Sand Martin House, Fletton Quays City council’s new home blends old with new

Peterborough City Council’s new offices, known as Sand Martin House, sit CLIENT City CouncilBride at the heart of a much wider regeneration project called Fletton Quays in Hall Developments the UK. NORR’s design team fully refurbished an historically-listed former PORTFOLIO Government

Victorian railway building containing two locomotive sheds. We connected SIZE 174,914 SF (16,250 SM) them to an adjoining new build with a contemporary glass atrium that LOCATION Peterborough, UK seamlessly blends old with new. DATE 2018

To further join past and present, a restored mural was integrated onto SERVICES Architecture the external wall of a new 412-space multi-story car park. Our designers AWARDS created visually stunning spaces and collaborative working environments zz 2018 The Planning Awards, Partnership Working while incorporating energy efficient measures. We allotted generous (Winner) public space to ensure continued use of this important heritage site by the community. Sand Martin House is the first project to be completed as part of the Fletton Quays master plan to transform 20 acres of brownfield sites, derelict land and vacant buildings into a prime riverfront development. NORR continues to work closely with Historic and the Planning Authority to fulfill this vision.

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The demand for improved, more responsive and process-driven government services continues to influence the way public buildings are designed. These projects are complex and have financial, societal and technological influences. Public sector decision-makers look to NORR’s experienced team to help navigate this path with a risk-adverse process that supports integrated thinking, planning, design and execution.

Valued Partner at All Levels of Government Managing Complexity

NORR is a valued partner at all levels of government. Public building design is a key center of excellence at Our expertise in large-scale, heritage conservation, NORR. Our designated team of architects, engineers, adaptive reuse and renovation projects spans forty planners and designers, are experts in managing years. We uphold internal governance practices, complexity of purpose-driven design. From current employ proven program and project management circulation and constraints of an existing spatial methodologies and use value-based design from environment to detailed project phasing and staging concept to implementation. We have worked on highly- strategies to the design of new structures, our secure projects involving confidential documentation programs will provide the right solution. Our role is and when required, have engaged advisory boards to engage our clients and stakeholders to realize the or peer reviews. Every project has a specific strategy project vision. The result: a design that makes a positive based on requirements and vision. social impact and better supports service delivery today – and tomorrow.

CONTACT John Baird, Managing Director, UK E [email protected] norr.com