Character and appearance 6.4.3

The corner building is characterized by the taller tower at its apex which responds to its special location within the town and provides a marker in this location.

This element is clearly articulated by its massing and material while being integrated into the overall composition of the corner building giving continuity to the built street edge. The corner tower is treated as a more robust and solid element in contrast to the adjacent facades along Flambard Way which are more frame like. The upper levels of the tower are more open and transparent. This upper level treatment provides strong modelling to the building form with a largely ‘lantern’ structure set back inside the large scale openings, highlighting the importance of the corner.

The materials proposed follow the palette of the other buildings proposed around the perimeter of the site. Brick is used as the main façade material. Recessed balconies are lined with render while the uppermost three floors set back with a lantern type structure which is strongly modeled to accentuate the corner.

At the higher levels within the lantern structure aluminium louvers provide shading and a different expression to this corner element in the tower.

Grosvenor Waterside, LondonFig.6.4.8

Fitzwilliam College Gatehouse & Auditorium, Fig.6.4.9 Cambridge

Fulham Broadway, LondonFig.6.4.10

6 Brindley Place, BirminghamFig.6.4.11

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Bay study of Catteshall LaneFig.6.5.3

Upper floor planFig.6.5.1

Ground floor planFig.6.5.2

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Residential entrancese

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6.5 Catteshall lane (Blocks F, G, h and J)

layout and plan organisation6.5.1

The buildings along Catteshall Lane contain apartments and are arranged so that the secure entrance foyers are accessed from the street which has a more residential character than Flambard Way. Access will be from the proposed re-surfaced and tree lined footpath along the north side of Catteshall Lane.

Each of the blocks F, G and H are organized around a stair and lift core serving apartments at each level in such a way as to maximize south facing and dual aspect apartments. The cores also connect to the basement parking. In the case of blocks G and H the buildings accommodate west facing apartments in the lower elements which step down towards the garden. These buildings contain a mixture of one, two and three bedroom apartments with some duplex units at upper floors.

The smallest block (J) at the easternmost point of the site contains two duplex apartments; each entered at ground level and served by a private stair.

Wherever possible, and appropriate, apartments have been designed with external private amenity space, usually in the form of balconies or terraces. Where apartments do not have private amenity space they have generally been designed with generous glazing to the living rooms and with ‘Juliet balconies’ which accommodate full height opening glazing. All flats have been designed to overlook the street, or the central garden space.

The accommodation consists of a mixture of one two and three bedroomed apartments. Where possible larger units and duplex units are located towards the top of the building taking advantage of the opportunities to give these larger units more private amenity space.

The roofscape is varied and the proposal makes use of extensive green and brown roofed areas behind the mansard forms which face the street.

A large zone of defensible space provides visual and physical separation and a transition between between the central garden and these buildings.

Massing and scale6.5.2

On Catteshall Lane the buildings are treated as a terrace stepping and rising in height towards the taller corner tower. The buildings step up in height from three floors at the east, nearest the two storey houses on Victoria Road, to five stories next to the corner building.

The façade is divided into a series of bays which are articulated by recesses on the façade and by a series of gables along the skyline.

On the garden side two lower pavilion like elements step down from the linear perimeter buildings towards the garden. This change in combination with the lower mews buildings at the rear of the courtyards strengthens the overall strategy of reducing scale towards Victoria Road to the east.

Uses ground floorFig.6.5.6

Uses second floorFig.6.5.5

Uses fourth floorFig.6.5.4

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Brown/green roofs

Balconies/roof terrace

Patio

2 bed duplex

3 bed duplex

Core/ancillary

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2 bed unit

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View of Catteshall Lane looking into entrance to garden (T6)Fig.6.5.7

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