Improving the Public Realm
Oxford Street has become a more enjoyable place to meadander following measures taken to reduce traffic. Yet the easing of traffic has not created a ‘pavement-culture’ - more a linear pedestrian express way! The joy of walking through the West End is in traversing North-South and engaging with the more relaxed cafeculture that does exist in these route-ways. The Debenhams site has a clean perimeter with fantastic opportunities to create a strong public realm around it and to create a series of individual spaces that unify the new development.
Henrietta Place
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• Henrietta Place - a quieter, more formal frontage
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• Vere Street - the opportunity to create a new public square across a new ‘shared surface’ that ties with the church of St Peters
Vere
Marylebone Street
• Oxford Street - two large corner footprints that should be exploited to draw people into the retail offer
Oxford Street
• Marylebone Lane - an opportunity to use a car-free zone for outdoor dining and seating - catching the afternoon sun Public Realm opportunities
Internal courtyard view
Public spaces at 10 Brock Street, London
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334 Oxford Street, London, W1 | Request for an Architectural Proposal
Burlington Arcade and St Christopher’s Place
