Every space has been given meaning in this public realm alongside the De La Warr Pavilion — now a biodiverse linear landscape that is beautiful, informative, highly adaptable and low maintenance.
Every space has been given meaning in this public realm alongside the De La Warr Pavilion — now a biodiverse linear landscape that is beautiful, informative, highly adaptable and low maintenance.
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Brief
The project aimed to make the public realm around the De La Warr Pavilion a more attractive place for residents and visitors and a catalyst for economic regeneration of this Edwardian resort. Phase one included the entire length, (600m), of the west promenade from the Pavilion to the outskirts of the town.
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Project Team
Landscape architect: HTA Landscape Design
Architect: Stanton Williams Architects
Delivery architect: HTA. Architecture
Horticultural adviser: Dr Noel Kingsbury
Cost consultant and QS: Ian Sayer & Co
Structural engineer: Alan Baxter Associates
M&E engineer: Mendick Waring
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Planting
Collaboration with horticulturalist Noel Kingsbury led to the establishment of a planting palette that provides year round colour and structure that will thrive with minimal maintenance in an aggressive coastal micro-climate. Using herbaceous perennials on a large scale to great effect, little topsoil was imported so the planting was designed to cope with the existing sandy soils.
Materials
The entire promenade has been designed to be universally accessible with wheelchair accessible bays next to benches. The existing promenade pavement was retained, repaired and resurfaced with bonded aggregate to minimise cost, disruption and use of materials.
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Bexhill-on-Sea
