Architecture Chelmer Waterside

Project type

Housing

What we did

Architecture, Landscape, Urban Design & Masterplanning

Client

Taylor Wimpey

Location

Chelmsford

Units

421
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Chelmer Waterside is a new riverside quarter delivering 421 new homes, with a new public square, green spaces and non-residential uses on a peninsula site. The site is woven together by a rich and diverse landscape network, extending towards and interacting with the striking riverside setting.

The careful orientation of legible streets and spaces promote permeability through connections across the site itself, as well as linking to key destinations beyond. Our design features a riverside active travel route linking two arrival squares, informal routes through the site encouraging activity, and varied character areas to improve wayfinding and create a distinctive place.

Buildings are carefully orientated to maximise views to the water and reinstate historic vistas. Two tall landmark blocks are strategically positioned on either side of the site, one to create a visual connection to the city centre, and the other is positioned where views from the surrounding transport routes converge.

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