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*+133.60

+134.20

+133.80

+134.20

+133.52

+133.52

+133.60

+132.35

+132.95

+132.20

+134.85

THE SQUARE

LANDMARK FEATURE / SCULPTURE

LANDMARK FEATURE / SCULPTURE

COMMUNITY GARDEN

TODDLER NATURAL PLAY

NURSERYSOFT PLAY

CANOPY

YARD

CYCLE STORAGE

CYCLE RACKS

STEP

S / R

AM

PS

RAM

P / S

TEPS

PARKING

PARKING

SUBSTATION

COMMUNITY CENTRE

RETAIL UNITS

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

EXISTING PLAY AREA

EXISTING TREES

EXISTING TREES

EXISTING TREES

PROPOSED TREES

+133.50

+134.56

BACK ENTRANCE

BROOKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT, TELFORD

SOFT PLAY AREA FOR NURSERY COMMUNITY GARDEN - PLOTS FOR GROWING

SCULPTURE OR LIGHTING COLUMN, PROVIDING LANDMARK FEATURE TO ‘THE SQUARE’

GRID PATTERNED PAVING TO THE SQUARE

GENEROUS WIDE STEPS AND RAMPS BETWEEN LEVELS

THE SQUARE - SQUARE RAISED PLANTERS WITH INTEGRATED SEATING

COMMUNITY GARDEN - ACCESS PATHS COMMUNITY GARDEN - TODDLER PLAY AREA

ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGES:

THE SQUARE - PROPOSED TREE AVENUES

THE SQUARE - OUTDOOR CAFE STYLE SEATING

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ROUTES

MAIN VEHICULAR ROUTE

SCULPTURAL FEATURE PROVIDING INFORMAL WAYMARKING AT KEY NODES

KEY:BURFORD ROAD

NEW PATH ALONG EXISTING DESIRE LINE

THOMAS TELFORD’S ENGINEERED DESIGNS PROVIDE INSPIRATION FOR THE GEOMETRIC, GRID-LIKE LAYOUT

LOCAL CAST IRON COULD BE USED AS A MATERIAL FOR PLANTERS AND RETAINING WALLS

LINEAR PATTERNS OF TRADITIONAL ALLOTMENTS INSPIRE THE LAYOUT OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND FORMAL PLANTING

BOULDERS OF LOCAL STONE PROVIDE PLAY FEATURES AND CONTRAST WITH THE FORMALISED PLANTING

‘DESIGN CUES’:

CANOPY

OUTDOOR SEATING

LINKS TO EXISTING PATH NETWORK

LINKS TO EXISTING PATH NETWORK

LINKS TO EXISTING PATH NETWORK

WILDLIFE MEADOW GRASS AREA

GROWING PLOTS

GROWING PLOTS

BULB PLANTING

COMMUNITY GARDEN

FENCED, GATED COMMUNITY SPACE WITH PLOTS FOR GROWING VEGETABLES, LAWNED AREAS, AND A NATURAL TODDLER PLAY AREA WITH BOULDERS, LOGS ETC.

THE SPACE IS SUBDIVIDED WITH LINEAR HEDGEROWS, WHICH EXTEND INTO THE LANDSCAPE AND ARE REINFORCED WITH LOW LEVEL FENCING TO PREVENT THE FORMATION OF DESIRE LINES.

THE SQUARE

A GENEROUS PUBLIC REALM SPACE, WITH AREAS FOR OUTDOOR CAFE SEATING, INFORMAL HARD SPACE, AND CIRCULATION SPACE.

THE SPACE IS UNIFIED THROUGH A GRID-LIKE PAVING PATTERN, USING SMALL UNIT PAVERS WHICH EXTEND ACROSS THE PARKING AREA, ALLOWING THE WHOLE SPACE TO BE USED AS A HARD SURFACED EVENTS SPACE IF NEEDED. BOLLARDS PREVENT VEHICLE ACCESS TO PEDESTRIAN AREAS, INCLUDING REMOVABLE BOLLARDS TO CLOSE THE SQUARE TO TRAFFIC DURING EVENTS.

RAISED PLANTERS ARE ARRANGED WITHIN THE GRID PATTERN, AND WOULD INCORPORATE SEATING AND HELP PREVENT VEHICULAR ACCESS. THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL CAST IRON COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PLANTERS, AND RETAINING WALLS ALONGSIDE THE ACCESS RAMPS.

LANDMARK FEATURES SUCH AS SCULPTURAL LIGHTING OR PUBLIC ART COULD PROVIDE FOCAL POINTS AND CREATE A SENSE OF IDENTITY - ONE WOULD BE SITUATED AT THE FRONT OF THE SQUARE TO PROVIDE A SENSE OF ARRIVAL, AND A SECONDARY PIECE WOULD BE SITUATED AT THE JUNCTION OF PATHS ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, PROVIDING AN INFORMAL WAYFINDING FEATURE.

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REMOVABLE BOLLARDS

PROPOSED TREES

RAISED PLANTERS

PARKING

FEATURE WALL WITH CLIMBER PLANTING

BROOKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT, TELFORD

SECURE CYCLE STORAGE COMPOUND FOR STAFF/VISITORS

VERTICAL BAR RAILINGS TO COMMUNITY GARDEN (1.5M HT)

SCULPTURE OR LIGHTING COLUMN, PROVIDING LANDMARK FEATURE TO ‘THE SQUARE’

RETAINING WALLS IN COR-TEN STEEL

CORTEN STEEL CLAD PLANTERS - TO INCORPORATE INTEGRATED TIMBER SEATS

FREESTANDING CONCRETE SEATING

WELDMESH FENCING TO NURSERY PLAY SPACE (1.8M HT)

STEEL LITTER BINS E.G. BOXAP ‘DERBY’

FURNITURE

FEATURE WALL (COR TEN WITH GABION INFILL) & SCENTED CLIMBERS TO SCREEN GARAGES

CORTEN STEEL BOLLARDS

SOFT PLAY AREA FOR NURSERY - RUBBER WETPOUR SURFACING

SANDSTONE BOULDERS

MARSHALL’S ‘CONSERVATION’ SLAB PAVING - SILVER GREY & CHARCOAL

MARSHALL’S ‘MISTRAL’ SMALL UNIT PAVING- SILVER GREY, CHARCOAL & GRAPHITE

MARSHALL’S CONSERVATION STEP UNITS

TARMAC PATHS WITH CONCRETE SETT PAVING TO MATCH PAVING IN THE SQUARE

PAVING MATERIALS

THE SQUARE - PROPOSED TREE AVENUES

CAST IRON GRATINGS AND GULLEY COVERS

ROSMARINUS ‘SEVERN SEAS’ LOW MAINTENANCE HEBE RAKAIENSIS ‘HEDGES’

BETULA NIGRA AVENUE TREES CALAMAGROSTIS ‘KARL FOERSTER’

LUZULA SYLVATICA DRYOPTERIS AFFINIS

BULB PLANTING - CROCUS AND NARCISSUS SPP

WILDFLOWER MEADOW GRASSLAND

PLANTING

LIRIOPE MUSCARI NEPETA ‘WALKER’S LOW’