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Colin Town Centre Masterplan

Paul Hogarth Company

This is one of the most significant regeneration projects to have taken place in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement. The design and planning of a new town centre has not been undertaken in recent times and represents one of the most ambitious programmes to transform a problematic urban area.The project has resulted in a strategic, long-term spatial plan that will bring about transformation in a highly deprived area. A thorough understanding of the site resulted in innovative design responses. A SuDS (sustainable urban drainage solution) strategy uses the steepness of a park area to capture water before it joins the drainage system, mitigating flooding.Consultation was key, and the people of Colin were involved in every step of the development of this landscape-led masterplan.

Overview

Location

Location 

Colin, Belfast

Category

Townscape

Landscape Architect

Paul Hogarth Company

Client

Department for Communities (formerly Department for Social Development);

Brief

In June 2014 the Department for Social Development, working in partnership with Colin Neighbourhood Partnership and the Strategic Investment Board, appointed an Integrated Design Team led by The Paul Hogarth Company. The Terms of Reference were to: • Deliver a “world class” masterplan and urban design for Colin Town Centre in line with international best practice. • Develop a “world class” design for the new Multi Purpose Community “Hub” building and for the associated parkland to RIBA Stage 2 in line with international best practice and, in doing so, positioning it for funding applications. • Prepare and submit an Outline Planning Application for both the new Colin Town Centre Masterplan and Urban Design Proposals and for the new Multi Purpose Community “Hub” building. • Prior to and following the submission of the Outline Planning Application, the appointed consultant team was required to liaise with the appropriate authorities.

Awards

Colin, Belfast

Details

Project Team

Landscape practice: The Paul Hogarth Company; client: Department for Communities (formerly Department for Social Development); client partners: Colin Neighbourhood Partnership, Strategic Investment Board; architect: Hall McKnight; planning consultant: Strategic Planning, environmental consultant/ quantity surveyor/ engineering consultant: WYG; traffic/ transportation consultant: JMP; social/ economic sustainability consultant: Sorhill Advocates; arboriculturalist: Philip Blackstock; archaeology consultant: Gahan and Long; peer review: Allies and Morrison Architects; project management and masterplanning: The Paul Hogarth Company

Local planning authority or government body

Year Completed

Phase 1 to be completed by 2018

Project Size

21 ha

Technical's

Planting

Materials

Contractors 

Paul Hogarth Company

Approximate Map Location


Location

Colin, Belfast

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