LANDSCAPE &

URBAN DESIGN WORKBOOK

JOHN McASLAN + PARTNERS

 CONTENTS

4 Creating a Sense of Place

“OUR WORK EXPLORES THE UNIQUE AND UNDERLYING Projects

8 Goldsmiths College Masterplan
SPIRIT OF ‘THE SITE’. WE DELIVER CONTEMPORARY 10 Birley Fields Masterplan

SOLUTIONS THAT CELEBRATE THE PAST, SEEK NEW 11 Heal’s

University of Manchester Masterplan
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OPPORTUNITIES, HEAL BROKEN AND ABUSED PLACES 14 Leeds Student Village

AND RE-CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THEIR CULTURE, 16

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Sloane Street
Heritage Quarter Houses
HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY.” 22 Royal BC Museum
26 East Croydon Interchange
28 Euston Circus Masterplan
ANDY HARRIS, DIRECTOR, JOHN McASLAN + PARTNERS 30 Bolshevik Factory
32 Mosfilm
38 Sugar Factory Masterplan
42 Stanislavsky Factory
46 British Embassy Algiers
50 Tate Millbank Masterplan
52 Thomas Tallis School
54 George Square
58 Wood Wharf
60 King’s Cross Station
62 Northern Line Extension
64 Crossrail Bond Street Station
65 Oxford Road Corridor
66 Dalston Junction Interchange
68 Calsberg Tetley, Thames Wharf
70 Bogota Masterplan
72 Dongguan Botanical Masterplan
76 The Cornhill
78 Fresh Kills Masterplan
81 Max Mara Headquarters

82 Timeline
84 End Matter
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CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE

Stanislavsky Factory, Moscow, Russia George Square, Glasgow

Urban design and landscape design are directed towards a bold social purpose: to London. important buildings. For example, the
nominally different disciplines. But, in create a sizeable, properly connected part Landscape design often plays a key practice’s design of the British Embassy
essence, they are closely linked: they of the city that feels “owned” by those who role in our urban design approach. The in Algiers was conceived as part of the
make fresh sense, at various scales, of live and work there, regardless of their fundamental challenge inevitably lies practice’s wider landscape design for the
our streetscapes, and the very ground demographic status. in deciding how to apply contemporary Embassy site as a whole; the landscape
under our feet. John McAslan + Partners’ urban design landscape designs to evolving contexts dovetailed with the radiused plan of the
At its best, landscape design produces and landscape studio has designed and that may be historic, or dominated by building, and changes in levels across
a heightened sense of the human and delivered schemes in many different cultural imperatives, or are within urban the site. The Embassy’s architecture and
material spirit of place, whether it takes ways in a wide range of contexts. They or site areas that are barely coherent. its landscape form a single coherent
the form of a specific landmark-space, have included historically important The practice searches for design qualities composition.
or as a series of connective or layered civic spaces and commercial hot-spots; that will create meaningful individual In Moscow, the practice’s landscape
spaces. The most notable recent example massive city regeneration zones; corporate landscapes, or a spatial and physical design for the regenerated Stanislavsky
of a fusion of these qualities can be seen headquarters such as the Max Mara narrative with specific atmospheres, Factory site dealt with a totally different
in JMP’sour scheme for the Botanical campus in Reggio Emilia; schools and physical characteristics and purposes that situation: a large asymmetrical site
Garden universities; settings for infrastructure will also be durable and highly functional. on which ex-industrial buildings were
in Dongguan, China. hubs; and in ambitious proposals such as The practice has applied these design randomly positioned. The landscape
Urban design gives logical form to the the vast Fresh Kills landfill site on Staten skills at every scale – from the simple scheme, publicly praised by the Mayor
re-ordering of urban areas, sites, of Island. use of excess building materials to create of Moscow, was the first of its kind in the
collections of buildings. Ideally, this Recent projects with significant landscape play-mounds at the Lavender Sure Start city.
should lead to the finer details of spatial, design elements include historically Nursery School in Merton, South London, A common thread linking all the projects
civil, landscape, or infrastructural sensitive courtyard treatments at the to our international competition-winning in this book is the belief that good design
innovations that may not have been Heritage Houses site in Doha, the designs for the transformation of London’s can deliver distinctive qualities of place
evident at the beginning of the design parkland elements of the practice’s Oxford Street, and Glasgow’s George and community energy to the most
process. redevelopment of the 7ha Sugar Factory Square, one of a handful of Britain’s challenging of urban settings.
This fusion of the logical and the site in Moscow, and the riverside greatest urban tableaux.
stimulating informs all the practice’s landscape design for JMP’s Carlsberg Ambitious landscape design can be Jay Merrick
urban design and public realm projects, Tetley Wharf mixed-use development in crucial in redefining the settings of
whether they’re for iconic sites such as
Sloane Street in London, or to establish
greater connectivity and development
potential in complex urban situations,
such as those around the various sites of
the Goldsmiths College campus.
Urban design is about more than physical
change – sometimes strikingly so. For
example, the practice’s masterplan and
urban design vision for the CAN district of
Bogotá, the capital of Columbia, proposed
the creation of a Garden City within the
city, and though the elements and layout
are generally familiar, its proposals were Hanover Square urban integration study Heals, London
Bolshevik Factory, Moscow, Russia
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GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE MASTERPLAN

LEWISHAM, LONDON
John McAslan + Partners was appointed
to prepare a masterplan for Goldsmiths
College from 2009 – 2019. This
commission involves a comprehensive
space management plan of all the
buildings and departments within
the campus aiming to improve space
utilisation and efficiency. The masterplan
also establishes a new public realm vision
for the campus creating new development
sites and linking the College into the
wider regenerative initiatives of Lewisham
and New Cross Gate. The commission
also creates a sustainable masterplan
with a coherent approach to the use
management and development of the
college estate over the next decade.

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Above: site masterplan; right: view of proposed masterplan

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HEAL’S
BIRLEY FIELDS MASTERPLAN CAMDEN, LONDON
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
John McAslan + Partners has completed
The practice was commissioned to produce the first phase of the redevelopment
a strategic development framework for the of the Grade II * listed Heal’s Building
12 acre Birley Fields campus in Hulme, on Tottenham Court Road, a project
a mixed-use proposal regenerating an commissioned by Threadneedle Property
existing brown field site. The development Investors and The Bedford Estates.
unites some 6,000 students training to The scheme redevelops former factory
become teachers, nurses, social workers buildings and showrooms, improving
and other health care professionals within a connectivity and access. Two dramatic
single site. The proposals for Birley Fields, 4-storey atria spaces are linked by an
seek to create the greenest university internal ‘street’, terminating in a newly
campus in the UK, with environmental landscaped courtyard garden. The
sustainability integral to all design. 40,000 sqft of office space has a
BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating.

Above and right: masterplan model and

masterplan in context

Right; view of internal walkway; below: courtyard view.

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UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
PUBLIC REALM MASTERPLAN
MANCHESTER
This complex, award-winning example of
urban design and design co-ordination
has provided the University of Manchester
with a revitalised campus, and one which
links physically, socially and visually
with the city of Manchester. The design
includes significant new open spaces
to extend the public realm into the site,
supported by new cycle and pedestrian
routes across the campus. At the heart of
the design brief was the university’s desire
to reduce the sense of divide between
‘town and gown’ in this part of the city,
and foster a more democratically inclusive
image of higher education.

Right: site plan; opposite and below: informal

landscape areas
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LEEDS STUDENT VILLAGE

LEEDS
The practice together with a team of
leading consultants, are commissioned
by Downing to undertake design work
for a masterplan, landscape design,
refurbishment works and a new 21-storey
student accommodation tower as part
of their proposed Student Village. The
landscape is crucial in ‘knitting’ the
disparate buildings and architecture into
an integrated whole. With a 6m change in
level from one end of the site to the other,
the design needed to overcome numerous
topographic challenges, but makes the
most of the opportunities afforded through
the creation of terraces and seat walls set
into the slope. The predominantly green
campus space unfolds around a central
square: a new gathering space at the
heart of the student community.

Opposite: deep flower borders and planting soften and

enliven the many public routes across the campus; above:
site plan; right: visualisation of phase 1 scheme
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SLOANE STREET
KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, LONDON
John McAslan + Partners has been
appointed by Cadogan Estates to develop
a new urban design vision for the world
famous Sloane Street in the Royal
Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,
London. Although home to some of the
most exclusive fashion houses in the
world, the character and quality of the
street could be considerably enhanced.
Our work has investigated the wider
network of streets, through evidence
based analysis, and established strategies
for urban renewal, enhanced connectivity,
traffic management and public realm
enhancements.

Top: shopping map of central London, showing ‘nodes’

of activity, with Sloane Street; right: axonometric diagram
showing how the scheme proposes to unlock further
potential on this high profile street. The study assesses
existing land use, street furniture, accessibility, utilities,
movement patterns and landscape in order to understand
how these physical and functional conditions affect
the street’s economic, social and cultural character;
opposite bottom right: views of Sloane Street’s prestigious
retail amenities
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HERITAGE QUARTER COURTYARDS

DOHA, QATAR
This collection of historically important
houses in Doha are being refurbished
and re-instated as museum buildings as
part of the ambitious Msheireb Downtown
Doha project. The public realm aspect of
the design unifies the site into a single,
distinctly legible environment. The
museum’s landscapes are extraordinarily
diverse in their programme and function.
The Museum of Slavery Courtyard at the
Al Jelmood House is an evocative and
metaphoric landscape ensemble that has
real meaning and resonance. Company
House is at the centre of the Cultural
Quarter and the external courtyard has
been designed to accommodate large scale
events and exhibitions.

Right: site plan; below: aerial view of the Heritage Quarter

at night; opposite: View of Bayt Jelmood Courtyard.
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Top: aerial view of Bayt Jelmood Courtyard; above left: view of courtyard at night; above right: aerial photograph of Doha, dating from the early 1950’s; opposite top: View of Bayt
Mohammed Bin Jassim courtyard; opposite below: view of typical courtyard.
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ROYAL BC MUSEUM
VICTORIA, CANADA
In 2013 John McAslan + Partners
completed the public realm and
landscape masterplan for the Royal
British Columbia Museum in British
Columbia, Canada as part of their 2017
vision for the Museum. JMP’s role
has been to re-invigorate the internal
and neglected external spaces of a
currently fragmented site, and enhance
the presentation of the Museum to the
wider urban context. The landscape
approach has been to piece together a
hitherto disparate series of spaces into a
clearly legible, purposeful and connected
museum campus. The design will help
attract new visitors to the site and expand
the Museum’s wider recreational appeal,
as well as enhanced external display
spaces.

Above: aerial view of proposed Museum grounds; opposite

and overleaf: the proposed external Museum experience
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EAST CROYDON INTERCHANGE

CROYDON, GREATER LONDON
Our masterplan for East Croydon
Interchange will transform Croydon’s
primary arrival point,- East Croydon
Station and its surrounding transport
modes - tram stops, bus interchange
and taxi ranks. The scheme specifically
addresses the pedestrian experience,
particularly the link between the ECI area
westwards towards Croydon’s town centre.
The masterplan unifies and rationalises
these different transport modes and
enhances public realm by creating
new plazas - with improved lighting,
planting and street furniture. The
masterplan will assist orientation and
create a sense of civic pride in what
has been hitherto a confusing and
challenging urban environment.

Top right: site plan; right: photograph of the site prior

to redevelopment; below: section through enhanced
intermodal interchange; opposite: visualisation showing
detail of proposed public realm treatment
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EUSTON CIRCUS MASTERPLAN

CAMDEN, LONDON
John McAslan + Partners and Hyder
Consulting were appointed by Transport
for London to develop Urban Design
and Landscape Proposals for this
important site, located on the Euston
Road in Central London. The scheme
is transforming the site from a traffic-
dominated road junction into an attractive
and pedestrian-friendly public space.
At the heart of the scheme is an
organising ‘frame’ giving structure to the
space and creating a legible pedestrian
environment. Overlaid on and adjacent to
the ‘frame’ is a suite of high quality paving
materials, furniture and tree planting.
John McAslan + partners are liaising and
consulting closely with the TFL, London
Borough of Camden and the Mayors
Design Advisory Panel.

Above right: site plan; below: view of new hard surfacing

and benches

Above: elevated view of completed scheme; left: view of Euston

Circus prior to redevelopment
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BOLSHEVIK FACTORY
MOSCOW

The Bolshevik Factory comprises 17

buildings of varying ages and styles,
including listed buildings dating from
1884 which were the first buildings
in Moscow to boast electric light. The
50,000 sqm redevelopment will feature
covered ‘streets’ and office space
with exceptional views over Moscow
city and beyond. The scheme is a
model of adaptive re-use, transforming
an important example of the city’s
great industrial heritage into a high
quality environment for contemporary
commercial use.

Opposite: glazed internal ‘streets’ connect the blocks of

office accommodation; above right: site plan; below: the
project features generous landscaped gardens, unusual in
Moscow commercial developments
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MOSFILM
MOSCOW
John McAslan + Partners has won an
international competition to design a
world-class mixed-use scheme on the site
of the celebrated Mosfilm studios, located
in one of Moscow’s most prestigious
residential areas. Mosfilm produced
widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging
from works by Eisenstein to Tarkovsky.
The practice is appointed as lead
architect, masterplanner and landscape
architect and the scheme will include a
significant commercial element as well as
a new concert hall.

Opposite: view of proposed redevelopment; below: site

plan; overleaf: night view showing main entrance to the
site
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Left: view of the proposed redevelopment; top: view of

one of the original studio buildings; above: visualisation
showing proposed reconfiguration of the main atrium
space
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SUGAR FACTORY MASTERPLAN

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

This significant residential development

is located centrally within Moscow
City centre in the area of Big City on
Mantulinskaya Street. The accessible city
centre location together with waterside
location and existing parkland amenity,
provides a unique opportunity to provide
a sustainable community of upwards of
1000 residential units. Covering an area
of more than 7 hectares and over one
quarter of a mile in length from east to
west, the project was conceived within
the challenging constraints imposed
by the future adjacent infrastructure
initiatives planned by the City Authorities
and strict health and safety and planning
rules relating to the adjacent hospital
site. John McAslan and Partners were
responsible for the masterplanning of
both architecture and landscape.

Overleaf above: site locations; overleaf below: site plan; above: visualisation showing site; left: visualisation showing courtyard; right: visualisation showing park view.
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STANISLAVSKY FACTORY
MOSCOW, RUSSIA
The award-winning transformation of the
historically important Stanislavsky Factory
site in Moscow, originally developed
in the 19th century by one of Russia’s
leading industrialists and cultural patrons,
the Stanislavsky family, has sensitively
linked refurbished historic elements
and new interventions. This mixed-use
business and cultural scheme consists
of thirteen buildings, including offices,
luxury apartments, a hotel, restaurant,
and theatre. The landscape design, a new
approach in urban Moscow, created a
series of linked public and semi-private
open spaces of considerable variety,
despite considerable challenges in terms
of public access, building orientation, and
major level changes of up to 4m across
the site.

Opposite and below: planting is arranged in a clearly

defined arrangement of raised planters; right: site plan;
below right: timber decking creates a contemporary new
public space, a vibrant focal point within the scheme,
enlivened by the activities generated by the theatre
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Left, top and above: the landscape scheme creates a

sequence of linked, publicly accessible green oases,
a unique amenity in Moscow
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BRITISH EMBASSY ALGIERS

ALGERIA
The design of the British Embassy in
Algiers reflects the cultures of both Britain
and Algeria. The 1,770sqm three-level
building is set out on the axis of the
retained neo-Moorish Ambassador’s
Residence dating from 1902. The design,
preserving views out over the Bay of
Algiers, was conceived as a series of
curved, parallel walls carving gracefully
through the sloping landscape to enclose
the primary circulation space and office
accommodation. The circular geometry
of the new landscape provides a dramatic
setting for both new and old elements.

Opposite top: site plan; opposite below, above, right

and overleaf: the design of the new structure and the
landscape scheme was conceived as a coherent whole,
the curving geometry creating clearly defined areas of
varied and distinctive planting
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TATE MILLBANK MASTERPLAN

WESTMINSTER, LONDON
John McAslan + Partners’ investigation of
urban initiatives to enhance the identity
of the Millbank Neighbourhood and Tate
Britain reinforces the physical, social,
cultural, and economic connectivity
to surrounding districts and the River
Thames. Tate Britain, situated between
Westminster, Vauxhall, Chelsea,
Victoria and Pimlico, is part of a wider
cultural and heritage corridor linking to
Westminster and Parliament, and on to
the National Gallery and the West End.
The Millbank Urban Strategy reinforces
Tate Britain’s role as an important cultural
destination whilst improving the character
and setting of the local neighbourhood,
as well as reconnecting Millbank with
the River, resolving the barrier caused by
the road and the poor quality of riverside
amenities.

Below, right and opposite below: proposed connections to

strengthen the relationship between Tate Britain and its
urban context
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THOMAS TALLIS SCHOOL

GREENWICH, LONDON
The landscape design comprises a rich
mix of urban style courtyard spaces,
informal landscape areas and ecological/
flood mitigation areas. At the heart of the
school are predominantly hard landscape
spaces providing flexible areas for outdoor
teaching, gatherings and events, and
which are also available for use by the
surrounding community. Surrounding
the main teaching and administrative
blocks is a softer, picturesque landscape
providing areas for informal seating, play,
recreation and sports. Susceptible to
flooding, the scheme also includes flood
mitigation techniques that have also been
used to increase biodiversity.

Opposite and below: the design of the school and

its extensive landscape setting creates a cohesive
environment; above: site diagram
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GEORGE SQUARE
GLASGOW
George Square is one of Britain’s handful
of great city-centre civic spaces. Its
architectural and spatial set-piece
qualities date back to the 1780’s. The
practice’s competition-winning design
proposal heightens the synergies between
the architectural and spatial qualities of
the square. The design accentuates its
pivotal position in the city as a unique
breathing space, at precisely the point
where the original Georgian central grid
meets its Victorian extension. Because
of the increasing social and commercial
energy around George Square, our
scheme avoided radical interventions,
but ensured that this great space would
have a re-energised civility for decades to
come.

Opposite: view of the Square as proposed by the new

design; top: plan identifying the Square’s relationship
with other key city hubs; right: the competition-winning
masterplan, creating a greater formal presence, a more
robust geometry and greater flexibility of potential use
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Top and above: the Square has always been a focus

of civic life in Glasgow; bottom and right: the scheme
proposed greater flexibility of uses, whilst reaffirming the
Square’s important civic presence and historic identity
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WOOD WHARF
CANARY WHARF, LONDON
John McAslan + Partners was selected
to complete a masterplan for the next
phase of Canary Wharf (regarded as the
most successful development of its kind
in Europe, with a working population of
200,000). The Canary Wharf Group was
looking to develop the site immediately to
the East around the existing Grade I listed
West India Docks. Our designs provided
8,000 new homes, a school, library and
commercial space in a range of buildings
located around the dock edge. Within the
development, a new Ramblas style road
would connect West to East, comprising
parkland, retail pop-ups and pedestrian
areas.

Opposite: a restrained palette of high quality materials

defines key areas of public realm; below: masterplan;
above right: 3D site plan highlighting the graceful linear
park running across the site
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KING’S CROSS STATION

CAMDEN, LONDON
Widely praised for its design and
refurbishment of the Grade I listed
Station, the practice also undertook
much of the urban realm and landscape
work including the St. Pancras Plaza
entrance to the north, surrounding
streetscape and the Western Concourse
and the Station platforms. Our team also
acted as advisors for the design of the
recently completed square to the south
of the Station entrance. The carefully
choreographed ensemble of landscape,
street furniture, wayfinding and
architecture is one of the great successes
of the station refurbishment.

Opposite and right: the practice’s role as lead architect

ensured that all aspects of this highly complex scheme
were coherent, including key areas of public realm, both
internal and external; below: masterplan
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NORTHERN LINE EXTENSION

SOUTHWARK, LAMBETH & WANDSWORTH, LONDON

The practice is at the heart of the

£1billion infrastructure investment project
to regenerate Nine Elms, creating 25,000
new jobs and 16,000 new homes. JMP is
developing the above-ground elements of
two new stations and their urban context.
These schemes include a significant over-
station development at Nine Elms. The
practice is working alongside Halcrow,
who are leading a technical team
designing the subsurface infrastructure,
and design work has been progressed on
the layout of the stations and shafts.

Above: view of new pedestrianised street at Nine Elms;

right: two new stations are being created at Nine Elms and
Battersea. Kennington Station is being upgraded and two
new ventilation shafts are being provided at Kennington
Park and Kennington Green
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CROSSRAIL BOND STREET OXFORD ROAD CORRIDOR

WESTMINSTER, LONDON MANCHESTER
The practice is delivering Crossrail’s Bond This ambitious masterplan for a 215 ha
Street station. Consisting of two distinct tranche of Manchester realigned a number
station elements at Davies Street and of smaller local regeneration initiatives
Hanover Square, the scheme forms part to provide the basis for a unified urban
of Europe’s largest single construction development strategy based on spatial and
project. The new Bond Street Station economic impact analyses. A new creative
consists of two deep east-west platforms, media zone, housing, and community
emerging at street level via two new ticket business development will activate
halls south of Oxford Street. Connecting to threshold regeneration on the eastern
the existing London Underground station, edge of the ORC. Oxford Road would be
the new interchange will serve 230,000 revitalised, and a new science park created,
people daily when complete in 2018. The helping to reinforce Manchester’s position
practice is also undertaking an urban as the ‘Knowledge Capital’ of the North.
integration and landscaping study in
collaboration with the City of Westminster,
Grosvenor and Great Portland Estates, to
embed the station in its immediate and
wider context.

Below: underground tunnel construction; Right: urban

integration study.

Above: masterplan; above right: regenerative

proposal to create a unified public realm and
development strategy
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DALSTON JUNCTION
HACKNEY, LONDON
The practice designed this major
residential development in Dalston, which
includes a new station and a public
square. The scheme comprises 309
apartments and forms a key component
of the East London Line extension linking
Hackney to the North with Croydon to
the South. The scheme has become the
pivot-point of a part of London that, until
a few years ago, had no widely-known
social or cultural cachet. The situation
is very different today, and this scheme
has played a central role in raising the
profile of Dalston as one of London’s most
fashionable cultural hot-spots.

Right: view of completed scheme; opposite below: site

plan; opposite: view of completed development and public
realm
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CARLSBERG TETLEY WHARF

NEWHAM, LONDON

John McAslan and Partners were

commissioned to develop a mixed use
masterplan for a high profile riverside
location opposite the Millennium Dome
known as Thames Wharf, in the London
Borough of Newham. The design team
developed the scheme within the context
of significant site constraints, including
the flight path requirements of the nearby
City Airport, Flood mitigation measures
and the existing DLR and Silvertown Way
that run adjacent to and through the site.
Responsible for both the architectural and
landscape masterplans, JMP’s proposals
eschew the typical windswept docklands
typologies in favour of a traditional
Thameside village narrative; with
buildings and neighborhoods centred
around streets, squares and commons.
At the same time the site’s industrial
heritage and stunning waterside location
is celebrated.

Opposite: site location; below: visualisation of site.

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BOGOTÁ MASTERPLAN
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
Our masterplan vision for the 85 hectare
CAN site proposes an urban tableau
anchored to a grand, car-free 2km
promenade – an extraordinary public
amenity which will link the area between
the National University and Simon Bolivar
Park. The scheme is founded on the
idea of creating a 21st-century Garden
City within Bogotá, where nature and
landscape can encourage the natural
mixing of different people and different
purposes. The central parkland knits
CAN’s urban plan together – a large
and democratic green space designed
to be shared equally by government
administrators, students, business people,
householders, shoppers and performers.

Opposite: masterplan; above: visualisation showing the

scale and civic impact of the proposed masterplan
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BOTANICAL GARDENS
DONGGUAN, CHINA
The indoor and external spaces of
this spectacular botanical garden in
Dongguan, China, will, when completed,
provide a landscape that facilitates
both botanical research and offers an
exhilarating experience for visitors -
interpreting the natural processes and
splendour of a tropical rain forest. The
practice worked alongside botanical
experts in China to achieve educational
and botanical objectives in an innovatively
instructive way. Rope bridges, rock
faces, intimate contact with waterfalls
and plants, were key requirements of the
brief, which was intent on replicating the
physical and environmental drama of rain
forests.
Opposite top: part section through the scheme; opposite
bottom and overleaf: visualisations showing the proposed
internal landscape; below: diagram showing proposed
landscape composition
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THE CORNHILL
IPSWICH
Centred on Ipswich’s main square, the
practice’s proposals for this two-stage
competition included a thorough analysis
of the urban and retail context, in order to
fully address the challenges Ipswich faces
as a fading retail centre. Our scheme
examined the potential to re-inforce the
historic link between The Cornhill and
the thriving waterfront, and an ambitious
strategy aimed at encouraging a self
sustaining range of uses around the
perimeter of the Square, that would once
again place The Cornhill at the heart of
civic life in Ipswich.

Right: site diagram; opposite: visualisations of The Cornhill

viewed in varying weather conditions
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FRESH KILLS MASTERPLAN

STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
Following an open international
competition, the practice was selected
as one of three finalists for the Fresh
Kills Landfill to Landscape competition.
The jury commended our scheme
as “compelling, well researched and
comprehensive”. Covering over 2,000
acres on the west coast of the Island,
the site is unique, containing the largest
capped landfill in the world together with
a significant area of intact tidal wildlife
habitat. As the largest ongoing landscape
project in the region, Fresh Kills is
intended to be a key open amenity for
the Island, the City and the region.

Right: visualisation showing the rich potential of the vast

site for a wide range of leisure and sporting activities;
below: site plan; opposite below: view of the existing site
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MAX MARA HEADQUARTERS

REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY
The practice won an invited international
competition in 1996 to design this
45,000sqm headquarters complex for
Max Mara, Italy’s leading fashion house.
Completed in phases by 2004, this low
energy-use development on a 30ha rural
site south of Milan relates to its historic
landscape setting in a distinctive and
architecturally timeless way. The principal
buildings are individually expressed using
a distinctive architectural vocabulary
of concrete, steel, brick and glass.
The landscape design is deliberately
formal, with strong linear arangements,
creating an impressive setting for the
new complex.

Opposite and this page: the scheme creates a

formalised, contemporary interpretation of the classic
Italian landscape
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PRE 2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 -
Fresh Kills Masterplan (2002) Goldsmiths College Masterplan University of Manchester Thomas Tallis School George Square King’s Cross Station Heritage Quarter Courtyards Bolshevik Factory Sugar Factory Masterplan Sloane Street Masterplan
Staten Island, New York London Manchester London Glasgow London Doha, Qatar Moscow Moscow London

Max Mara Headquarters (2004) Oxford Road Corridor British Embassy Algiers Leeds Student Village Royal BC Museum Bogotá Masterplan Euston Circus Bond Street Urban
Reggio Emilia, Italy Manchester Algeria Leeds Victoria, Canada Colombia London Integration Study, London

University of Lancaster (2006) Stanislavsky Factory Wood Wharf Botanical Gardens Dalston Junction Crossrail
Lancaster Moscow, Russia Canary Wharf, London Dongguan, China London London

Tate Millbank The Cornhill East Croydon Interchange Heal’s Mosfilm

London Ipswich Croydon, Greater London London Moscow

Birley Fields Masterplan King’s Cross Station

Manchester Metropolitan University London
END MATTER
85 Projects

Fresh Kills Masterplan Thomas Tallis School The Cornhill Bolshevik Factory
Client City of New York, Department of Planning Client Babcock International Group Plc Client Ipswich Borough Council Client 01 Properties / Tactics Group
Dates 2002 & Greenwich Council Dates 2013 Dates 2012 – 2015
Area 1,100 ha Dates 2007 – 2011 Area 0.25 ha Area 50,000 sqm
Team John McAslan + Partners Area 2 ha Team John McAslan + Partners Team John McAslan + Partners
Arup Team John McAslan + Partners GIA Equation, Buro Happold Miwel
NSD, Davis Langdon Appleyard & Trew LLP, DTZ Buro Happold
Max Mara Headquarters BDP, Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd The Fountain Workshop Limited Spectrum
Client Max Mara Fashion Group AB Development
Dates 1996 – 2004 Leeds Student Village Heritage Quarter Courtyards and Public Realm GIA Equation
Area 30 ha Client Downing Client Msheireb Properties
Team John McAslan + Partners Dates 2010 – 2014 Dates 2011 – 2014 Mosfilm
Intertecno SpA Milan, Arcdesign Area 4.4 ha Area 2.6 ha Client Mosfilm
Peter Walker & Partners Team John McAslan + Partners Team John McAslan + Partners Dates 2014 - onwards
Ambiente Europa,Unieco S.c.r.l Alan Johnson Partnership Buro Happold, Davis Langdon, Arab Area -
Frabboni S.p.A Omega Fire Engineering, Bureau, TIME Qatar Team John McAslan + Partners

University of Lancaster Masterplan George Square Euston Circus Masterplan Sugar Factory
Client Lancaster University Client Glasgow City Council Client Transport for London Client Sugar Factory
Dates 2006 – ongoing Dates 2012 Dates 2011 – 2013 Dates 2013 - 2017
Area 7.4 ha Area 5 ha Area 1 ha Area 41,000 sqm
Team John McAslan + Partners Team John McAslan + Partners Team John McAslan + Partners Team John McAslan + Partners
Theobald & Gardner Arup Hyder Consulting
Dalston Junction Interchange
Goldsmiths Masterplan Royal BC Museum Sloane Street Client Barratt East London
Client Goldsmiths College, London Client Royal British Columbia Museum Client Cadogan Estates Transport for London
Dates 2007 – 2019 Dates 2012 Dates 2013 – ongoing Development Agency and
Area 3.5 ha Area 1.8 ha Area 5 ha London Borough of Hackney
Team John McAslan + Partners Team John McAslan + Partners Team John McAslan + Partners Dates 2004 – 2014
Arup, Gardiner & Theobald Arup WSP, Space Syntax Area 33,000 Sqm
Team John McAslan + Partners
University of Manchester Masterplan Wood Wharf Masterplan Bond Street Urban Integration Study Goddard Manton
Client University of Manchester Client Canary Wharf Group Client Crossrail Ltd ATK II
Dates 2004 - 2007 Dates 2012 Dates 2009 – 2018 Whitecode Design Associates Ltd
Area 10 ha Area 4.7 ha Area 3 ha Barratt Homes
Team John McAslan + Partners Team John McAslan + Partners Team John McAslan + Partners
AA Projects, Bucknall Austin WSP, Balfour Beatty Management Crossrail Bond Street
RW Gregory, Gifford and Partners King’s Cross Station Corderoy Client Crossrail Ltd
PDA Partnership Client Network Rail Dates 2009 – 2018
Dates 2007 - 2013 Oxford Road Corridor Area 30,000 Sqm
British Embassy Algiers Area 1.7 ha Client Manchester City Council Team John McAslan + Partners
Client British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Team John McAslan + Partners Dates 2004 - 2007 WSP
Dates 2005 – 2009 David Bonnett Associates Area 214 HA Balfour Beatty Management
Area 4.5 ha Team John McAslan + Partners, Corderoy
Team John McAslan + Partners Bogotá Masterplan Tribal HCH, Faber & Maunsell
Arup, MACE Client Empresa de Renovacion Urbana Virgilio Northern Line Extension
Barco Client Transport for London
Stanislavsky Factory Dates 2013 Birley Fields Masterplan Dates 2012 – ongoing
Client Horus Capital Area 85 ha Client Manchester Metropolitan University Area 5km long corridor
Dates 2004 – 2009 Team John McAslan + Partners Dates 2008 - 2009 Team John McAslan + Partners
Area 6 ha Area 45,000 sqm Halcrow
Team John McAslan + Partners Dongguan Botanical Gardens Team John McAslan + Partners, StudioDare
Client Vanke Arup, Gardiner & Theobald, Buro Happold
Tate Millbank Masterplan Dates 2013 Colin Buchanan and Partners, Corderoy
Client Tate Britain Area 0.6 ha Drivers Jonas
Dates 2009 Team John McAslan + Partners
Area 2 ha Buro Happold Heal’s Credits
Team John McAslan + Partners Client Threadneedle Property Investments Essay Jay Merrick, architecture critic
Drivers Jonas East Croydon Masterplan Ltd and The Bedford Estates Design Lisa Sjukur, April
Client London Borough of Croydon Dates 2008 – 2014
Dates 2013 Area 5,000 sqm
Area 2 ha Team John McAslan + Partners
Team John McAslan + Partners Tuffin Ferraby Taylor LLP
WSP Cundall, McLaren
Montagu Evans LLP
Credits
Essay Jay Merrick, architecture critic
Design Lisa Sjukur, April
`We create architecture which improves people’s lives. We We believe that the city is one of humanity’s most
aim for an architecture which is rational and poetic, robust impressive and precious cultural achievements. We also
and delightful; we tread carefully and build with conviction; believe that cities are more than a collection of buildings;
we tackle problems head on and think laterally; we cities are about connections, transport, communications,
deconstruct the brief and let a design emerge from a close public spaces and joy. We believe in locating our buildings
examination of the pieces; we don’t necessarily take ‘no’ firmly into their contexts - not as slavish repetition but
for an answer; we believe the power of architecture extends as a considered response to site, materiality, amenity,
much further than the dimensions of individual buildings; scale and culture.
we believe architecture is about making life better.
We don’t believe in the value of a house style; if we have
We believe that buildings should be underpinned by a a house style it is one of process, not of form. We are
powerful idea; that the idea should be an intelligent and functionalists. We believe a good building is an expression
logical response to functionality and a sense of place; and of a clear and rational diagram. We believe in the value
the power of that idea should be embedded in the built of research. We believe in contemporary design for a
form. That way, clients get the buildings they need and changing world.’
society gets the architecture it deserves.

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