PROJECT: Bristol Harbourside

LOCATION: Canon's Marsh, Bristol

DATE: 2001 - Present

We were appointed to develop a masterplan for the 16.3 acres of Canon's Marsh in July 2000.

An extensive programme of public workshops established the criteria by which the scheme would be assessed by the community and then further workshops tested the draft scheme against them. The 1 million square feet mixed-use scheme is organised around new and improved public spaces, providing over four acres of accessible landscape.

The scheme creates three main routes: the Brunel mile, focused on the masts of the SS Great Britain; Cathedral Walk, where the flanking buildings frame the three towers of the cathedral; and the harbour side walk which has been redesigned for greater use and enjoyment by pedestrians.