Place 54 architects have designed the masterplan for a proposed town of up to 6000 homes in Hampshire, with station improvements to exisitng rail infrastructure providing excellent transport connectivity to Winchester, Basingstoke and London. The masterplan includes a mixed use town centre creating walkable neighbourhoods with amenities and employment, a secondary school, two village centres with primary schools and local convenience facilities.
Place 54 Architects are currently producing a masterplan for A2 Dominion andT hames Valley Police Authority in consultation and Cherwell District and Oxfordshire County Councils. The masterplan provides important connectivity for the NW Bicester Ecotown as a walkable neighbourhood including 1000 true zero carbon homes, secondary and primary schools, local centre community huib with retail and co working.
An Ecotown masterplan led by Gary Young for A2 Dominion and Cherwell District Council regenerating Bicester as a healthy new town with an urban extension for 6000 true zero carbon homes, local centres, education, community, retail & business uses. The exemplar phase for 400 homes is completed winning the One Planet Living award.
Gary Young led the masterplan team which obtained outline planning approval for 8500 homes in 2022. The 750 hectare sustainable Garden Town will provide up to 10,000 homes, businesses and services near Folkestone Kent. The masterplan is connected to public transport and cycle networks linking to high speed rail at Westenhanger railway station. Green and blue infrastructure comprises 50% of the area incorporating significant heritage and natural assets.
A masterplan urban design concept for a sustainable new settlement responsive to place making, well-being and the climate emergency, together providing a zero carbon plan, active travel strategy and housing designed for the future. The landscape masterplan creates food growing opportunities, locally distinctive character, natural landscapes, biodiversity gain and nitrate free water solutions, with governance strategies embedding all phases
Harrington is a newly planned settlement in the Oxfordshire for developer Summix. Place 54 Architects led the masterplan design role with LDN as a collaboration of experts in their fields. The Harrington masterplan will create walkable neighbourhoods, 21st century homes and business premises, fantastic access to nature and community, and all the facilities on hand for people to work, live and relax, minimising travel needs and maximising health and well-being. The proposals are currently being promoted through the Oxfordshires Local Plan consultation process.
Gary Young presented a plan for Greater London 2020 to the London Planning & Development Forum published with Planning in London April 2020. This proposal for a regional spatial plan for local collaboration across the wider region: Densifying and expanding central areas of the city, Reviewing the green belt to protect important nautural assets whilst, extending regional hubs towns and cities, building new settlements and allocating agricultural land for communities to grow food locally .
Place 54 Architects in 2009 created a strategy and design guide for Lambeth Council to provide shopfront improvements. We provided costed feasibility studies for individual shops and groups in a conservation area, working in coordination with commercial advisers.
Masterplan on 30 hectares outline planning approved 1997 for mixed use of 75,000 m2 leisure & retail, 200 residential homes, public realm and station infrastructure for Gazeley Properties, Railtrack & Wilcon Homes. We obtained reserved matters approval for construction completion in 2003
We created the new Station Forecourt public space for pedestrian access and drop off at Norwich Station in 1997-2001 , with a glazed canopy to a new multi storey car park and river bridge crossings integrated through the Riverside development.
Masterplan completed in January 2019 to launch the EZDubai half million sq m E Commerce logistic centre at Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai, Middle East
Masterplan and designs commenced 2003 for 300,000 m2 logistic warehouse park completed over 20 years, creating high specification logistic platforms incorporating roof mounted PV solar renewable energy, laminated timber structure and creating the brand identity of GPL Gazeley Germany with fading blue elevations.
Gary Young won the Europan 3 design competition 1993 in Haarlem Netherlands and was appointed in 2000 along with Dutch architect Architectuurcentrale to develop the details for completion of the project in 2005. Designed with three storey streets around an intimate garden courtyard the 84 units included family houses and 36 social rented flats for over 55 age group.
Gary Young led the designs for the Civic Trust Award winning courtyard mixed use project in 1985 for the Comyn Ching Triangle at Seven Dials, Covent Garden. The courtyard creates a unique and memorable place surrounded by restored historic 17th century listed houses and new building with a mixed commercial retail, office and residential uses. We obtained listing in 2016 for the entire group working in coordination with English heritage.
Masterplan for a city urban extension proposing a high density urban scale district in the centre based on traditional streets which will create an opportunity for an intimate and vibrant character. Public transport routes are planned to avoid the larger scale wider streets crossing through the central area, whilst ensuring this area has convenient access.
Gary Young with Colin Buchanan & Partners designed Anglia Ruskin University’s 2000 masterplan for a 15 acre Rivermead campus in Chelmsford. The masterplan provides a living campus with a mix of teaching space and amenities creating a vibrant place for staff and student interaction. Particular emphasis is placed on the walkable environment with the integration of high quality design buildings and landscaped open spaces located next to the River Chelmer.
Designs for villas in the Middle East in 2018 providing templates for masterplans. The proposed villas in 30m walled plots have standard layouts with architectural elements articulated using patterns and forms derived from the local traditions, numeric orders and the natural environment.
Gary Young with Anshen Dyer and Terry Farrell Partners designed the masterplan for refurbishment and building an extension to Kings College UCL incorporating new academic hospital and laboratory buildings for PFI with European Land & Property.
A strategic narrative and designs provided in 2016 for landscape, public realm and commercial retail uses, street front and lower ground rear frontages. We provided retail feasibility studies for individual and groups of listed houses working in coordination with heritage and landscape designers.
Gary Young provided strategic masterplan vision and public realm concept design with Farrells for Lendlease and Quintain to support the development teams in reserved matters approvals for approximately 2000 homes, energy centres, infrastructure and landscape.
Masterplan for village infill housing in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell for a private client promoted in the local village neighbourhood plan and obtained planning permission, providing 19 homes and landscape amenity space as infill within surrounding perimeter woodland and featuring retained orchard trees.
A strategic narrative, phasing and designs produced in 2012 for landscape and public realm and commercial retail and leisure uses on street frontage and podium for Earls Court regeneration. We coordinated a group of bespoke landscape garden designers providing high quality place making for streets, parks, and gardens
Masterplan for the Cambridge to Oxford Connection published at the National Infrastructure Commission exhibition in July 2018, at Transport Catapult, Milton Keynes, UK
Masterplan for a proposed settlement of up to 1000 homes in Derbyshire on existing brown field industrial land submitted in 2017. The masterplan includes a village centre with primary school and local convenience facilities.
Gary Young with Farrells designed the masterplan in a 1000 hectare farmland estate for a 200 ha sustainable Garden Village of 2000 homes connected by cycle networks and separated by landscape buffers from existing Dissington Hall and urban areas of Ponteland and Darras Hall.
We produced the masterplan for an outline planning application in 2017 for 8 hectares of brown field site in Gloucestershire for up to approximately 150 to 200 homes.
Masterplan for urban extensions up to 2000 residential homes, local amenity and green infrastructure for Wrotham Estate submitted to Hertsmere for strategic housing review 2009
Gary Young with Farrells concept masterplan in 2017 for approximately 150 to 200 homes designed to the highest level of sustainability and water neutrality for a water authority 10 hectare brown field disused water treatment site in West Yorkshire.
We produced designs for planning permission for 40 homes on land adjacent to the North Downs area of outstanding natural beauty on the Dover Heritage Coast.
Masterplan for 30 homes in a mix of houses and flats for a brownfield site within a historic walled garden and parkland landscape near Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire.
Masterplan for 500 home garden suburb urban extension at Bourne End, Buckinghamshire.
Masterplan with Bioregional on 7 hectares close to Oxford and the River Thames for a garden village with a mix of affordable and private homes, community hub and landscaped spaces along Wolvercote Mill stream.