Hulls Trinity Quays Set For New Tower

Hulls Trinity Quays Set For New Tower

Published on 10-10-2007 by Skyscrapernews.com
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Bird Johnson Associates have designed this new 14 storeys mixed use building for Kingston Upon Hull of shops, offices and 159 new apartments.

Called Trinity Quays and located at 60-71 High Street, the scheme consists of an oval tower element 56 metres tall with an attached lower-rise block, both standing above a basement level of parking.

Ground floor levels of the tower element are offices with a further three floors of similar accommodation above that. They are separated from the adjacent connected block by an atrium.

The tower element continues to rise above the offices it stands over with nine further floors of housing orientated to provide residents views of the Humber and the marine life centre, the Deep.

This neighbouring section has retail on its ground floor and an office floor immediately above. It is topped by an internal courtyard that is ringed by five floors of residential space that overlook this green space.

Visually the entire building is split into three sections. On the tower portions lowest floors where the offices are there is green copper with the residential levels above clad in zinc faced aluminium cladding. The lower-rise block has white stones and columns set in front of red brick.

Bird Johnson hope that their proposed building, with the addition of a telecommunications mast on top will act as a landmark for the prominent position it occupies overlooking Myton Bridge.

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To keep down costs whilst moderating solar gain, blinds will be fitted underneath - a low tech but practical solution that has been proven to work. On the roof will be several wind turbines whilst a tree planting programme will also be carried out along Victoria Way next to the entrance of the tower.

One hundred metres to the west of Victoria Way is Coign, a development planned for the site of Coign Church which is currently undergoing demolition. It will be a largely residential 20 floor tower with 220 apartments but also contain a new auditorium on the ground floor for the church which it is replacing.

A number of religious community facilities will also be provided such as counseling rooms and a book shop so avid readers can keep up to date with the latest exciting theological tomes. To give away the twisting ending, Jesus dies and then comes back to life.

On the other side of the railway line, only two hundred metres south is Victoria Arch by Barratt Homes which is a large residential development hosting 445 new homes in six blocks, the tallest of which will be 21 floors tall. There will also be 4,719 square metres of office space. It is literally over the road from the 16 floor Centrium, Barratts last large successful development in Woking that was completed in 2004.


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