VALENTINE'S DAY PROJECT

Setup

Luis watching over participants

Sean talking to people!

Boards set up where participants could put up comments

Colin deep in discussion

Tell us what you think!

Wondering about in the sports hall...

Thank you everyone for being there. We are in the process of collating your comments and information. We will be in touch soon!

HAVE YOUR SAY

The College on Marksbury Road is moving to their new facility on Hengrove Park and the sites on Torpoint Road and Kingswear Road are to be redeveloped. Bristol City Council, Knightstone Housing Association and the Homes and Communities Agency have employed architects FAT to come up with ideas for the redevelopment of the sites. There is potential to provide new homes and benefits for the community.

This blog aims to become a useful channel of communication between the design team and the community. We hope to be able to post updates of the design development and that you'd be able to get back to us by posting comments. We are also having public consultations and meetings with local community groups. If you are keen to join those do email us at sean@fat.co.uk or call 020 7251 6735.

Keep checking back for updates!

Cheers!

the team.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Project Objectives

• To create high quality urban design which provide an exemplar development.

• To create a mix of houses, flats and live work units.

• To create housing for sale, housing for mixed tenure and housing for rent.

• To investigate the possibility that the scheme can support new community facilities and/or improvements to existing facilities.

• To create a sustainable community.

• To create a development with high environmental standards.

• To create a variety of open spaces including formal green spaces and hard landscaping.

• To enhance the quality of the Northern Slopes.

• To increase accessibility to all open spaces.

• To create better physical connections.

• To ensure that the site is safe and secure.

• To maximize the potential for Brownfield land on the site.

Press Release: How should the Bedminster site be developed?

from here.

Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:36

People in Bedminster are being asked for their views on how a prominent area should be redeveloped.

A multi-million-pound house building programme is proposed for the site currently occupied by the City of Bristol College in Marksbury Road, and Kingswear Road and Torpoint Road flats.

The college will shut when its departments move to new centres including Hartcliffe, and the housing association flats are in need of regeneration.

Now planning experts are starting a consultation programme for the site, which will begin with an open day at the college on February 14, from 11am to 3pm.

Among the questions Fashion, Architecture and Taste (FAT) architects will ask the community are:

What sort of housing is appropriate for the area?

What needs to be done to improve facilities like shops in the area?

What parks, play areas and other open spaces are needed?

What roads and pathways are needed?

How does the redevelopment of this space fit into the wider area?

South Bristol is a key regeneration priority for Bristol City Council over the next 20 years.

It is working with the Government's Homes and Communities Agency and Knightstone Housing Association on the scheme.

Councillor Mark Bradshaw, cabinet member for sustainable development, said: "South Bristol remains our key priority for regeneration and renewal and this project is an important stage in bringing forward more detailed proposals based on extensive community engagement. We want to hear from local residents about how they would like to see this area of land redeveloped and what needs to be put in place.

"This is a once-in-a-generation chance to transform a landmark site which has suffered from a lack of investment and opportunity.

"What we achieve here will set the standard for the wider transformation of the area."

The aims of the redevelopment include the creation of a balanced mix of new housing, including those for sale and for rent, and the promotion of high-quality urban design and high environmental standards.

The Sports Hall

We checked out the sports hall of the City of Bristol College yesterday, it looked great! The walls were grey-bleached ply. Anyway, we look forward to the place being filled on Saturday, and we look forward to the discussions we'll be having.

The flyer

We are having our first public consultation event on the 14th of February!