Design Competition Entry. This development, Dickens Yard, involves a fully integrated mixed use scheme to incorporate residential, retail and office use.

The plan is composed of a sequence of new public spaces of differing scales and character. These are linked to each other and to the adjoining neighbourhoods integrating the project with the existing centre. Use and amenity are encouraged by the careful planning of retail, restaurants, bars, cafes and community facilities. To maximise pedestrian comfort all servicing has been taken underground.

Above the first floor is a substantial residential development planned around a series of attractive roof gardens. The mix is completed by the provision of feasible commercial accommodation designed to meet a wide range of differing business needs.

The project provides an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of a balanced mixed development in terms of physical improvements and regeneration, enhancement of public and social amenity and commercial return for investors.

Client: Helical Exemplar Ltd