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Artisan Place
Harrow, London
A comprehensive mixed use development on 2.29 hectares of the former ColArt factory and office buildings at Wealdstone High Road/Whitefriars Avenue. The development comprises 189 homes in linear blocks linked by homezone streets; as well as a refurbished, locally listed B1 employment Office Building , 5 newly built artists studios and a new public square; and safeguarded area for educational and sport hall use at Salvatorian College to the site's north. The development provides a mix of much needed apartments and houses.
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Creating a Place
5. Character
6. Working with the site and context
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10. Car parking
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
CGI image showing proposed new development in context
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
Ordnance Survey site map
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into the neighbourhood
Aerial view of site
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Masterplan with design code principles
The main access will be from the High Street (formerly the main HGV access). Two further accesses will be provided from Bruce Road and Ladysmith Road. A third vehicular access from Whitefriars Avenue will lead to the car park for the office building only. Pedestrian and cycle routes will be provided from Whitefriars Avenue, creating a link across the site and into the High Street. Compared with its former use, there will be a lower level of traffic generation during peak times with this scheme.
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Where multi modal link is not possible a pedestrian /cycle link is created at the Winsor and Newton building for direct link to Whitefriars Avenue.
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Every opportunity for connections is utilised
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Shared use surface provides opportunities for integrated movement.
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
3. Public transport
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
3. Public transport
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
3. Public transport
The development offers use of City Car Club and there is a parking space with a charging point.
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
4. Meeting local housing requirements
Affordable units are identical to private and all units are well mixed .
The affordable units are pepperpotted around the scheme and the developemnt is tenure blind.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
The principle for landscaping is to combine soft in hard with formal geometry following desire lines, employing vertical 'urban' planting .
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
While keeping the existing trees , plenty of additional trees are planted to soften the impact of hard 'urban' streetscape.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
The intent for grounds cape is highest quality pervious that will assist in creating an attractive backdrop for the social interaction of residents.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
5. Character
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
While most of the site was originally hardstanding and factory blocks, every effort was mad to incorporate a cluster of trees along the Whitefriar's Avenue .
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6. Working with the site and context
A small group of trees along the High Street to stregthen the 'gataeways' intpo the site.
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Creating a Place
7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Creating a Place
7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Creating a Place
7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Creating a Place
7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Creating a Place
7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Creating a Place
7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Creating a Place
7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
While the site is under construction, one can see the emerging threshold arrangement with surface change, pinch points with planters, small boundary walls and trees defining the entrance to the tertiary, shared surface spaces. All corner buildings have ac
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8. Easy to find your way around
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
The retained Winsor and Newton Building is the main focal building at the focal square. The massing and arrangement of other buildings creates additional focal points, thresholds and gateways.
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9. Streets for all
Visual stop ends at the end of every vista.
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9. Streets for all
Pinch points and right angles at every junction intend to slow traffic down.
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9. Streets for all
Emerging thresholds to the development showing arrangements with future planters ,surface change and slight gradient to slow traffic to acceptable home zone levels.
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9. Streets for all
The arrangement between frontages and other street componenets to slow speeds and encorage social interaction.
The intent is to promote and easy, unconstrained use of the street space for all users through quality surface traetment , landscape and street furniture that will slow traffic and provide formal and informal pockets for social interaction and play with ’ eyes on the street’ from active frontages.
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9. Streets for all
Asprations for the use of the street and groundscape arrangement where the intent is to have a smooth surface delianated by slight chnges in quality surface materials.
The intent is to promote and easy, unconstrained use of the street space for all users through quality surface traetment , landscape and street furniture that will slow traffic and provide formal and informal pockets for social interaction and play with ’ eyes on the street’ from active frontages.
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9. Streets for all
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9. Streets for all
The ground floor live work studios have their own door to add activity to the street.
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9. Streets for all
Streets are enclosed by active frontages with front doors and plenty of windows. To create well animated ground floor levels it was decided not to introduce integral parking to avoid blank elevations.
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9. Streets for all
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9. Streets for all
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9. Streets for all
All parking is in public realm. There are no garages , parking courts or underground parking.
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10. Car parking
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10. Car parking
All parking in the scheme is on street, following the traditional parking arrangement of the surrounding Victorian Streets. Parking is defined by planting, surface treatment and street furniture.
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10. Car parking
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10. Car parking
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11. Public and private spaces
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11. Public and private spaces
The focal square located at the centre of the scheme is well enclosed and will provide additional opportunities for play and recreation.
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11. Public and private spaces
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11. Public and private spaces
All public spaces are well overlooked from the active frontages of buildings and all private spaces are well enclosed. All houses have private gardens and apartment blocks have shared gardens, private balconies and roof terraces for amenity.
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11. Public and private spaces
The diagram illustrates all boundaries across the site.
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11. Public and private spaces
Boundaries with ajoining plots.
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12. External storage and amenity space
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12. External storage and amenity space
The scheme provides ample storage space.
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