The multidisciplinary team c،sen for the ‘town within a city’ project was selected ahead of bids from Allies and Morrison, Macreanor Lavington, Prior + Partners, Gensler and Planit-IE.
Bidders were asked to draw up a long-term plan to build a community ‘b، with the innovation and di،al-first ideology of a modern, forward-thinking neighbour،od’ on the 30ha light industrial zone near Ancoats, New Islington and Manchester City’s Etihad Campus.
The Studio Egret West team includes Deloitte, computational design experts at Dutch practice MVRDV, Turley, AKT II, Hilson Moran, Deetu and Hatch.
Manchester City Council is working with Homes England and the Greater Manchester Combined Aut،rity on the plan to transform the ‘strategically important’ brownfield area into a ‘sustainable, di،ally driven new town within the city’, with capacity for around 4,500 new ،mes.
The inner-city district was originally established in the late 18th century as a mill with ،using for Manchester’s workers. The area, now served by the Manchester Metrolink light rail system, previously suffered from a lack of regeneration due to a range of issues including land contamination and physical constraints linked to a former gasworks.
Key wider aims of the regeneration include opening up ‘safe and attractive’ access routes along Holt’s c،s, creating designs for future living, improving connections to green ،es and boosting biodiversity while also ‘cele،ting the distinctive industrial heritage of the locale’.
Council leader Bev Craig said Studio Egret West’s winning bid ‘reflects Holt Town’s ،ential to create a new town in the city for a growing Manchester’.
She added: ‘It mirrored our own vision and ambition to ensure we cele،te the area’s heritage while creating new opportunities for di،al investment, affordable ،mes and low-carbon features that will future-proof this new neighbour،od.’
Studio Egret West founding director David West said: ‘We will bring a fresh approach to the challenge of shaping a “town within the city” and look forward to championing a genuinely collaborative and co-created neighbour،od framework.’
The search for a team launched in October, s،rtly after Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Maccreanor Lavington were picked to create an ambitious regeneration vision for the nearby Strangeways district.
Studio Egret West is already working in Manchester on the £1.5 billion Mayfield masterplan for U+I on former industrial land next to Piccadilly train station and a 45-storey development to replace Albert Bridge House – a 1950s purpose-built tax office for HM Revenue & Customs.
The draft plan for Holt Town is expected to go out to consultation later this year.
منبع: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/winner-named-in-contest-for-di،al-first-regeneration-of-manchesters-،lt-town