ASSEMBLYBRISTOL.COM 02/03 Welcome to Assembly Bristol. A flexible and smart workplace in the heart of Bristol. With options available from 30,000 sq ft to 300,000 sq ft of thoughtfully designed space, Assembly is ideally situated in the city’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, one of the largest and most exciting urban regeneration schemes in the UK. Designed and conceived as a development combining unique character with a wealth of amenities, Assembly is a new destination for Bristol. Its waterfront setting and landscaped areas will provide a major new public space for the city. Perfectly placed for transport, leisure and retail, the development is just a short walk from Temple Meads Station, Cabot Circus and the thriving Harbourside area. Both environmentally efficient and accredited to the WELL standard for staff wellbeing, the buildings feature high ceilings, abundant natural light, openable windows, integrated staircases and external terraces. The first phase of the new workspace can be delivered for fitting out before the end of 2019, with the remainder due for completion in early 2020. AXA has a wealth of experience of working with businesses to provide their headquarters and workspaces. We hope that this document clearly reveals how Assembly Bristol provides an impressive hub in this dynamic and vibrant city. ASSEMBLY BRISTOL 04/05 SECTION 01 A NEW DESTINATION 01 ASSEMBLY BRISTOL 06/07 CREATING A PLACE An impressive waterfront development in the heart of the city, Assembly Bristol offers a range of unique spaces and a mix of uses across its 1.52 acre site. Designed to appeal to a diverse range of occupiers, the development’s flexible design and occupier-led scheme will create a community- based workplace in a connected urban district. It’s made for Bristol, and made for business. DESIGN FEATURES • Up to 306,000 sq ft of offices and retail space • Excellent links with the city, riverside across a range of buildings. walkway and potential for harbour walkway. • Flexible design, with opportunity for phased • Gym standard shower and locker delivery/occupation. room facilities. • Extensive public realm on the Floating Harbour. • A range of other uses such as cafés • Large and efficient office floor plates. and restaurants. • Building A: typical floors of 22,500 sq ft. • Designed to promote a sense of wellbeing • Rooftop gardens, landscaping and and provide excellent engagement between amenity spaces. occupier and the buildings. ASSEMBLY BRISTOL 08/09 PERFECTLY LOCATED QUEEN ST. NICHOLAS CASTLE PARK BROADMEAD CABOT CIRCUS SQUARE MARKET With its commanding position overlooking the city’s Floating Harbour, Assembly Bristol sits within the Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, one of the largest urban regeneration areas in the UK. The site is adjacent to Temple Way and a short walk from Cabot Circus, the city centre’s main shopping area. Excellent transport links include Temple Meads Station less than a 5 minute walk away, with regular trains to London and the rest of the UK. The site is well served by various bus routes, including a new Metrobus stop on Temple Way, due to come into operation this year. And with Bristol being the UK’s first ‘cycle city’, major provision has been made for cyclists within the design of the development. BRISTOL TEMPLE QUARTER ENTERPRISE ZONE The Enterprise Zone promises to dramatically transform the area, with Bristol University’s new £300m Campus, a new 12,000 seat arena, and a five-star hotel and conference centre all VICTORIA BRISTOL TEMPLE TEMPLE set to complete within the next five years. STREET MEADS STATION QUAY FOR MADE BRISTOL ASSEMBLY BRISTOL 10/11 CHARACTER & AMENITY Assembly Bristol offers a total of 306,633 sq ft across a variety of flexible commercial floorplates ranging from 4,500 sq ft to 22,500 sq ft. The ground floor will feature flexible units providing opportunities for restaurants and retail, maximising the development’s riverside location. CHEESE LANE The plan connects the buildings to the character and context of the site, integrating it into the city. Public realm is at the heart of Assembly, with spectacular new public spaces and extensive waterside spaces. And with stunning rooftop gardens and a mix of indoor and outdoor amenities, the development promises to deliver a thriving workplace with an emphasis on staff wellbeing. TEMPLE WAY F L O A TI N G H A R B EXTERNAL TERRACES WATERSIDE PONTOON O The external terraces will make the most of The development will include a planted U the waterside location and provide panoramic and vibrant floating harbour walkway that R views of the city. They will also serve as leads to Temple Way and on to Temple breakout spaces. Meads Station. ON-SITE AMENITIES LANDSCAPED PUBLIC REALM From restaurants to cafés, a wide variety The Jinny Blom designed public realm will of amenities will be integrated into the provide a spectacular new waterside space, fabric of Assembly. and a new destination for Bristol. BUILDING A UP TO 200,000 SQ FT BUILDING B RECONNECTING THE CITY ROOFTOP SPACES 25,000 SQ FT Assembly will promote Cheese Lane as a Assembly’s green rooftop spaces will be the key pedestrian and cyclist thoroughfare cherry on the cake, providing stunning views BUILDING C 85,000 SQ FT FOR MADE CITYTHE through the site. across the city. ASSEMBLY BRISTOL 12/13 BUILDING DESIGN Designed with the future in mind, Assembly’s buildings offer excellent flexibility, allowing for evolution over time, and class leading connectivity. Throughout the design process, sustainability has been a crucial consideration, and Assembly’s impeccable green credentials promise more efficient running costs for occupiers. SUSTAINABILITY CONNECTIVITY Assembly’s sustainability strategy complements Officially one of the UK’s smartest cities, Bristol smart systems with passive design measures, is at the forefront of the digital revolution. limiting dependency on ‘add-on’ solutions, and Assembly Bristol offers a wealth of connectivity maximising user comfort and control whilst to the site, with numerous internet service minimising energy use and running costs. providers. We aim to achieve ‘Gold’ Wired For instance, on-floor controls will link the Certification as a minimum, with available opening windows to the perimeter system, speeds and bandwidth ranging from 300 MB/s and the rooftop will feature photovoltaic up to 10 GB/s. panels to reduce energy consumption. • Sustainability, energy efficiency, sociability and accessibility are ingrained within the spirit of the development’s design. • BREEAM Excellent • EPC B • WELL Building Certification FOR MADE FUTURE THE ASSEMBLY BRISTOL 14/15 WELLBEING & PRODUCTIVITY A healthy and happy working environment is crucial to your employees’ wellbeing and has a significant impact on business productivity. Assembly includes several features aimed at improving occupant wellbeing. For instance, the spacious floorplate includes generously proportioned windows with large opening sections, to create a working environment with plenty of natural daylight and fresh air. In addition, the breakout spaces and external terraces will help to boost collaboration, while the open staircases will be defining features within the buildings, creating a bright and spacious feel. Right A break-out space Google, 6 Pancras Square. AHMM Left Rooftop amenity at the London office of AHMM MADE FOR FOR MADE PEOPLE THE ASSEMBLY BRISTOL 16/17 SECTION 02 THE BUILDINGS 02 18/19 ASSEMBLY SOUTH ELEVATION 20/21 ASSEMBLY EAST ELEVATION 22/23 THOROUGHFARE THROUGH THE SITE 24/25 BUILDING A: MAIN ENTRANCE 26/27 BUILDING A: RECEPTION ASSEMBLY BRISTOL 28/29 BUILDING A: ROOF TERRACE 30/31 BUILDING A: WEST ELEVATION 32/33 BUILDING C: NORTH ELEVATION ASSEMBLY BRISTOL 34/35 SECTION 03 THE LOCATION 03 36/37 LIFE BY THE WATERSIDE Whether it’s great food, the great outdoors, architecture or visual art, shopping or simply strolling on a lunch break or after work, take your time to explore the city on foot and you will find your own favourite spaces and places. — Kate Gordon There are many reasons that Bristol has twice been voted history, cinema, literature and comedy, as well as the best place to live in the UK in the past four years, most the musical and theatrical. It is Bristol’s creativity, recently in March 2017 by the Sunday Times. In the words unorthodoxy, defiant spirit and even its diminishing of the Times it is, “…the obvious choice in so many ways: brutalist buildings that prevent it from sliding into a small city that feels like a big city, handily placed for self-satisfied complacency. As well as being world seaside and scenery, but hardly cut off from the rest of famous for bridges, boats, bikes, balloons, Brunel the country.” It provides a wealth of employment in the and Banksy, Bristol is a champion of all things local media, tech, financial, aerospace and defence sectors, and independent. Here is an introduction to a few amongst others; enjoys a vibrant and thriving food of its hidden gems, quirky corners and lesser-known Image An historic barge turned craft and drink scene; and offers cultural experiences and hotspots, but be warned, nothing good stays secret beer pub, the Grain Barge excursions that range from contemporary art to art in Bristol for long. Image Image The Bristol branch of Small St. Espresso has been 38/39 Harvey Nichols at serving exceptional coffee in 27 Philadelphia Street Bristol’s Old City since 2012 SHOPPING Just to the north of Assembly Bristol is Bristol’s newest For something less costly then head towards the city THE INDEPENDENT Over the road from Castle Park is St Nick’s Market, home From St Nick’s head towards the river and south along shopping district, Cabot Circus. Alongside the high centre oasis that is Castle Park. Completed in 1978, BEATING HEART to Bristol’s largest collection of independent traders.