Greening Eastside - Eastside Park
Building Design reports that the £12.5 million Patel Taylor scheme for Eastside Park in Birmingham has been given outline planning approval, Patel Taylor’s park draws a thin green line through Birmingham.
The park will extend from Park Street, along the front of Millennium Point down to the Digbeth Branch Canal and the recently submitted proposal for Eastside Locks development, stretching 800m. It will be bordered by Millennium Point on one side and the newly approved Curzon Park (Another Park for Eastside) on the other side, being just 40m wide.
Images reproduced courtessy of Birmingham City Council Planning Application and Patel Taylor.
The park will be split into three distinct gardens and includes two 22m high steel frames reinforcing the linear design. Details on materials are still to be finalised.
An image from the planning application is shown below reproduced courtessy of Birmingham City Council Planning Application and Patel Taylor.
Images from the initial proposal by Patel Taylor are shown below reproduced courtessy of Birmingham City Council Planning Application and Patel Taylor.
The planning application number for the Park is C/02562/07/BCC which can be accessed at Birmingham City Council's Planning Online - http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/planningonline
The park will extend from Park Street, along the front of Millennium Point down to the Digbeth Branch Canal and the recently submitted proposal for Eastside Locks development, stretching 800m. It will be bordered by Millennium Point on one side and the newly approved Curzon Park (Another Park for Eastside) on the other side, being just 40m wide.
Images reproduced courtessy of Birmingham City Council Planning Application and Patel Taylor.
Practice partner Andrew Taylor said the park makes topographical, historical and formal connections to the city. A former burial ground with archaeological remains lies to the west and there are significant historical buildings adjacent to the main body of the park, including the former Curzon Street Railway Station.http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3115768
“We wanted to make clear links between the park and the city, so we’ve created links to the surrounding townscape all along it. It was also important to respect the site’s topography — there’s an 11m rise from east to west towards the canal and we’ve created a series of water features which climb upwards to it.”
The park will be split into three distinct gardens and includes two 22m high steel frames reinforcing the linear design. Details on materials are still to be finalised.
The two-year delivery programme is expected to begin in 18 months. “It will need a couple of planting seasons to see it through,” added Taylorhttp://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3115768
An image from the planning application is shown below reproduced courtessy of Birmingham City Council Planning Application and Patel Taylor.
Images from the initial proposal by Patel Taylor are shown below reproduced courtessy of Birmingham City Council Planning Application and Patel Taylor.
The planning application number for the Park is C/02562/07/BCC which can be accessed at Birmingham City Council's Planning Online - http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/planningonline
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