Groupwork wins Bristol housing competition

A team led by Groupwork has won the design competition to deliver new homes on the site of a Bristol car park, a stone’s throw from a grade I-listed church.

Groupwork’s proposals for Redcliffe Way in the city centre were created for council-owned Goram Homes in conjunction with landscape architect McGregor Coxall and engineering design consultancy Hydrock.

The team wasshortlisted for the project in May, alongside rivals Levitt Bernstein; FBM Architects and HTA Design.

竞赛要求设计靠近哥特式St Mary Redcliffe教堂的Portwall Lane地面停车场，该停车场将被重新开发为一个混合用途的、以居住为主的方案，这将“增强并符合该地区的长期愿景”。它引用了附近由亚历克法国建筑事务所(Alec French Architects)设计的沃平码头(Wapping Wharf)混合用途开发项目作为参观者的指南。

Design teams were not told to deliver a specific quantum of housing, but Goram’s business plan identifies the 0.3ha site as suitable for 110 units.

Competition organisers Goram Homes, Bristol Housing Festival and Redcliffe Neighbourhood Forum said Groupwork’s winning design responded to the historical and cultural heritage of the site and had been unanimously backed by the judging panel for its innovative approach.

Goram Homes will now appoint the team to RIBA Stage 2 and prepare the pre-application process. They will also co-design a community engagement strategy with Redcliffe Neighbourhood Forum.

布里斯托尔市议会负责住房交付和住房的内阁成员汤姆·伦哈德(Tom Renhard)是评委会成员之一。他说，这项比赛是一个“极好的例子”，说明开发商如何与社区携手合作，设计新的住宅和空间，将本地需求置于“首要和中心”。

他说:“我很高兴看到开发的进展。”

Canon Dan Tyndall, vicar of St Mary Redcliffe and neighbourhood-forum member, said the winning design was “really distinctive” and created essential links in the area between north and south Redcliffe and from Temple Meads to Bristol’s South Bank.

“It relates well with the architecture of St Mary Redcliffe and furthers our community’s vision to see the regeneration of Redcliffe Way,” he said.

Earlier this year Groupwork and McGregor Coxall won another Goram Homes and Bristol Housing Federation competition – for a 190-home modular mixed-use development at Castle Park.