Leinster Avenue

Affordable residential scheme for Bristol City Council. The residential plan delivers a range of one, two & three bedroom homes split between affordable rent & shared ownership.

Three storey apartment buildings bookend a variation in typology of terraced housing which consist of a mix of two & three storey homes. Single storey dwellings are arranged along a new connection to the main road, which are a mix of one & two bedroom wheelchair accessible homes. The project was shortlisted for the Housing Design Award in 2022.

Brief:

  • Create a neighbourhood with active streets i.e. Front doors facing front doors, on street parking, clear front & back relationships with high levels of passive surveillance

  • Create visual interest on the street scape with a clearly defined family of varying dwelling types that share architectural details & materials

  • Create simple adaptable house types with flexible layouts strategically placed to add variety to the masterplan

  • Use simple robust & high quality material palette which responds to local context

  • Quantum for total of 74 dwellings are provided across the site, with a mix of 72% houses & 28% apartments

  • Tenure is split between social rent, shared ownership & private sale

  • The overall density of the site should be around 40-45 dwellings per hectare (42 DPH based on a developable site area of 1.74 hectares)

Achievements:

  • Led Stage 3 tender production of detail design & coordination.

  • Masterplan layout & house typology design development.

  • Public consultation materials & boards (design team collaboration).

  • Design development and negotiation during planning process; presentation to officer.

  • Landscape, highways & SUDs design coordination.

  • Housing typology development.

  • Apartment design development.

  • Led design team meetings.

  • Complex Revit model management (linked models & large scheduling).

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