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| Design Team To Revitalise Historic Town |
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| Thursday, 26 August 2010 10:40 |
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The design team behind the Bristol waterfront development Temple Quay 2 are set to breathe new life in to the heart of a historic Stoke-on-Trent town.
URBED, which has played a successful role in major regeneration projects across the country, has been chosen to lead the Stoke Town masterplan. The team, which includes Jan Gehl Architects, who designed Copenhagen’s public spaces, DTZ and Arup and is led by Manchester based URBED. The legacy of the town's heritage will be brought to life through contemporary uses of the remarkable heritage buildings and redevelopment opportunities offered by the Spode site. Ideas being explored through the masterplanning process include Creative Courts and Spode Lanes - made up of alleyways of cobbled streets with small independent shops and creative art spaces – as well as Circus Squares, with open space for street theatre and dance. More immediate uses for the important site will also be woven into the masterplanning process with a combination of leisure uses, creative low cost studio spaces and exhibition and performance space all creating possible short term uses. Councillor Mervin Smith, Stoke-on-Trent City Council cabinet member for City Development (regeneration), said: "The appointment of URBED is a significant step in the regeneration of the historic town of Stoke. The team have worked on successful projects across the country and I am keen to see the vision they have for transforming Stoke." David Rudlin, director, of URBED said: "As a team we are really excited about this new project and the opportunity to design the future plans for the historic town. This is an important heritage site and it is vital that the masterplan respects the past while creating something new and exciting. Our masterplanning approach is based on the three R's – first rediscovering what was there before, then repairing the tears in the urban fabric before renewing the area with a new and contemporary urban layer." |