL PROMENADE

A ma jority of these will be fully pedestrianised, but where vehicular traffic is necessary, these routes will become shared spaces, with additional planting and green spaces.

FOXHALL VILLAGE

REVOE PARK

BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB FULLY PEDESTRIANISED SHARED SPACE

Photoshop, town planning, masterplanning, green belt, infrastructure, community

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Concept Collage SANDGRASS

TRADITIONAL SHOPFRONTS

HARD & SOFT LANDSCAPING

Blackpool’s sand dunes contain sandgrass, which can be used as landscaping to provide a strong beachfront identity.

To hell with endless panes of glass shop fronts! Traditional-style shop fronts provide character and identity to Central Drive, cementing its status as Blackpool’s new high street.

Sandstone permeable pavers will provide a cobblestone-like aesthetic, while allowing surface water to drain into the sustainable urban drainage system beneath. Grass and sedum will provide the green infrastructure.

TRANSPARENCY New buildings will be transparent, to provide views of the green spaces outside, and to enable natural surveillance to create a safer, more secure space for all.

SEDUM TRAM TRACKS

TIMBER STREET FURNITURE

CONTINUITY OF SPACE

Planting sedum in between tram tracks provides biophilic design, noise reduction, improves biodiversity and more.

Timber is the optimal material for street furniture.

It is hard-wearing, sustainably sourced and can be disassembled and repaired more easily than concrete, lowering the embodied carbon.

Where hard and soft landscaping meet, it is important that neither are interrupted. Alternating as shown allows for the visual continuation of both the pavement and the green infrastructure.

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Bethesda Park Visual

Photoshop, visualisations, photocollage, green infrastructure, materiality, street design, urban design, high street

NEW SHOPFRONTS

ACTIVITY POCKETS

TRADITIONAL SHOPFRONTS

BETHESDA HEALTH CENTRE

Gable ends and backs of houses will be a thing of the past once we introduce new vibrant active frontages to all accessible sides.

In addition to street furniture, we can encourage social interaction with small stepped areas, changes in level and engaging facade treatments.

To contrast with the newer, more modern facades, there will be more traditional, oldfashioned storefronts along Central Drive to provide it with a distinct, unique character.

A new mental health and rehabilitation centre built here will enable all residents of Revoe to access support. A natural timber facade and green surroundings helps to boost positivity and improve mental health via biophilic design principles.

NEW LIGHTING

SOCIAL GREEN SPACE

COMMUNITY GARDENS

New bespoke lighting creates safer, more well-lit streets, and lights can be angled to highlight specific spaces or points of interest.

Large swathes of green infrastructure encourages social interaction and forms a part of the larger overall green masterplan.

Owned by the health centre and run by the locals, the gardens enable people to grow crops, learn new skills and socialise with people in their free time.

Photoshop, visualisations, photocollage, green infrastructure, materiality, street design, urban design, high street

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Central Plaza Visual TIMBER FACADES

BLACKPOOL ARCHES

BLACKPOOL COLLEGE

New buildings will have timber slat facades, to ensure a consistent design language along the street. It also forms a part of the sustainable, biophilic design strategy.

Colourful, playful arches will span across the street, providing not only a playfulness to the street furniture, but also a method of incorporating tram overhead cables and lighting.

The new green belt will be extended north-east towards Blackpool & the Fylde College, further improving connectivity to essential services.

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TRAM PLATFORMS

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

As tram platforms are only kerb-height in Blackpool, they can be safely integrated into the street furniture, ensuring a continuous design language.

The sedum soft landscaping carves through the hard sandstone paving, creating clear demarcation for safe crossing points.

(We still can't stop the seagulls stealing your food.)

Sorry.

NEW SHOPFRONTS Traditional style shopfronts will replace the run-down, abandoned building facades along Central Drive, bringing a strong, unique character.

Photoshop, visualisations, photocollage, green infrastructure, materiality, street design, urban design, high street

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Revoe Library Visual LOCAL BUSINESSES

REVOE LIBRARY

BLACKPOOL ARCHES

The retail units towards the southern end of Central Drive will be reserved for local businesses, promoting a sense of community.

Revoe Library needs to be celebrated! That’s why we’re giving it a bit of a facelift, by providing a new green landscaped park out front and connecting it to Central Drive with a pedestrian-friendly shared space crossing.

As well as providing a safe housing for electrical infrastructure, the arches create a strong threshold between Revoe and Central Drive.

GUERILLA PLANTERS

SHARED SPACE

CLEAR DEMARCATION

SPILL-OUT SEATING

Certain parts of the linear street furniture won't require seating and can instead be made into long wild planters for the locals to populate.

A small pedestrian-friendly shared space crossing will bridge the gap between Revoe Library and Central Drive.

Having distinction between where pedestrians can and cannot walk will ensure that crossing the tram tracks will be safe and easy.

Small seating booths can be integrated into the street furniture to create spill-out space for restaurants, bars and pubs.

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Revoe Park Visual

Photoshop, visualisations, photocollage, green infrastructure, materiality, street design, urban design, high street

FOXHALL VILLAGE

BUS ROUTES

LEISURE CENTRE

REVOE LEARNING ACADEMY

New affordable housing will be built, to replace (and outnumber) the existing housing stock which has been demolished.

Now that Central Drive can accommodate vehicles again, bus routes are able to run to places that the tram cannot.

A new council-owned leisure centre, complete with swimming pool and gym facilities, will provide affordable sports facilities to Revoe and North Blackpool residents.

Revoe's top primary school will be able to use the nearby facilities for physical education, and will benefit from the new pedestrianised routes.

FOOTBALL FANS

NEW SURFACE TREATMENT

SOCIAL GREEN SPACE

Having a clear route from pubs and restaurants to Bloomfield Road stadium means that both home and away fans feel safe and enjoy watching their team!

Central Drive is only pedestrianised up to Revoe Library. The rest of it will receive a new road surface and will become a large shared space to enable pedestrian movement.

Revoe Park benefits from the nearby sports facilities by providing an outdoor alternative just across the street.

Photoshop, spatial co-ordination, street section, landscape, hand-drawing, urban planning, masterplanning

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Site Sections

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park to Blackpool & the Fylde College

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leisure centre

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Blackpool Football Club

Photoshop, hand-drawing, building design, landscaping, biophilic design, green infrastructure, mental health

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Bethesda Park Aerial View N

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Views out through a natural timber facade provide natural surveillance, safer spaces and biophilic design to the surrounding green spaces.

BETHESDA HEALTH CENTRE A brand new facility providing mental health support for younger people and community-led recreational activities.

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COMMUNITY GARDENS Community-owned gardens and allotments provide therapeutic recreational activities and opportunities to engage with other local people.

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BETHESDA PARK Large open green infrastructure acts as the beginning of a green link to the beachfront.

Surrounds the mental health centre with green space and trees, reducing any sense of claustrophobia.

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CENTRAL DRIVE HIGH STREET Pedestrianised high street with improved public transport connections, renovated shopfronts for local independent businesses and cycle path infrastructure.

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POCKET SOCIAL SPACES People are encouraged to congregate in small clustered activity pockets, enabling them to socialise and participate in impromptu social activities.

Photoshop, hand-drawing, building design, landscaping, biophilic design, green infrastructure, urban design

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Central Plaza Aerial View N

This residential block currently has backs of houses facing onto a park. New social housing will be built to complete this block.

The green belt will be extended all the way to the promenade, connecting it all the way to the college, hitting Central Drive, Revoe and the health centre all in one go.

By extending the green belt to meet Blackpool College, students and staff are encouraged to walk or cycle to college.

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Conversely, the connection to the college can provide opportunities for art and design students to open studios and markets to sell artwork.

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By abutting the adjacent buildings, these new retail units create a perimeter block with no narrow alley ways.

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FOXHALL VILLAGE NORTH

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An extension to the existing Foxhall Village, providing new social and affordable housing in a suitable, well-connected location.

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CENTRAL PARK Long open green corridor connecting Central Drive with Blackpool & The Fylde College (5). Forms a part of the larger Revoe Green Belt.

CENTRAL PLAZA

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Large retail units create a focal point and a modern frontage onto Central Drive.

These retail units are reserved for local, independent businesses.

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FOXHALL GENERAL PRACTICE This conveniently located GP will provide essential health facilities for those living in Revoe and the Central Drive area.

BLACKPOOL FYLDE COLLEGE Blackpool & The Fylde College University Centre campus is home to the arts, drama and dance studios. A direct pedestrian connection to Central Drive is crucial to encourage artists to open studios, shops and performance spaces along Central Drive.

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BETHESDA PARK

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NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Photoshop, hand-drawing, landscaping, biophilic design, shared space, pedestrianisation, green infrastructure, tram routes

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Revoe Library Aerial View

We can give Revoe Library a new lease of life by giving it a new pocket park out front.

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REVOE LIBRARY

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Built in the early 1900s, the locally listed Revoe Library now sits on its own island formed by the current road network. Now, it can be celebrated as a focal point at the southernmost end of Central Drive.

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LIBRARY COURT Currently cut off by two large roads, it is about time Revoe Library received some celebration of its heritage. A new public square will sit out front, encouraging social activity and congregation.

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CENTRAL DRIVE HIGH STREET The southernmost end of Central Drive sees the tram route split into two directions. It is vital that pedestrian connections to the library are maintained as the number of tram tracks doubles.

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SHARED SPACE Grasmere Road divides Central Drive from Revoe Library. As the road is to be retained, it will have a small shared space crossing to bridge the gap.

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SALTHOUSE AVENUE There is currently no access road here, instead, there is a small amount of pavement dividing the two streets. As vehicular access has been removed from Central Drive, a small connection here will help to ease congestion.

Photoshop, hand-drawing, building design, landscaping, biophilic design, green infrastructure, recreational facilities

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Revoe Park Aerial View N

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FOXHALL PARK A large, expansive green space will enable the construction of another green belt from Revoe to the Promenade. This park will contain tram tracks, to reduce congestion on the roads and to continue the green track.

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REVOE LEISURE CENTRE New swimming pools, gymnasiums, multiuse sports halls and fitness facilities will be situated between housing, schools and open green space to provide additional recreational and sport activities for the locals.

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One of Blackpool’s best performing primary schools is situated in a convenient, central location. Now, these children have better access to sporting facilities and open areas.

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BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB The 17,000 seater Bloomfield Road stadium, home of Blackpool FC, now has its own tram stop, connections to town for visiting supporters, and will be easier for fans to travel to for a Saturday afternoon game.

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BLACKPOOL HOUSE OF SPORT Blackpool House of Sport, adjacent to Blackpool FC, will house indoor and outdoor sporting facilities for a variety of sports such as futsal, hockey, tennis, basketball, netball and disability sports for people of all ages.

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The sports facilities and leisure centre are both in close proximity to new housing and the schools, so families and children can make use of them easily.

Revoe Park is connected to the promenade and the rest of Central Drive via an extended green link.

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FOXHALL VILLAGE

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CENTRAL PLAZA

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SHORELANDS HEALTH CENTRE

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FOXHALL VILLAGE NORTH

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hand-drawing, street furniture, street design, high street, infrastructure, public transport, pedestrian, green infrastructure

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Street Furniture Uses

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to be placed outside: restaurants, cafés, bars, other hospitality venues that require outdoor seating areas

to be placed outside: plant shops, food markets and shops that do not require any seating and at connection points to green links and side roads

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to be placed outside: pedestrian crossing points at Blackpool Central and Central Plaza

to be placed outside: shops that do not require any seating and at connection points to side roads

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hand-drawing, street furniture, street design, high street, infrastructure, public transport, pedestrian, green infrastructure

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Street Furniture Uses

1

BOOTH SEATING Undulations in the timber structure allow for facade-facing seating, particularly useful for cafés and restaurants to have safe, clean outdoor seating next to open green space.

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CASUAL SEATS A different style of seating, providing casual seats in a variety of forms, including loungers, high backs and tables to encourage social interaction.

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The tram tracks will be covered in sedum, a low maintenance flowering plant which will provide a continuation to the green belt, as well as deter pedestrian traffic.

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BLACKPOOL ARCHES Brightly coloured arches connect the street furniture on both sides of Central Drive, and also house electrical infrastructure for lighting and the tram overhead cables.

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Paving stones are mixed with slices of sedum, ensuring the green belt is uninterrupted while demarcating a safe space for pedestrians to cross the street.

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CYCLE PARKING Built-in cycle storage provides safe, convenient spaces for cyclists to leave their valuable two-wheeled friend! These will be positioned next to other streets and junctions.

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PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

TRAM PLATFORM Thanks to low-level platforms on the Blackpool tramway, these new platforms can be integrated into the street furniture, complete with seating and shelters.

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Sustainable Urban Drainage System

Vectorworks, section details, construction details, street design, sustainable urban drainage systems, rainwater harvesting

Despite all the renders being nice and sunny, this is the north of England. It will rain. In urban areas, 95% of rainwater is unable to permeate the surface, so it runs off into sewers, which can cause flooding during heavy rainfall. We must ensure that water is able to reach the earth again.

We will achieve this with the use of sustainable urban drainage systems. The street design works on 3 primary sustainable principles:

A small 1% decline in the slope of the pavers is enough to ensure water does not pool beneath the sedum layer.

PERMEABLE PAVING

SEDUM PAVERS

PLANTER IRRIGATION

Water is allowed to drain between the paving slabs and through two layers of aggregate before reaching a perforated pipe which takes excess water away from the soil.

Rainwater not only keeps the lowmaintenance sedum vegetation alive, but the blocks are also permeable, so water can still reach the earth and the perforated pipe.

At the base of the street furniture sits a small water tank with an automated pump, which can make sure the planting remains hydrated! This can be accessed through a side panel for maintenance.

Vectorworks, section details, construction details, street design, sustainable urban drainage systems, electrical infrastructure

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Street Section

It's important to focus on what happens above the surface, as this is what everybody will see when they walk throughout Central Drive and Revoe.

But the materiality, lighting, experiences and new buildings are only one half of the equation. What happens underneath the paving slabs is of equal importance.

existing residential units

Shown here is a typical section cut through Central Drive, showing the new Bethesda Health Centre and the street furniture.

SECTION 1: TYPICAL STREET SECTION

new commercial units

new Bethesda Mental Health Centre

1:50 @ A3

2.4m

2m

8.8m

2m

3.2m

permeable paving

street furniture

dual tram tracks with sedum planters between

street furniture

permeable paving

Vectorworks, section details, construction details, street design, sustainable urban drainage systems, electrical infrastructure

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Street Furniture Section Detail

500mm

+6400mm

Large cable powers the overhead tram cables and carries 600V DC current Smaller cables will power the lighting units and the pumps

Tension cables to hold central powered cable still 600V DC overhead electric cables as used on existing tram network

500mm

SECTION 2A: ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE Custom 4500 x 300mm LED lighting panels fitted to I-beam

1:10 @ A3 1-4mm clean hard crushed stone jointing material between flags

Powder-coated aluminium sheathing

500mm

50mm timber battens to form boxing for timber cladding panels 50mm treated CLT cladding panels for street furniture

450mm

750mm

Permeable sub-base (250mm of clean aggregate, typically between 5-20mm in size)

1200mm

Laying course (50mm of clean grit, typically 2-6mm in size)

5800mm

400 x 400 x 65mm permeable sandstone paving flags

Insulated electrical wiring concealed within flanges of I-beam

300 x 300mm steel 'i-profile' universal column

+0mm Sedum pavers for tram tracks (see pg40)

Permeable geo-textile layer stops the layers from mixing together

Concrete pad foundations

Underground electrical cables Perforated pipe for water collection

Native soil base layer

SECTION 2: STREET FURNITURE SEATING & ARCHES 1:20 @ A3

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Sedum Tram Track Section Detail

Vectorworks, section details, construction details, street design, sustainable urban drainage systems, transport infrastructure

Tram track rail Sedum vegetation layer

Rubber jacket to absorb vibrations and reduce noise Porous rubber sound absorption layer

100mm pavers with substrate to allow sedum and moss to grow. This plastic paver cultivates sedum and enables re-growth of vegetation in the event an emergency vehicle was to drive over it.

Concrete channel to house tram track

Reinforced concrete supporting layer Native soil base layer

SECTION 3A: SEDUM TRAM TRACKS 1:10 @ A3 Street furniture & arch (see pg39)

1% decline to improve rainwater runoff

SECTION 3: SEDUM TRAM TRACKS 1:20 @ A3

1435mm

Perforated pipe to remove excess rainwater from soil - will take water to storm drain or to irrigate surrounding landscape.

BUILDING A BETTER BLACKPOOL: THE REVOE REVIEW Street Furniture & Building Facade Section Details

Vectorworks, section details, construction details, street design, sustainable urban drainage systems, facade details, irrigation

Aluminium fins attached with purlins Hardwood flooring Open metal web timber joists with 100mm insulation Aluminium flashing

4500 x 300mm LED lighting panel on outward-facing sides

Circular timber column cladding panels with removable panels for access to infrastructure

Anodised aluminium covering to create archway

2500mm

1000mm Guerilla planting sits within recessed planters

Front panel of street furniture can be removed to enable access to water tank for maintenance

300 x 300mm structural 'i'-profile column at 4m centres Pipes and electrical wiring concealed within column 2500mm low-e triple glazed curtain wall facade

50mm timber battens to form boxing for timber cladding panels

Street pavers abut curtain wall for seamless transition

Automated pump system will provide planter with water at regular intervals

Timber flooring

Integrated water tank within street furniture

Concrete pad foundations to building

SECTION 4: STREET FURNITURE PLANTER

SECTION 5: BETHESDA HEALTH CENTRE FACADE

1:20 @ A3

1:20 @ A3

RECONNECTING EL FANGUITO CARIBBEAN WINTERSCHOOL 2020 HAVANA, CUBA

SOCIAL POCKETS - RECONNECTING EL FANGUITO Masterplan Iteration Design

Phase 1: Relocate the residents from the existing favelas into temporary accommodation in the military barracks.

Phase 2: Renovate the favelas into the new proposed design and re-house the residents on the site of their former homes.

Phase 3: Convert the former military barracks into new accommodation and a public town square.

Complete the bridge to Parque Almandares.

hand-drawing, sensitive intervention, phased approach, masterplanning, urban regeneration, informal settlements

masterplanning, urban regeneration, informal settlements, communities, hand-drawing, Vectorworks, Photoshop

SOCIAL POCKETS - RECONNECTING EL FANGUITO Masterplan & Strip Elevation Rendered video flythrough: https://youtu.be/fRPk0gzIBdU

El Malecón

marina

Fabrica des Artes Cubano

markets

waterfront

cultural arts centre

El Fanguito social housing

urban gardening

green belt

SOCIAL POCKETS - RECONNECTING EL FANGUITO Social Housing & Cultural Hub Design

residential design, 3D modelling, rendering, visualisations, sections, Vectorworks, Enscape, Photoshop, social housing

EDGELEY REGENERATION PROJECT STOCKPORT, ENGLAND MARCH YEAR 5

masterplanning, residential block design, landscape strategy, town planning, urban design, housing

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Masterplan & Residential Block Design Proposed Housing Development Residential Street

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masterplanning, residential block design, landscape strategy, town planning, urban design, housing, parking, refuse

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Parking, Cycle & Refuse Strategy

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Bin store located in back garden, in one combined unit with the bicycle storage unit.

PRIMARY CIRCULATION Vehicular circulation

REFUSE STRATEGY

PARKING STRATEGY

Designated refuse & recycling bin store (1 per dwelling)

On-site parking spaces (15no.)

Bin collection points for collection truck

Mews houses parking spaces (6no.)

Bin collection areas

Parking spaces in adjacent streets (13no.)

Suggested routes for bin on collection day

Designated bike store (1 per dwelling) Vehicular access routes

Route Paths and trees provide wayfinding through the communal garden.

Buffer

Connections

Play Area

Planting at threshold of garden Each house is to have a visual Designated play area away from to parking zone will discourage and physical connection to the vehicular route while remaining children from playing too close. communal garden. central in the garden.

Pedestrian circulation

masterplanning, residential block design, landscape strategy, town planning, urban design, housing

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Housing Typologies

4750mm 4750mm

4550mm

7800mm 7000mm

Terraced with dormer window

7000mm

Standard terrace

- Victorian design language - gable ends - tight, cramped alleyways - vehicle focused streets - privacy concerns

The standard terrace blocks have an area of 7m x 10m, and have a garden to the rear of the house.

8000mm

8000mm 6200mm

Terraced with bay windows

+ contemporary design + modern design technology + landscaped streets + communal shared spaces + privacy & security

The terraces have a traditional back garden which faces onto the courtyard communal garden.

Standard terraced house

The corner blocks have a roof garden instead of a garden at ground floor level, due to space restrictions.

Corner terraced house

Mews house

The mews houses have built in parking at ground floor level, and a roof garden.

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Residential Block Design

masterplanning, residential block design, landscape strategy, town planning, urban design, housing

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View down proposed extension to Mahood Street

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View from Rear Courtyard

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View of Hardcastle Road From Duchy Street

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View from Reservoir Road towards Hardcastle Street

Final block masterplan & landscape design 1:500 @ A3

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View from Clwyd Avenue (Proposed Linear Park)

Vectorworks, CAD, GA drawings, plans, residential design, spatial arrangement, private client, bespoke design

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Housing Design Floor Plans

Lightwell continues all the way from roof to ground floor, providing natural daylighting into the kitchen and providing passive stack effect ventilation.

Designated bicycle and bin store

Large industrial fridge/freezer units in void beneath split-level first floor provides adequate storage for the business supplies.

ENTRANCE

Ground Floor Plan (1:100 @ A3)

First Floor Plan (1:100 @ A3)

Site Plan in Context 1:500 @ A3

Second Floor Plan (1:100 @ A3)

Third Floor Plan (1:100 @ A3)

Roof Plan (1:100 @ A3)

residential design, 3D modelling, rendering, visualisations, axonometric, housing design, private client

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Housing Design Axonometric Floor Plans Marco can grow crops for the food truck business in the greenhouse, which is connected to the rainwater pipe for harvesting and irrigation.

Greenhouse

Garden

The parents get the loft bedroom as they only ever really use it to sleep, whereas Emma is more likely to spend more hours of the day in her room as she gets older.

The kitchen has 1.5x the ceiling height of any other room in the house, giving it an unmistakable dominance.

Kitchen

Dining

Ground Floor

Bathroom

Guest Bedroom

Ensuite

First Floor

Second Floor

Snug

WC

Entrance Lobby

Emma’s bedroom has a higher ceiling and contains a small mezzanine play area. This can be removed or converted into a study space when she grows older.

Lounge contains internal window to maximise daylighting and provide direct view to garden

Stair & entrance are protected in accordance with Approved Document B section 2.5

Study

Master Bedroom

Protected Stair

Lounge

Protected Stair

Emma’s Bedroom

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Exterior Visuals

residential design, 3D modelling, rendering, visualisations, housing design, street design, urban design, landscape

View from street looking north, showing existing Victorian houses and food truck parking location

View from street looking towards main facade

View from courtyard looking towards rear of house

View from garden looking at greenhouse, decking and bicycle/bin store

Night render of the street looking north

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Interior Visuals

residential design, 3D modelling, rendering, visualisations, housing design, street design, urban design, landscape

View from dining room looking towards stair, kitchen and garden

View of lounge showing window to kitchen and garden

View from kitchen looking towards sculptural stair

View of Emma’s bedroom showing mezzanine

View from kitchen showing lightwell

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Exploded Construction Axonometric

residential design, 3D modelling, rendering, visualisations, axonometric, housing design, private client

ROOF Openable low-e triple-glazed skylights create lightwell and allow for natural ventilation 200 x 200mm British Slate roof tiles

25 x 25mm timber support battens for tiles 20mm cross ventilation spacer tray Airtight vapour control layer 150mm insulation between roof rafters 50 x 150mm timber roof rafters 2no. layers 15mm plasterboard PROTECTED STAIRS 50mm anodised aluminium frame with smoke seals to form protected stairway 100mm partition wall with 70mm studs 15mm fire-rated annealed glass guarding 50 x 50mm oak spindles to form guarding 32mm oak stair string with 32mm oak treads and risers

FLOORS 10mm carpet floor finish 10mm timber panel flooring 10mm plywood sheeting 150mm open metal web joists

Ø 15mm underfloor heating pipework within aluminium tray laid between timber joists at 200mm centres

FACADE 2no. layers 15mm plasterboard 100 x 200mm timber frame structure 200mm rigid insulation between timber frame 25mm OSB board Airtight vapour control layer 20 x 20mm timber support frame for cladding 80 x 50mm concealed gutter with Ø80mm downpipe 20mm Dark Siberian Larch timber cladding

150mm foil backed insulation between joists 1no. layer 15mm plasterboard Internal fire-rated triple-glazed window PARTY WALL 2no. layers 15mm plasterboard 100 x 200mm timber frame structure 200mm insulation between timber frame Airtight vapour control layer 25mm OSB board 20 x 20mm timber support frame for cladding 20mm Dark Siberian Larch timber cladding

70mm blockwork wall to party wall, to be hidden by adjacent property Low-e triple-glazed tilt & turn windows to all floors 50mm insulated, powder-coated aluminium curtain wall framing 44mm insulated entrance door leaf 10mm rendered finish to plywood board, white

FOUNDATION Airtight vapour control layer

20mm plywood backing board for rendered finish

50mm screed

200mm load-bearing thermal insulation blockwork

In-situ cast concrete raft foundations Total 200mm insulation between floor joists Timber floor joists Gravel in-fill to face of foundations

residential design, Vectorworks, street design, masterplanning, urban design, split-level housing, double volume

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Street Sections Street Section looking North (1:100 @ A3)

45m

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Street Section looking South (1:100 @ A3)

10m

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2m

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EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 1:20 Facade Construction Details 150mm timber roof rafters

Vectorworks, section detail, construction detail, timber frame, sustainable materials, low U-values, facade design Operable skylights to allow stack effect ventilation (see page 31)

150mm insulation between rafters 200 x 200mm British Slate roof tiles 25 x 25mm timber support battens for tiles 80 x 50mm concealed gutter 25mm external timber rainscreen cladding

25° pitch 25mm timber battens 25mm external timber rainscreen cladding

25mm timber battens Airtight vapour control layer with extra material tucked into aluminium frame Blackout roller blinds concealed within aluminium frame

Airtight vapour control layer 25mm OSB board

200mm insulation Insulated powder-coated aluminium spandrel panel

200mm timber frame 2no. layers 15mm plasterboard

50mm timber battens to support floor joists 85mm foil-faced insulation between floor joists 150mm open metal web joists at 400mm centres Low-e triple-glazed tilt & turn window within frame

Insulated powder-coated aluminium curtain wall frame

15mm shadow gap trim to base of window cill

Aluminium support between timber joists containing Ø 15mm underfloor heating pipes

70mm insulation

Low-e triple-glazed fanlight within frame

10mm rendered finish to plywood board, white

Insulated 44mm entrance door leaf Engineered hardwood flooring with 2no. layers 18mm plywood beneath Load-bearing thermal insulation block Raised timber flooring with service void beneath Stone infill to face of upstand Airtight vapour control layer 50mm screed

In-situ cast concrete foundations

Load-bearing thermal insulation block Timber decking with 2no. layers plywood underlay Soil layer

construction sequence, masterplanning, urban design, infrastructure, road network, demolitions

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Masterplan Construction Sequence 1.

Existing site, with Edgeley Park Stadium, home of Stockport County Football Club, and existing Victorian terraced houses on Clwyd Avenue & Hardcastle Road. Sykes Reservoir is located to the south of the site.

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The existing perimeter block of Victorian terraced housing on Clwyd Avenue is also to be demolished. The site is to be excavated to prepare for the new road network, with pipework and electrical infrastructure to be installed beneath the roads.

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Edgeley Park is to be demolished, Stockport County will move to their new stadium, and the land beneath the stadium to be remediated, ready for the new masterplan to be constructed on top.

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Hard and soft landscaping to be completed, with the four new perimeter blocks to be constructed on top simultaneously.

construction sequence, timber frame, low U-values, facade design, street design, site logistics

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Housing Construction Sequence 1.

Exterior landscaping finished, site excavated, concrete foundations cast in-situ.

2.

Load-bearing insulation installed on concrete upstand, timber structure erected above.

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Blockwork party wall built up, cladding support structure erected with scaffolding, roof ventilation cavity installed.

Pre-fabricated metal frames installed with glazing, waterproof membrane overlaps tucked into metal frame to complete weather-proofing envelope.

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Insulation installed between timber frame of building and between floor joists to complete thermal envelope.

Airtight waterproof membrane installed above OSB board layer with additional material left to wrap into metal frames.

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Timber cladding, render and roof tiles installed to complete facade. Flooring structure to be laid ready for floor finishes, completing first fixing.

Neighbouring properties to be completed simultaneously to complete street. Internal walls erected and floor finishes laid.

Second fixing to be completed.

building regulations, fire safety, accessibility, dimensions, detail drawings, protected stair. residential design

EDGELEY MASTERPLAN & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Building Regulations

75mm gap (<100mm) 250mm going

900mm balustrade

APPROVED DOCUMENT K: STAIR DESIGN

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Top of stair guarding forms balustrade for final flight of stairs, as per Approved Document K, section 1.34 (b).

166mm rise

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50mm handrails on one side, attached to external wall or frame of glass screen

34° pitch

Excerpt from Part K: Table regarding suitable rises and goings of private stairs

APPROVED DOCUMENT B: FIRE PROTECTED STAIR 30 mins resistant wall 30 mins resistant glass screen with smoke seals

Excerpt from Part B: Diagram of protected stair requirements for 3-storey buildings