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BDP schemes designed to resist York floods gain planning consent
BDP’s 2018 masterplan for the development of Castle Mills in York’s historic Castle Gateway area has been granted full planning consent. The City of York council approved the scheme for a brownfield site facing York Castle, comprising 106 apartments, ground floor commercial space, a new bridge for pedestrians and cyclists across the River Foss, and an area of public realm around the base of the castle walls.
This was followed by approval of BDP’s designs for the new multi-storey car park on St George’s Field – a building designed to respond to significant environmental and heritage related challenges. The site sits in the active flood plain of the River Ouse and within the setting of York Castle and St George’s Templar Chapel; both scheduled ancient monuments. Vehicle access is via the first floor of the car park, meaning the ground floor can be closed safely in the event of a flood. The adjoining flood wall will also be raised as part of a wider project by the Environment Agency. Once complete, 80 per cent of the car park will remain accessible and useable if the site floods in the future.
NEW APPOINTMENT
Bauman Lyons Architects founders step down
Bauman Lyons Architects said it is “embarking on a new era” as it announces that partners Irena Bauman and Maurice Lyons are standing down from the Leeds practice they founded 30 years ago. The practice, which has a strong ethos of collaboration, has successfully been transferred over to the existing long-term team via an Employee Benefit Trust agreement which puts two thirds of ownership in the hands of the employees. Director Guy Smith, who has been with
Bauman Lyons for 17 years, will be joined by newly-promoted Tom Vigar who also becomes a director. Bauman Lyons earned its reputation for its work with local communities, collaborations with artists, public realm projects, creative repurposing of listed buildings and sensitively designed new builds. Amongst other projects, the practice is currently in the latter stages of delivering a highly collaborative £16m refurbishment and extension project for the Museum of Making at
The BDP team produced flood risk assessments for both developments which informed the design of flood resilient landscaping, along with civil and structural solutions. Flood water storage tanks will be buried in newly landscaped river banks that will include a floating planting bed system to maintain and increase habitats for local wildlife.
The new bridge is also designed so that its soffit will be above flood water levels, with allowances for climate change. Both developments will enable the
relocation of car parking away from Clifford’s Tower and the Eye of York, so that this key historic and civic space can be given a new lease of life, for the benefit of residents and visitors alike.
Guy Smith (left) with Tom Vigar
Derby Silk Mill, where the team and client have embraced an innovative new procurement method known as Integrated Project Insurance.
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