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LOCATIONS:
CLIENT: Thirteen Housing Group
Background & Objectives:
Groundwork has had a successful working relationship with housing provider, the Thirteen Group, working with hundreds of residents and getting their opinions on how to transform sites with imagination and innovation
Design Solution:
As lead designer and project manager Groundwork delivered a scheme to refurbish the external environment to two high-rise flats:
- 3D visualisations used to engage and inform residents
- derelict hardstanding was converted into a well-designed car park
- new footpaths and accessible entrances provided
- boundary walls and railings used to enclose and create defensible space
- Colourful planting of shrubs and over 50 trees to provide seasonal interest and wildlife habitat
Impact:
Residents were involved in choosing designs for the artwork panels which reference the individual names Prior and Melsonby. Fixed to the ground floor fencing the laser-cut panels have become a defining feature of the buildings.
