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Horizon Youth Zone in Grimsby represents a major step in the town’s regeneration strategy – the creation of a new civic campus that reimagines disused Victorian maltings and warehouses as a vibrant youth zone for young people. Designed and delivered by London-based architecture John Puttick Associates youth zone combines skilful heritage
Situated in Grimsby’s town centre, Horizon Youth Zone represents a powerful symbol of regional renewal and optimism for the next generation. The L-shaped campus sits adjacent to the River Freshney, arranged as a series of refurbished and new purpose-built spaces where young people can gather, engage and thrive. Forming a key part of Grimsby’s wider masterplanning and regeneration strategy, Horizon brings new civic life to an area once The project is a continuation of John Puttick Associates’ ongoing collaboration with British charity OnSide. winning a competition to design a new Youth Zone – – opposite Preston Bus Station, which had an award- winning refurbishment by John Puttick Associates. The Grimsby Horizon project, secured through this of transforming a group of disused warehouses into a place offering a range of activities to the region’s younger constituents. From the outset, John Puttick Associates
approached the project as a series of mixed-use buildings. The existing Grade-II listed riverside warehouses have warehouses were constructed and later converted into a maltings, famously producing ‘Sandars’ malt by the
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