Architecture Design Engineering Urbanism Places for Shopping Sustainability Lighting Acoustics Creating Places for People. For designers involved in creating new environments, the reality of BDP designs and creates inspiring places for people. Founded in 1961, a finite planet highlights the importance of ideas related to places of BDP is a major international, interdisciplinary practice with over 800 the future. This is the focus for BDP designers, directing ourselves architects, engineers, designers, and urbanists. to shape future environments for the betterment of human kind. We have five endeavours as points of intent for our design process. We work from studios throughout the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, the These are: MENA region, India, Japan and China, on projects around the world and have won over 900 awards for design quality from international and • to act as climate shapers, to create protective and positive national bodies. environments for people to enjoy • to be energy creative, using natural and technological In 2016, BDP combined with Nippon Koei, Japan’s leading engineering approaches for the use and re-use of energy and resources practice, to form an integrated design group. With each firm sharing a • to design in a user-inclusive style, engaging in a learning philosophy which places emphasis on integrated design and community centred approach with the users of our buildings and places impact, the new group offers a unique combination of deep technical skills • to cross-fertilise our knowledge from cultures, maximising the in architecture, engineering and the full range of related design disciplines, advantages of being inter-national, inter-disciplinary, and whilst allowing both companies to retain their existing operations and multi-sector brand identity. • to promote and create liberating buildings, places and communities for people to use and adapt over time. BDP is at the forefront of retail design with an established reputation for completing innovative and successful projects for our clients. Our projects range from urban solutions in open streets, partially protected and covered streets and arcades to stand alone destinations which are fully enclosed. These illustrations show a range of configurations from single level to multilevel arrangements to maximise a site’s value. Each solution is unique and responds to the individual brief and location. Our portfolio includes projects which range from complex new builds and infill extensions to the refurbishment and renewal of existing shopping centres. We hope you enjoy the selection from our portfolio illustrated here. 2 3 Projects which enrich the retail experience and the urban fabric with other uses, regenerating and bringing the city to life throughout the day. A mix of uses which make the retail destination towncentre one which people will revisit continuously. The streets become venues in themselves, safe because they are busy and overlooked by placemaking 4other uses. 5 Liverpool ONE illustrates our Liverpool ONE approach of integrating a large, LIVERPOOL, UK complex new piece of city into the existing fabric. The unique inner city masterplan by BDP weaves the functional pattern of a shopping centre into traditional streets and squares with a mix of uses above and beside the retail. Several other designers collaborated with BDP in this £1 billion regeneration of the city centre, which was timed to complete for Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture in 2008. 6 7 The Rock BURY, UK The Rock reinforces Bury’s position as a market town by providing an attractive new environment for people to enjoy. New streets, squares and gardens link into the bustle of the town’s commercial activity, with the main street picking up on the urban landmark of St Mary’s church to enhance the sense of place. The development brings a mix of uses with a strong leisure element of cinemas and restaurants and the residential quarter returns urban living to the town centre. 8 9 Victoria Square BELFAST, UK 10 11 This scheme integrates the car parking. Its spectacular existing city centre with the dome forms a new public Laganside waterfront cultural space and has become an icon area. The quarter provides on Belfast’s skyline. New city naturally ventilated covered living forms an active edge to streets with retail over two one of the main city streets. ground floor levels; cinemas, Existing historic buildings have restaurants, bars and cafes also been carefully integrated at form two further upper levels, the main entrances. with two levels of basement 12 13 Westgate Oxford OXFORD, UK 1414 15 The Westgate masterplan is The shopping and leisure based on a group of individually facilities are arranged with two designed blocks which define public levels and a third level the public streets and spaces. of landscaped roof terrace with Covered streets open onto the restaurants overlooking the city surrounding streets of Oxford, roofscape of towers and spires. providing a protected route leading from the existing high street to a new John Lewis store. The east-west lanes pass through the development, forming connections between the Castle Quarter and adjacent colleges and between adjacent residential areas on either side of the site. 16 17 Edinburgh St James EDINBURGH, UK This major regeneration on a World Heritage site in Edinburgh creates a distinct area in the Scottish capital, incorporating new and existing development and several listed buildings. In addition to retail, it includes homes, leisure and catering arranged around a crescent shaped galleria. BDP are the delivery architects, working alongside lead designers and masterplanners Allan Murray Architects, central hotel architects Jestico + Whiles and heritage architects, Purcell. 18 1919 ABC Mall BEIRUT, LEBANON ABC Mall takes its form from traditional Lebanese architecture. Glazed and fabric roofs sail over the naturally ventilated malls to provide weather protection and shade. The steeply sloping site allows three levels to be integrated into the surrounding streets with catering and dining on the upper level. 20 21 Newbury Parkway NEWBURY, UK The retail-led mixed use development is set into the historic town to form a new circuit with the high street, to regenerate an under-utilised part of the town, and integrate the park with new housing overlooking it. 22 23 La Vache Noire PARIS, FRANCE La Vache Noire, in the Parisian suburb of Arcueil, reinstates a public park on its sloping roof and retains a green haven in the middle of the town centre by locating the shopping beneath the green roof. Eight levels of terraced housing and offices overlook the park around the traditional square. 24 25 The formation of New Cathedral Street connects the fashionable retail area of St Anne’s Square with the Cathedral Quarter, marked by New Cathedral Street a Harvey Nichols store at one end and a large fashion store MANCHESTER, UK at the other end of the new open street. Together with a separate residential tower, the development has helped to reshape the city after bomb damage and has contributed to the regeneration of the city centre. 26 27 Buchanan Quarter GLASGOW, UK Buchanan Quarter consists of a three storey development of new retail units with 40 residential units above. This doubled the size of the existing shopping centre. Queen Street Station is given a major overhaul to provide an atrium link to the expanded centre. 28 29 BOXPARK, Croydon LONDON, UK BOXPARK opened their second Centred around a new weather- scheme in Croydon, South East protected 2,500 capacity London. Sited immediately events space, the development next to East Croydon station, it houses a variety of restaurants, consists of 96 modified shipping bars and street food outlets. containers and provides a home It also provides a location for for over 40 food and beverage a regular series of curated units, taking the thinking from events, ranging from makers’ the original BOXPARK scheme in markets to hot tub cinema, and Shoreditch, and developing it to an annual pop festival. a new level. 30 31 BDP’s skill is in understanding stakeholders’ goals and in working with all the key players from the outset. Amongst the criteria we set ourselves is customer comfort and therefore, where appropriate for climatic or other reasons, covered or enclosed centres are still the right solution. edgeof 32 townplaces33 Livat, Beijing BEIJING, CHINA This is one of three major new shopping centres for IKEA Centres China, introducing a unique concept of an IKEA store as an anchor. The retail and leisure scheme has a hub containing cinemas and restaurants grouped around a covered courtyard space. Local context and Scandinavian design principles have influenced our design to fit its location. 34 35 Livat, Wuhan WUHAN, CHINA Wuhan is known as The The water reference is City of a Thousand Lakes. continued inside the scheme Scandinavian design and local where it is combined with Chinese context are brought soft timber-like references to together through the mix of Scandinavian materials and function, practicality, light and light. A high level pedestrian form. The exterior treatment bridge links a light railway of the building uses a palette station to the heart of the which refers to water and scheme, a key aspect in rainfall with dramatic canopies promoting footfall within the highlighting entrances. shopping centre. 36 37 Livat, Wuxi WUXI, CHINA The concept includes IKEA as a unique anchor store plus hypermarket, international and domestic retailers, substantial restaurant and cafe offers, electronic and sports destinations, cinema and other entertainment venues. Convenient access via a light railway station connects directly into the mall, supplemented by multiple bus stops, over 5,200 car parking spaces and 4,900 moped and bicycle spaces. The building layout and interior volumes are based upon the egg form to create a strong identity and memorable user experiences. 38 39 Cergy 3 Fontaines PARIS, FRANCE Les 3 Fontaines is a major The kinetic façades give a renovation and extension playful and dynamic perception project of a leading shopping of the new centre and the centre located 30 km west of transformation of Cergy as Paris, in Cergy.