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Pierre d'Avoine Architects / White Young
Green Planning & Design, Cardiff
“We propose revitalising Birnbeck Island by
reconceiving it as a big building in the form of a
small island and renaming it Pleasure Holm, making
three islands in the Bristol Channel off
Weston-super-Mare – Steep Holm, Flat Holm and
Pleasure Holm. The external envelope would be
designed to look like a natural land formation and to
function as a habitat for flora and fauna. Inside, a
Judges comment : “very clever use of the natural
range of uses – including luxurious flats, horizon
form, very dynamic, high-impact scheme”.
deck and data centre – could be programmed
within this flexible, 100,000 sqm development which
is rich in potential and largely carbon-neutral for its
energy needs.”
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