GT+3 Architects is set to complete an ambitious project for a contemporary leisure centre which has to provide distinctive architecture as a community hub but also blend with its parkland surrounding. Steve Menary explores further.
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n the current political environment, building on greenfield sites near swathes of open countryside can be a difficult proposition.
Yet that’s exactly what Hart District Council hopes to
achieve in Fleet, Hampshire, where work is underway on a new leisure centre near a 24-hectare country park. Located 40 miles south west of London near the M3, Fleet
may tempt those looking to move within the commuter belt as it’s an hour from the capital. Another positive is that the town’s
old leisure centre is currently being redeveloped into a new sports complex.
A challenging brief
The £23m scheme is located next to Edenbrook, a major residential development by Berkeley Homes, and this context posed a significant design challenge. “The client (Hart District Council) wanted something that was different from a ‘standard box’ but would stand out as it’s
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