{"id":770553,"date":"2025-01-15T09:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=770553"},"modified":"2025-01-16T08:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:39:55","slug":"zaha-hadid-architects-submits-long-awaited-bristol-residential-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/zaha-hadid-architects-submits-long-awaited-bristol-residential-scheme","title":{"rendered":"Zaha Hadid Architects submits long-awaited Bristol residential scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

The practice\u2019s Temple Island scheme has been seven years in the making. Site owner Legal & General (L&G) first unveiled<\/a> initial concepts for site \u2013 a former rail depot near Bristol\u2019s Temple Meads Station \u2013 in summer 2018 . A deal was struck between the local authority and L&G to develop the plot three years later.<\/p>\n

The practice’s recently submitted proposals for the Temple Island Bristol regeneration scheme includes 520 homes \u2013 40 per cent of which are earmarked as social or affordable \u2013 across four residential buildings.<\/p>\n

The scheme also features two office buildings, retail space, flexible workspace and a new hotel. LDA Design is leading on landscaping, including a riverside walk.<\/p>\n

The hybrid application was lodged in November and validated by Bristol City Council at the beginning of this month. It seeks approval for an outline masterplan and detailed planning for the first phase: one office block plus ground floor commercial uses, landscaping and associated infrastructure works.<\/p>\n

ZHA says in planning documents that the appearance of its Temple Island\u2019s scheme takes its cues from Bristol\u2019s industrial heritage, with \u2018a very specific materiality and colour palette\u2019 reflecting mud, pennant sandstone and galvanised corrugated steel.<\/p>\n

Bristol City Council, which has carried out enabling works on the site, confirmed in May 2023<\/a> it finally had agreed a way forward for the Temple Island development with L&G.<\/p>\n

Temple Island is part of the wider Temple Quarter regeneration masterplan which includes 10,000 new homes and is led by Prior + Partners with a team including AHMM<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Weston Williamson + Partners (WW+P) previously won a contest to create the area\u2019s development framework<\/a>, focusing on required infrastructure, potential land uses and a set of guiding principles.<\/p>\n

Temple Meads railway station is due to be refurbished under the wider masterplan, while work is underway on a new University of Bristol Enterprise Campus designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS).<\/p>\n

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