“The one we haven’t designed yet”.
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Millmead
Staines upon Thames, UK
Client — Renshaw UK ltd
Area — 35,000 sqm
Use — Residential (275 units)
Status — Outline planning permission granted
Staines
suffered a reputational pasting in the early 2000s courtesy of Sacha Baron
Cohen’s ‘Ali G’, in part prompting its subsequent name change to
Staines-upon-Thames....like Henley and Kingston.
The
town is currently enjoying a minor renaissance however, in part due to its
affordability and excellent transport links to Central London, the wider Thames
Valley Corridor and Heathrow.
Despite
sounding like an unfortunate accident, the word ‘Staines’ actually has quite an impressive
pedigree and is derived from the Anglo Saxon for ‘Stones’. More unexpectedly
perhaps the town was originally founded by the Roman Emperor Claudius in AD 43
- when it was known as Ad Pontes (at the Bridges) – one of the earliest
crossing points of the Thames.
Staines.
The
Emperor Claudius.
Really.
We
were appointed to secure an Outline Planning Permission – changing the use of the
site from being single storey industrial sheds into up to ten storeys of
residential accommodation.
Being
an Outline Permission however we never got to design the scheme much past the
point of overall scale, massing, mix of units and access. On top of that a lot
of multi-unit residential schemes end up being pretty tedious to look at - and we
were very keen to create real character for the project, rooted in its
place.
So
we did some little vignettes to show which way we thought the design should
go.
Roman
basically. All bricks, arches, forums and colonnades.
Along
with ‘athletic’ people in togas.Much as you find on any self-respecting UK
high street to this very day.
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Millmead
Staines upon Thames, UK
Client — Renshaw UK ltd
Area — 35,000 sqm
Use — Residential (275 units)
Status — Outline planning permission granted
Staines
suffered a reputational pasting in the early 2000s courtesy of Sacha Baron
Cohen’s ‘Ali G’, in part prompting its subsequent name change to
Staines-upon-Thames....like Henley and Kingston.
The
town is currently enjoying a minor renaissance however, in part due to its
affordability and excellent transport links to Central London, the wider Thames
Valley Corridor and Heathrow.
Despite
sounding like an unfortunate accident, the word ‘Staines’ actually has quite an impressive
pedigree and is derived from the Anglo Saxon for ‘Stones’. More unexpectedly
perhaps the town was originally founded by the Roman Emperor Claudius in AD 43
- when it was known as Ad Pontes (at the Bridges) – one of the earliest
crossing points of the Thames.
Staines.
The
Emperor Claudius.
Really.
We
were appointed to secure an Outline Planning Permission – changing the use of the
site from being single storey industrial sheds into up to ten storeys of
residential accommodation.
Being
an Outline Permission however we never got to design the scheme much past the
point of overall scale, massing, mix of units and access. On top of that a lot
of multi-unit residential schemes end up being pretty tedious to look at - and we
were very keen to create real character for the project, rooted in its
place.
So
we did some little vignettes to show which way we thought the design should
go.
Roman
basically. All bricks, arches, forums and colonnades.
Along
with ‘athletic’ people in togas.Much as you find on any self-respecting UK
high street to this very day.
Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
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