Curzon District December 2011
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Curzon Street Station as a focus for views and converging pedestrian links building on Birmingham’s developing waymaking strategy. The opening of Eastside City Park will begin the transformation of the primary walking route. Through this masterplan, with HS2 and related development, the opportunity will exist to add an extra layer of quality public realm that will in time bring greater life and activity to the “Sequence of Places” and the creation of seamless route for walking, cycling and lingering between the city core and the canal network. High quality pedestrian links through the HS2 station and below the line’s viaduct will be vital in transforming links into the northern part of Digbeth; enhancement of these routes will be essential in ensuring the wider regeneration impact of HS2 expands the city centre.
• Walkability The “Big City Plan” and the “Birmingham City Centre Vision for Movement” both aim for a city centre that has an outstanding pedestrian environment with well connected places along routes that are safe and a pleasure to use, putting pedestrian needs at the heart of connecting the city centre. Transforming pedestrian access into and throughout Eastside plays a key part in promoting the economic growth of the quarter and the adjoining area of Digbeth. Eastside’s primary walking route between the city core, the HS2 station and through to Eastside Locks should be an experience as diverse and varied as that in the wider city centre; the distance is approximately 1km which is comparable to the distance between Snow Hill Station and the entrance to the ICC, which comprises a series of vibrant streets and squares. The route will take Generally, building heights within Eastside should be between 6-8 storeys in order to respond appropriately to the immediate context and respect existing marker buildings such as Millennium Point and Curzon Street Station. These heights would help to create city-centre character and urban form. However, within the masterplan area there is scope for the development of tall buildings in locations that provide landmarks at key nodal points or to terminate long vistas. With approximately 12 acres of land required for the HS2 route and station, new development opportunities are identified in order to provide a critical mass of development and harnesses potential investment prior to HS2 realisation. Proposals within this masterplan would provide circa 1.6m sq ft of space, just higher than approved planning consents for Eastside. Key Principles The following principles for the development of the Sequence of Places within Eastside underpin the masterplan: • Growth
As an Area of Transformation, Eastside will need to accommodate a significant level of growth of the city centre’s office, leisure, residential and educational activities. High-density urban blocks are proposed to link Eastside into the grain of City Core and Digbeth quarters of the city centre. This will allow a mix of uses focussed on learning, leisure and technology alongside other activities to create a vibrant part of the city centre that’s alive both night and day. Good access to these developments by public transport, walking, cycling and the private car will be essential to the success and transformation of Eastside. A Sequence of Places The Masterplan proposes an experience of seven places which together will make an exciting and stimulating route of varying scales, enclosure and characters, complemented by a range of development opportunities that will bring life and activities along the way, thereby creating a fine-grain approach to the city centre’s growth into Eastside. The seven distinct places are: • New Street to HS2 - “One station”. • HS2 station and Station Square. • Curzon Promenade. • Curzon Square. • Eastside City Park. • Ashted Pound Walk. • Eastside Locks. A key advantage of this approach is that is allows for phased development. The Masterplan allows individual development opportunities to be brought forward and succeed as places in their own right: integrated and linked together over time. This approach worked successfully at Brindleyplace which developed in phases around the main public squares. In the same way for Eastside current investment in the new City Park will provide the sense of place for complementary investment. A sequence of places Eastside will become a vibrant place full of people, movement and activities. With a mix of uses and buildings around high quality spaces, Eastside will form a seamless, connected part of the wider city centre - around a sequence of distinct places. Eastside City Park Ashted Pound Walk
Curzon Square Eastside
Locks Curzon Promenade HS2 Station and Station Square New Street to HS2 -
One station The sequence of places Potential development footprint: Top - previous proposals. Bottom - Growth with HS2. The masterplan n NORTH
KEY Development blocks Existing development n NORTH a sequence of places / eastside masterplan 13 eastside masterplan / a sequence of places 12 Key principles • Creation of a direct and attractive link between stations. • Improving environmental and design quality. • Moor Street as a major transport interchange. • Maximising and strengthening pedestrian and cycling links. New Street Station/Moor Street Station Link Moor Street Queensway links New Street Station, Moor Street Station and the site of the proposed HS2 station; it also acts as the Birmingham City Centre Interchange for many bus routes. The Bullring and Pavilions shopping centres both have direct access points from the street. There is great potential for this space to provide direct and fast access between the stations and improved pedestrian links from the City Core into Eastside - and for the 3 stations to link seamlessly together as if they were “one station”. • Heritage Eastside is home to many historical features including listed buildings, conservation areas and non-designated heritage assets comprising archaeological remains, locally listed buildings and a street plan that forms the historical grain of the quarter. The development and investment potential in Eastside presents a vital opportunity to use the heritage and historic environment to add to and make the most of the area’s character, local distinctiveness and sense of place. The retention, incorporation and enhancement of the heritage assets within and alongside new buildings and structures are encouraged by this masterplan. Several heritage assets are directly impacted by the HS2 proposals, in some cases presenting an opportunity to bring protected buildings back into use and enhance their prominence within Eastside. Of four protected pubs in the area, the Moby Dick and the Woodman will be enhanced to form amenity focal points within their local area, the Eagle and Tun would be under the HS2 viaduct area which needs to be designed to try and preserve the pub. There is also potential to incorporate the Fox and Grapes within the new station concourse to enhance design quality. Other features such as street patterns and archaeological remains should also be retained, sometimes requiring an imaginative approach to ensure their protection. New Street to HS2: “One station” The Birmingham Gateway Project transforming New Street Station and Moor Street Station is growing - with the new HS2 station alongside, this will create a rail interchange of international importance - in the heart of the city centre. The Eagle and Tun Public House The Fox and Grapes Public House Brindleyplace to Eastside Locks View from New Canal Street, Digbeth Creating one station - Moor Street to New Street station link n NORTH
Eastside City Park Ashted Pound Walk
Curzon Square Eastside
Locks Curzon Promenade HS2 Station and Station Square New Street to HS2 -
One station n NORTH Development principles KEY
The Link Active frontages Public transport route Improved pedestrian connections New Street Station Metro route/stop
effect, better address the passenger interchange, and release land on the south-facing side of the street for public space. Pavilions Centre With the arrival of HS2, the footfall to and from the station will increase significantly. The Pavilions shopping centre and the existing ramp from Rotunda Square could potentially be reconfigured to maximise retail opportunities and to create more active frontage and stronger, more attractive and legible pedestrian connections between Moor Street Queensway and High Street/New Street - also opening key views of the Rotunda from Eastside. Moor Street Queensway - City Centre Interchange As the city centre’s main interchange for buses, Moor Street will handle 235 bus services per hour at peak times, following changes to the layout of the street which will be achieved in 2012 alongside a review of bus routes throughout the city centre. The changes will provide more efficient bus routes through the city centre with a transformation of passenger facilities with the evolution of bus services and the proposed developments for Sprint with the first corridor connecting via the A34 to Walsall. Consideration will also need to be given to the locations around the station on pick up and drop off points and in particular access for taxi and private hire vehices. Moor Street should have a high quality of public realm with clear and safe pedestrian connections across into Eastside, the HS2 and Moor Street stations. The HS2 station will potentially treble pedestrian activity in the area; consideration should be given to Moor Street Queensway becoming a public-transport only corridor. The building of the new HS2 station presents the opportunity of re- routing Moor Street Queensway to break down the dual carriageway The quickest and most direct pedestrian route between the two stations, and ultimately to HS2, is by way of the long bridge link under part of the Bullring centre. Some minor improvements have already been made to better sign-post the route, clear the spaces of clutter and to increase the brightness of the lighting. However, there is greater potential to transform the space, increase pedestrian capacity and its attractveness as a pedestrian route with higher quality floor and wall finishes, imaginative lighting and artwork, and measures to reduce the impact of traffic. Digital media and carefully placed advertising could also animate the space; a small commercial unit could also be considered. Through the Birmingham Gateway Project, the link to this route will be strengthened with the provision of a new walkway to the rear of the Odeon Cinema that accesses the station and connects with Stephenson Place and the new Metro extension; the design and development of this walkway should seek to maximise the convenience and quality of experience for rail customers changing between the stations. a sequence of places / eastside masterplan eastside masterplan / a sequence of places 15 14
• A high quality landmark station for HS2.
• New pedestrian connections to Digbeth.
• A major public square fronting the HS2 station. • Second access to HS2 station at New Canal Street. • High standards of sustainability and design. • Efficient links to public transport connections. • Improved pedestrian flows through the stations. HS2 station The development of a completely new station for a new internationally linked rail service is a rare opportunity; it should provide a building that will be a celebration of the arrival of HS2 - giving the city an iconic mixed use building of the highest quality design. Future designs for the station building should provide an elegant, sweeping, transparent canopy that covers the platforms along the length of the trains - some 800m. The main entrance, to Moor Street/Station Square, and station concourse should also be linked under a grand atrium that allows natural light to flood in and offer views out to the surrounding skyline. Cafes, shops and restaurants serving the station will sit alongside the ticketing, waiting and other station facilities at concourse level - with the Grade II listed Fox and Grapes Public House HS2 Station and Station Square Arriving by high-speed train in the centre of Birmingham will be an uplifting experience - creating a positive first impression of the city through the creation of a world-class station building and a new civic space that becomes a major hub of activity within the network of city centre’s streets and squares. Park Street secondary entrance concept The Pavilions Opening a new route to the Rotunda concept from Moor Street Queensway Eastside City Park Ashted Pound Walk
Curzon Square Eastside
Locks Curzon Promenade HS2 Station and Station Square New Street to HS2 -
One station n NORTH Development principles KEY
Station Square Landmark building HS2 entrance Active frontages Public transport route Potential Metro route Metro stop Improved pedestrian connections
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• A continuous active frontage from Moor Street to Curzon Street. • Creating clear sustainable routes through the park. • Curzon Street Station to terminate the vista. Station Square leads into Curzon Promenade - a linear route framing, on approach, the views of the landmark Curzon Street Station. This has the potential to become one of the city’s greatest streets by providing an attractive green pedestrian route alongside a prime commercial colonnade into the heart of Eastside. The character of the park and pedestrian route into Eastside would be altered dramatically by the impact of the high-level rail structures and station, which provides an opportunity to transform pedestrian links and create a distinctive place within the city centre. New buildings would be built alongside the northern edge of the HS2 station’s platforms, effectively screening this part of the station and viaduct. The buildings would define and front The Promenade - establishing a redefinition of this part of the Eastside City Park as a tree lined and landscaped pedestrian route with active frontages for various retail, bar and restaurant opportunities between Station Square and Curzon Square. The buildings should incorporate a double height colonnade along the entire southern length of the promenade to provide an under- cover route for pedestrians the station, Hotel La Tour and the commercial development opportunities - potentially a landmark building, forming part of the HS2 station building. The historical street patterns formed by New Canal Street, Freeman Street and Park Street establish the grain of the area; these routes of streets can be reflected in detailed landscape proposals within any new areas of public realm. Park Street Gardens gardens would be significantly affected by the HS2 station. The gardens, formerly a burial ground with monuments and graves still existing, are of archaeological importance and should be preserved underneath the station structure along with other archaeological remains in land between Freeman Street and Moor Street Queensway. If preservation cannot be achieved through the design of the station, then the impact will need to be mitigated by archaeological excavation and recording in advance of development. This would provide an opportunity to enhance understanding of the historic development of the area. Vertical integration at the station with connectivity to other transport modes should maximise use of space and create opportunity for high density development. Station Square On leaving the HS2 station, a new public square, leading from Moor Street Queensway, will form part of the world-class arrival experience. With up to 12,000 passengers per hour, the station will require an appropriately scaled civic square forming an integral part of the necessary pedestrian dispersal space. The square would be predominantly hard landscaped creating a dramatic setting for the new station and surrounding buildings. The square should incorporate innovative solutions using level change and street furniture to provide security and prevent illegal vehicular intrusion. Station Square is a vital part of Eastside’s connectivity into the city core as part of the ‘Sequence of Places’. It will provide a focus for connections from the Martineau Galleries development, and form the main gateway into the quarter. As the HS2 station will cover a substantial part of Park Street Gardens; the new square would return meaningful public open space back to the city centre. being retained and imaginatively incorporated into the design. The concourse area will also act as an internal street - with a secondary access created onto Park Street/ Fazeley Street. This important connection will be a vital element in the station’s design to ensure the wider pedestrian linkages and positive regeneration impact of the station floods into Digbeth. The Park Street entrance can also act as a taxi and vehicular drop off/pick up point. A further entrance/exit to the station is proposed at New Canal Street alongside the Grade I Listed Curzon Street Station building - again this secondary access will be vital in ensuring connectivity and regeneration through Eastside into Digbeth. The HS2 station concourse should also be physically connected to Moor Street Station in order to facilitate the “one station” principle for interchanging passengers. The tradition of a grand terminus building should be embraced with the potential of commercial and premium office space exploited. The opportunities for hotel and office uses should be incorporated onto the site in such a way that they will give height and presence to the station as a landmark building. Careful design should deliver a light and airy concourse. HS2 station and square concept Curzon Promenade Celebrating the view of Curzon Street Station, Curzon Promenade will become a key address street enlivened with new shops and cafes along a tree lined pedestrian walkway into the heart of Eastside. Curzon Promenade concept Eastside
City Park Ashted Pound Walk Curzon Square Eastside Locks
HS2 Station and Station Square New Street to HS2 -
One station Curzon Promenade n NORTH
Development principles KEY
Curzon Promenade Landmark building HS2 entrance Download 366.57 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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