Stoneywood Estate Development Framework and Masterplan

Optimised Environments Limited (OPEN)

The project highlights the importance of a bespoke design response to a challenging site, showcasing the unique perspective that landscape architecture canbring to sustainable masterplanning. The site is a pivotal piece of the City and provides the opportunity to repair and reconnect by promoting sustainable land use mixes and modes of travel. The masterplan includes provision of mixed-use development and the proposal to develop new place-appropriate housing types, formed in a series of development pockets responsive to the estates landscape setting. It also proposes to enhance the existing woodland and make it a key amenity for the site as well as increase opportunities for public access and recreation.

Overview

Location

Location 

Aberdeen

Category

Housing

Landscape Architect

Optimised Environments Limited (OPEN)

Client

Dandara Ltd

Brief

OPEN were commissioned to lead a multi-disciplinary team to produce a development framework and masterplan for the Stoneywood Estate, which were adopted as Supplementary Guidance to the Aberdeen Local Development Plan.

Awards

Aberdeen

Details

Project Team

Landscape architect: OPEN (Optimised Environments). Planning consultant: Knight Frank. Environmental consultant: Ironside Farrar. Drainage consultant: Quattro Consult. Transportation consultant: SBA. Utilities consultant: Troup Bywaters + Anders. Aboricultural consultant: Donald Rodger Associates.

Local planning authority or government body

Aberdeen

Year Completed

Project Size

34.96 hectares

Technical's

Planting

Materials

Contractors 

Optimised Environments Limited (OPEN)

Approximate Map Location


Location

Aberdeen

Share

Other case studies you may like

Quarry Garden in Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden

Located at the core of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Chenshan Hill is a rare scenic

Gunnersbury Park ‘Parks for People’ Project

Gunnersbury Park ‘Parks for People’ Project is the product of five years of extraordinary teamwork

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Parks and Open Spaces Strategy and Corporate Natural Capital Accounts

Barking and Dagenham is one of London’s principal housing growth areas. The borough is already