Further Revised Draft 26 April 20 0 Development Brief for The Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen Royal Cornhill Hospital Aberdeen Development Brief Further Revised Draft 26 April 20 0 Development Brief for The Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen Executive Summary document overview Scope DevelopmentRecommendations ! To provide #lear &uidelines for redevelopment of the )o$ er and / pper Hospital areas of the ! Developers re"uire to #arry out a detailed Conservation Audit, the approved out#ome of Royal Cornhill Hospital in the histori#al #onte%t of the site $ ithin a #onservation area' $ hi#h $ ill determine the e%tent to $ hi#h e%istin& buildin&s are in#orporated into any proposals' (ot$ ithstandin& this, parts of the )o$ er Hospital have been identified as areas Site Character/Location/Context that #ould be #onsidered for retention alon& $ ith the Forbes of (e$ * belis+ $ hi#h should be retained in its present lo#ation' ! Central )o#ation, 20 minute $ al+ to / nion 1treet' ! Any proposals for the site must adopt the prin#iples of ,pla#e ma+in&-, hi&h "uality buildin& ! Chara#terised by e%istin& ar#hite#ture 2&ranite3 $ ithin mature lands#ape.open spa#e' desi&n, hi&h "uality urban desi&n, hi&h "uality lands#ape desi&n.ar#hite#ture and sustainability' H istory ! * verar#hin& theme for redevelopment strate&y should be to inte&rate the ar#hite#ture of ! * ri&inal Royal )unati# Asylum 2)o$ er Hospital3 desi&ned.#onstru#ted in 922 by Ar#hibald old and ne$ into the par+ li+e settin& of the site' 1impson.6ohn 1mith $ ith east and $ est $ in&s added 50 years later' ! This strate&y must in#lude $ ell!ordered hierar#hy of &reen spa#es, e#hoin& the histori#al ! 1in#e 402 the )o$ er Hospital has under&one numerous additions.demolitions and #ourtyard format, $ ell lo#ated and a##essible $ ith &ood relationship to prin#ipal alterations su#h that the ar#hite#ture remainin& today #ontains only the basi# #ore of the movement routes $ ithin the site and ad7a#ent to it' ori&inal desi&n and as a #onse"uen#e has lost mu#h of its #harm and "uality' ! 8 aterials should in#orporate elements of &ranite for e%ternal $ alls, boundary $ alls and ! The / pper Hospital $ as developed in later years as a series of villas $ hi#h subse"uently lin+in& stru#tures and other #ompatible materials appropriate to modern redevelopment be#ame submer&ed in anne%es, #onne#tin& #orridors and alterations as the Hospital $ ithin the histori#al #onte%t of the site and a #onservation area' e%panded' ! The Forbes of (e$ e * belis+ 2 4503 is C listed' Local Plan ! :dentified as e%istin& health#are site but su&&ests alternative uses #ompatible $ ith ad7oinin& uses and remainin& #ommunity uses' ! Also identified as havin& potential for housin&' Forbes of (e$ e * belis+ 450, ar#hite#t 6ohn 1mith 02 Further Revised Draft 26 April 20 0 Development Brief for The Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen Contents 1.0 Introduction $.0 % pen Space / Landscape ' :ntrodu#tion ; 0' :ntrodu#tion 2 '2 1#ope and <urpose * f Development Brief ; 0'2 * pen 1pa#e . )ands#ape 1trate&y 2 '5 Approa#h To Brief ; 0'5 Tree 1urvey.8 ana&ement <lan 2 '; =ey Conta#ts ; &.0 Consultations .0 !he "xistin# Site 6' <rin#iple Consultees . 1ta+eholders 22 2' 1ite )o#ation 0 6'2 <ubli# Consultations 22 2'2 1ite :n City Conte%t 0 2'5 1ite 8 orpholo&y 6 '.0 Conservation and (uildin# Strate#y 2'; 1ite Ba#+&round and History > >' :ntrodu#tion and 8 ethodolo&y 25 2'0 1ite Des#ription and Chara#ter 9 >'2 Histori#al * vervie$ 25 2'6 ?%istin& Ar#hite#ture 9 >'5 Conservation Audit 1ummary 25 2'> * pen 1pa#e and )ands#ape 0 >'; Buildin& Conservation <rin#iples 25 >'0 Buildin& Conservation 1trate&y 2; ).0 Plannin# Policy (ac*#round 5' (ational <lannin& <oli#y /.0 Site Plan Development 0rame1 or* Recommendations 5'2 1tru#ture <lan 5 4' 1ite Capa#ity and Density 20 5'5 )o#al <lan 5 4'2 / rban Desi&n <rin#iples 2<la#e 8 a+in&3 20 5'; Aberdeen )o#al Development <lan ; 4'5 Development And Desi&n <rin#iples 26 5'0 <lannin& <ro#ess 0 4'; 1ustainable Desi&n <rin#iples 2> 4'0 8 i#ro!rene$ ables, 1/ D1 2> +.0 !ransportation, - ccess and In.rastructure 4'6 ?%ternal 8 aterials 24 ;' A##ess And Cir#ulation 6 ;'2 Transport Assessment 1ummary > 2.0 !echnical - ppendix 29 ;'5 <ubli# Transport 4 ;'; <ar+in& 4 ;'0 @ reen Transport <lan 9 ;'6 @ round Conditions And <ubli# / tilities 9 ;'> Cy#lin& And Cy#le <ar+in& 20 05 Further Revised Draft 26 April 20 0 se#tion Development Brief for The Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen 0 introduction 1.1 introduction 68 ar#hite#ts $ or+in& $ ith Ryden have been #ommissioned by (H1 @rampian to prepare this development brief for redevelopment of the )o$ er and / pper Hospital areas of the Royal Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen' 1. Scope and Purpose o. Development (rie. To provide #lear &uidelines for re!development of the )o$ er and / pper Hospital areas of the Royal Cornhill Hospital, en#ompassin& aspe#ts su#h as layout, e%istin& buildin&s and materiality in the histori#al #onte%t of the site $ ithin a #onservation area' 1.) - pproach to (rie. * ur remit for this e%er#ise is to #reate an a##eptable desi&n brief for the redevelopment of the upper and lo$ er sites at the Royal Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen' * ur approa#h to this tas+ is to be&in by understandin& the pla#e, respe#tin& its herita&e and #onsiderable #harm, to learn and analyse the urban morpholo&y and underlyin& urban &rain of the site and surroundin& #onte%t, understandin& indi&enous buildin& typolo&ies, and parti#ularly the urban stru#ture of the e%istin& built fabri# on the site' The primary purpose of any development brief is to inform and &uide future development in a positive $ ay and in a $ ay that $ or+s to preserve and enhan#e the +ey "ualities of the site in relation to the City A $ ith the ob7e#tive of a#hievin& full inte&ration of the site ba#+ into the urban stru#ture of the City as part of a $ ider strate&y of re!urbanisation of ma7or #ity sites su#h as this' 1.+ 3ey Contacts (to be confirmed) Fi&ure &round plan indi#atin& site in #onte%t Client (H1 @ rampian )ead Authors B <lanners Ryden 0; Further Revised Draft 26 April 20 0 se#tion Development Brief for The Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen 02 the existing site .1 Site location The site is situated appro%imately 20 minutes $ al+in& distan#e to the north $ est of Aberdeen City #entre alon& the Berryden Corridor' The retail par+ at Berryden flan+s the eastern ed&e $ hilst the ne$ Cornhill Hospital o##upies the south!$ estern #orner ' The aspe#t to the $ est presents a vie$ of C estburn <ar+, and to the north the rear &ardens of Chestnut Ro$ provide Cornhill in $ ider #ity #onte%t a stron& linear ed&e' 1t 8 a#har . Site in city context A#ademy Hospital buildin&s have been present at Cornhill sin#e the Royal :nfirmary $ as founded in th th / niversity of >5>' Durin& the 9 and 20 #enturies the #ity has spread into the area, both from Denburn Aberdeen in the #ity #entre and from * ld Aberdeen in the north' The Cornhill par+land that $ as on#e lin+ed to the hamlet of Berryden on the periphery of the #ity is no$ #onsidered to be #entral' Rail$ ay )ine <rominent elements of the lo#al area in#lude the Royal :nfirmary that is #onne#ted to the development site via Cornhill Road' This road also $ inds past C estburn <ar+ $ ith its mature lands#aped &ardens and publi# sports fa#ilities' Berryden Retail <ar+ The ,Berryden Corridor- has housed industrial fun#tions sin#e the lar&e ba+eries and #orn mills of the early 900-s' :t is no$ home to several siDable retail units and their asso#iated #ar par+in&' <roposed 1ite Royal :nfirmary C estburn <ar+ Ei#toria <ar+ / nion 1treet Cornhill in lo#al #ity #onte%t 00 Further Revised Draft 26 April 20 0 se#tion Development Brief for The Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen 02 the existing site .) Site morpholo#y From an urban desi&n perspe#tive it is important that the desi&n of proposals for the site should be informed and that ideas should ori&inate from the #onte%t of the site and it-s surroundin& areas $ ithin the overall #onte%t of the #ity' 1tudies of the histori#al and #urrent morpholo&y #an be revealin& and often aid in ori&inatin& #on#eptual ideas and stru#tural urban prin#iples' The e%istin& buildin& morpholo&y of the site is not easily #lassifiedF the ne$ 949 hospital is a lo$ lyin& spra$ lin& buildin& or&anised as a spine $ ith $ in&s, it also has a number of stand alone stru#tures' As an out#ome there remains a series of left over spa#es $ hi#h are lands#aped' :n #ontrast, the e%istin& disused hospital buildin& has a more le&ible urban form perimeter blo#+s, en#losin& spa#es' The #larity of this pattern is some$ hat diluted by a series of additions and buildin& infils' Ho$ ever, its out#ome is that of a re#o&nisable urban form that ma+es an important #ontribution to the "uality and #hara#ter of the Conservation Area' * ur initial study of the $ ider #onte%t, namely the Ash&rove nei&hbourhood on the northern boundary of the site, and the Rosemount area to the southern boundary, sho$ ed t$ o distin#t urban patterns A a re&ular north south linear urban pattern in Rosemount and a more or less east $ est linear pattern #hara#terisin& Ash&rove' Beyond these areas the urban fabri# is in#oherent, fra&mental and diffi#ult to #larify' / rban form indi#atin& predominant &rid patterns 06 Further Revised Draft 26 April 20 0 se#tion Development Brief for The Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen The small hamlet of 02 Berryden is still identifiable Berryden House the existing site Forbes of (e$ e * belis+, 450 .+ Site (ac*#round and H istory * ri&inal 422 Hospital The