commercial planning

Our design team were commissioned by developers to produce a masterplan for their portfolio within Holborn in central London. The estate consists of 37,000sqm of retail, office, leisure, educational and residential space in 60 properties across approximately 3.3 acres in the in the heart of London’s ‘Midtown’ business district.

MICA is currently developing and retrofitting a number of complex historic buildings across the estate to bring these back into use for work and retail. Reinstating the grandeur of the areas unique character.

Maximising the benefit of the project to local communities, those delivering it and the world we live in. We believe that as creators of the built environment today we have responsibility to think and design for much more than just minimal standards and basic functionality. We understand that the built environment shapes the local community and has the potential to support it. We consider social value to be at the core of our service delivery, embodied in our design approaches: we prioritise our focus during development on design quality and placemaking. As designers of space we embrace our environmental responsibility, and we take responsibility for the full lifecycle of the projects we design.

We work with local stakeholders, businesses and communities to ensure that their views and values are enshrined in the designs that we create. We also faciliate work related opportunities, training and building skills within project process, which are actively targeted to enable social mobility and inclusion.

What we achieve:

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Tangible benefits for communities

– City spaces for people to flourish which are truly inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

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Supporting community connections and creating a sense of identity within place

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Unlocking possibilities for positive change

Wellbeing and quality of life

Holistic sustainability Environmental