Today, we are pleased to reveal the first project highlight from August's 'Practice of the Month' New-works
This is Great Suffolk Yard
Great Suffolk Yard is a 7,623m2 retrofit and new build commercial development in the Liberty of the Mint Conservation Area in Borough. The project reinstates the warehouse and yard typology that characterises the area. Three existing buildings and four new buildings enclose a central yard to create a thriving new multi-aspect workspace peppered with terraces.
Whereas other schemes for the site had sought to demolish the existing fabric on the site, our scheme embraced the canyon-like yards typical of the area and reinstated this typology. The yard condition allowed us to create a unique workplace focused on wellbeing, outdoor terraces, cross ventilation, and multi-aspect spaces.
The proposals were developed by splitting the plot into key massing elements and rebuilding it holistically. The result is a sense of spatial generosity, vistas and connectedness that unifies the buildings.
Image 1 name and credit: Great Suffolk Yard: Great Suffolk Street Frontage, Photography: Taran Wilkhu
Image 2 name and credit: Great Suffolk Yard: The Works Building corner, Photography: Taran Wilkhu
Image 3 name and credit: Great Suffolk Yard: The Yard, Photography: Taran Wilkhu
Image 4 name and credit: Great Suffolk Yard: New knits with refurbished fabric, Photography: Ed Reeve
Image 5 name and credit: Great Suffolk Yard: View across The Yard, Photography: Ed Reeve
Find out more about them, by reading our interview with them https://ow.ly/FBIa50SQ5sA