34 PROJECT REPORT
2004. Having become a place with little to offer the younger generation, De Haan was determined to make it somewhere people wanted to remain and build their lives in.
He purchased the harbour for £11m in 2004, setting up the Folkestone Harbour and Seafront Development Company with the aim of regenerating what was a dilapidated area. After years of investigation into the best way forward, in 201 the company invited architecture practices to reimagine the seafront. ACME won the competition with their design for a mixed-use development including up to 1,000 new homes, as well as a variety of public spaces and amenities.
The first parts of the project have now been completed, with the Harbour Arm transformed into a social hub, home to a mix of independent bars and food outlets – including a champagne bar in the Grade II listed lighthouse. The Boardwalk – a new pedestrian route constructed from reconditioned railway sleepers, trails along the cleared and reconditioned beach, and links the Harbour Arm to the Lower Leas Coastal Park. The former harbour station has been refurbished
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to provide a further route between the Harbour Arm and Boardwalk, as well as providing a space for community events. The masterplan also includes provisions for several types of residential accommodation, stretching west along the beach from the Harbour Arm behind the boardwalk. Those closest to the harbour are earmarked for affordable housing, while those further along offer a more high-end style of living.
Shoreline is the first of these residential buildings to be completed, sitting impressively at the far end of the site at the foot of the Grade II* listed Leas Lift, one of the UK’s oldest water lifts. It comprises a total of 4 units, made up of 4 one- and two-bedroom apartments, each with a balcony or terrace. In addition there are four duplexes facing the beach, six three-bedroom penthouses each featuring two balconies and a roof terrace, and 20 five storey beach houses boasting direct access onto the beach. The beach houses and duplexes occupy the central portion of the building, with the apartments and penthouses in the two ‘bookends’ on either side. Every unit has its own private outdoor space, either
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