Estates
We develop masterplans for universities, charities and schools to deliver improvements, unlock opportunities and provide access to funding. Our long-term, strategic plans have delivered improvements and raised investment for premises of all sizes.
Creation By Conversion
We specialise in rethinking existing buildings and their surrounds, to create new opportunities for growth. Over the years we have seen that with the right approach, many sites can accommodate a wider range of sectors than might initially have
been considered.
We have helped convert all manner of locations across the country – from Listed country homes to 1970s office blocks within Green Belt, Conservation Areas, National Parks, National Landscapes, Countryside, Listed and Locally Listed designations – into workspaces, homes and specialist learning environments for young people with a wide range of needs.
All of the new-build projects we design are net-zero carbon and Passivhaus where practicable, with substantial improvements in energy performance as standard throughout.
We work with estates managers at universities, charities, schools and colleges to develop long-term strategic plans for premises of all sizes. Producing and maintaining these strategic masterplans can offer incremental improvements, provide access to funding and deliver development with minimal disruption to the use of the site.
Our agile and tactical approach to masterplans, working on complex sites and engaging with multiple stakeholders, has unlocked significant residential and educational opportunities and raised over £100,000 for community projects.
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Delivering designs for a collaborative development in the green belt that would provide much-needed new homes alongside a new-build SEND school. The proposed school is for young people with learning difficulties, who need a quiet and calm environment in order to thrive.
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Proposing and prototyping porches for a Milton Keynes estate to be in-keeping with the existing buildings, maintenance free and rot-resistant.
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Inspired by the riparian zone of the riverbank – where trees provide shelter and shade, leaves provide food and roots absorb and cleanse – the Nature & Wellbeing Centre is designed as a clearing in the woods.
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A design for the most sustainable sports pavilion in the UK in terms of carbon (embodied, unregulated, regulated), water use and biodiversity.
