Make Make Over Meadows Gateway
Published on 17-04-2008 by Skyscrapernews.com
Leading architects, Make have given their plans for a new development in Nottingham by Lace Market Properties a major revision following consultations.
The Meadows Gateway scheme is a triangular site situated on Arkwright Street. Only a short walk from Nottingham's train station, it's designed as an extension of the city centre's expansion south to link up with Nottingham's masterplanned Meadows project.
It's been massed to rise up in height from the lower-rise level of the buildings on the other side of Arkwright Road to a pinnacle on the northern end of the site.
Complicating the planning of the scheme however was the requirement for a public space and the fact that the extension for Nottingham's tram would have cut through the south-eastern corner of the site.
Conveniently for the developers, Make decided that the tram should be moved so that it circumvented the site and then that the large public space occupying the south-eastern section should also be relocated and scaled down so it is "humanely scaled". The cynic will note this allows them to cram more onto the plot than they would otherwise be able to do.
Pedestrian routes through the site cut the scheme into a series of triangles and pentagons that ring internal courtyards creating semi-private space for the occupants of the apartments.
The main route through the development has been modified since originally proposed and widened to open up a better viewpoint looking towards Nottingham's famous castle, once the home of the Sheriff who battled Robin Hood.
It will now rise to a maximum of 12 storeys and a height of 45.85 metres in total on the tip of the project that faces Block C of Sovereign House which has been planned to reach a similar height.
This is the first of the planned buildings, Building A, and it will contain a mixture of retail, 65 residential units, offices and hotel accommodation adding up in total to 30,455 square metres.
The appearance of the cladding has been designed to mimic the inspiration of the street it overlooks - Richard Arkwright who revolutionised industry by inventing the spinning jenny.
Make has come up with a façade that appears to be woven with different treatments depending on the use of the section of the building and colours of aluminium, orange and beige that will match the surrounding buildings.
All in all, it's an original solution to what should be a landmark building for Nottingham, a city that has few such modern buildings and perhaps more than any other in the country, suffers enormously fro
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