BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SITE
MASTERPLAN

We were asked to prepare a feasibility study for a site in Buckinghamshire. 160 traditional homes would be provided with 40% of the total floor area allocated as affordable. The homes would range in size from one bedroom flats to four bedroom houses.   Building heights would vary from 1.5 to 2.5 storeys.

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The site is largely rectilinear, following the geometry of the surrounding roads.  There is also currently a water main that runs through the centre of the site.  The combination of these things suggested to us that a roughly orthogonal layout would be appropriate.  The proposed layout therefore draws precedent from historic planned nineteenth examples from the local area.

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The main entrance road runs alongside a newly created park and recreation area, passing through the centre of the development, and terminates in a village square.  A perimeter park is also formed along two sides of the development.

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Design team: James Armitage, Helena Villegas Vergara, Elenia Nevradaki, Chris Fothergill