A NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR ENTERPRISE, CULTURE & LIVING Deals are done here. Clients are won here. Seeds are sowed. Lawns are mowed. The good folk come from far and wide. Inspired, hired and even fired. Twists and turns, lessons are learned. This is a place where people grow. Talented, creative, in-the-know. Art is made here. It’s influential. Families start here. There’s endless potential. Plays are performed. Bands are reformed. Here is where great coffee is brewed. Ideas are born and dreams pursued. WELCOME ST. JOHN’S | 5 TO 6 | ST. JOHN’S ST. JOHN’S | 7 HELLO ...A NEW COMMUNITY, A PLACE THAT DISTINGUISHES ITSELF BY ITS UNIQUE CULTURAL HISTORY, DIVERSE MIX OF INHABITANTS, RICH CONTEXT AND ITS POSITION AT THE CROSSROADS OF ST. JOHN’S... A NETWORK. PRINCIPLES UTILISE THE LOCATION’S CHARACTER AND CONTEXT TO CREATE A PLACE WITH ITS OWN IDENTITY. BUILD UP THE MODERN FROM THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN ICONIC HERITAGE, ENSURING A TRULY UNIQUE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITH AN EXCITING FUTURE. OFFER SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE BY PROVIDING A RICHNESS OF DETAIL - FROM HIGH VIEWS TO LOW VIEWS, SKY TO VILLAGE, RETAIL TO RESTAURANTS, START-UPS TO ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES. 8 | ST. JOHN’S ST. JOHN’S | 9 ALLIED LONDON IS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL AND CAREFULLY SELECTED CONSULTANTS AND PROFESSIONALS FOR WHAT IS ONE OF THE CITY’S MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS AND GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEXT DECADE. 10 | ST. JOHN’S ST. JOHN’S | 1 1 THE VISION 12 | ST. JOHN’S ST. JOHN’S | 1 3 FIELDS, RIVERS & MONASTERIES, CANALS, FACTORY WAREHOUSES & RAILWAYS, CIVIC BUILDINGS, UNIVERSITIES & HOSPITALS, MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS & ENGINES, WAR PRODUCTION, COMPUTING & FILM, MEDICAL, CHEMISTRY & MATERIALS, SCIENCE, ART, MUSIC & CULTURE ‘Cottonopolis’ – a view from Kersal Moor, 2.5 miles north west. 14 | ST. JOHN’S ST. JOHN’S | 1 5 Manchester - the first industrialised City: Invents and reinvents ideas, systems & things CULTURE & HERITAGE THE VISION BUILDS ON MANCHESTER’S HISTORY OF IDEAS, INVENTION AND INDUSTRY: A NEW CITY CENTRE NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR WORK, ART, MUSIC, FILM, CULTURE, MEDIA, “Cottonopolis” - ideas, production & connectivity “makes” the City: A place unlike any other TECHNOLOGY AND 6 FOR LIVING. Manchester - the first industrialised City: Cultural Cultural Heritage Invents and reinvents ideas, systems & things Cottonopolis - ideas, production and connectivity ‘makes’ the city during the 19th Century. Coronation Street is a British soap opera that was first broadcast on Granada Television on 9 December 1960. 1948 Manchester small scale experimental machine 3 computer, Manchester - the first industrialised city: invents and reinvents ideas, systems and things. Manchester University. 1948 Manchester small scale experimental machine 3 computer Manchester broadcasts to the world Manchester University Manchester Media City 16 | ST. JOHN’S ST. JOHN’S | 1 7 8 The ITV Estate - A unique 25-acre development site in central Manchester. - Strategically located adjacent to Spinningfields; the city’s premier business district developed by Allied London since 2001 and now a thriving mixed-use, retail, office and leisure destination. Prime Suspect “We were part of a unique enterprise and were one of the most important factors in a cultural revolution. That alone would make working for Granada an exceptional experience, but it was much more to do with being based in Manchester and having that special point of view, which was different.” Broadcaster and presenter, Sir Michael Parkinson on his early years at Granada, presenting Scene at 6.30, which featured the Beatles eleven times during the early 1960s. Russel T Davies Coronation Street The Royle Family Cracker World in Action VISIONARY OUR MISSION - REINVENT THIS ALREADY TEXTTEXTTEXT??? SITE ANALYSIS RESONANT PLACE HERITAGE APPROACH TO THE SITE ITV ESTATE MASTERPLAN, MANCHESTER St John’s and neighbouring Castlefield is an area of 4 | John McAslan + Partners | St Johns Quarter Masterplan | Manchester Quays Ltd great historic significance. It’s Roman beginnings are overshadowed by the changes Manchester underwent to BRIEF become the world’s first modern metropolis. 1: THE VILLAGE The area reflects the impact of the key changes in transport, Area: 18,100m2 commerce, industry and entertainment which are preserved Includes the exsiting ITV studio, Bonded in both its architecture and infrastructure. It is an area - SITUATE A Warehouse and Headquaters Building. that represents Manchester at its best in terms of global Uses: Workspace, Studio Space, influence and is a touchstone for an approach to influential Residential, Leisure & Retail change in the future. The proposals to consider the area for World Heritage Status reflect the importance of the wider Castlefield neighbourhood. 2: THE CORE SITE NEW HIVE OF Area: 24,260m2 The major network of canal’s that characterise the area Uses: Residential & Amenities reflect the first transport revolution and the combination Target: 1250 new homes of tunnels and wharfs on the site offer the potential to inform the future public realm. The Liverpool Road Station 3: RIVERSIDE MANCHESTER represents the world’s first commercial passenger railway and the development of the area shows the influence 1 Area: 8590m2 of this had not only in terms of passengers but also the Use: Residential development of warehousing & distribution for the city region Target: 440 new homes 4 as a whole. 4 2 1 ACTIVITY 4: THE GLOBE & SIMPSON BUILDING The development of the site after 1945 reflects the rise of Area: the leisure and entertainment industries and the capacity for Manchester to challenge London’s position with a TV 2,500m2 (Solid line) provider that matched its BBC rival in its ability to both 3 3,800m2 (dotted line) inform and entertain. The legacy of the Coronation Street set as an icon of popular UK history can be put alongside 5: SITES C & D the triumphs of the industrial age in terms of its national Area: influence. - ST. JOHN’S 9,500m2 8,800m2 5 Use: Residential PRESAGES FUTURE Target: 800-900 new homes INNOVATION AND 5 GROWTH 6 20.01.14 ITV ESTATE MASTERPLAN, MANCHESTER - Bring the site back into short-term Develop the public realm: Heritage vibrant use. - Create a new mixed-use, residential- The site is made up of rich layers of ‘Urban Laminates’ St. John’s and neighbouring Castlefield is an Heritage Status reflect the importance of the site after 1945 reflects the rise of the leisure led city centre neighbourhood for and this will form the basis of the landscape response, area of great historic significance. Its Roman wider Castlefield neighbourhood. The major and entertainment industries and the capacity Manchester over the next 8 to 10 years. twisting, fracturing and overlapping to reveal itself as it beginnings are overshadowed by the changes network of canals that characterise the area for Manchester to challenge London’s Manchester underwent to become the world’s reflect the first transport revolution and the position with a TV provider that matched emerges in its new form. - Develop a best-in-class city centre first modern metropolis.The area reflects combination of tunnels and wharfs on the site its BBC rival in its ability to both inform and neighbourhood; a place to live, work This will drive a multi-level nature of the public realm the impact of the key changes in transport, offer the potential to inform the future public entertain. The legacy of the Coronation Street commerce, industry and entertainment which realm. The Liverpool Road Station represents set as an icon of popular UK history can be and play, a place for enterprise and from street level, to overhead elements, to sky gardens, are preserved in both its architecture and the world’s first commercial passenger put alongside the triumphs of the industrial innovation, for culture, entertainment that create texture, interest and activity. infrastructure. It is an area that represents railway and the development of the area age in terms of its national influence. and leisure; a unique proposition This achieves a diverse detail for St. John’s that can flux Manchester at its best in terms of global shows the influence this had, not only in terms for Manchester that will raise its and change throughout the place. St. John’s can become influence and is a touchstone for an approach of passengers, but also the development of international profile and set it apart the looking glass into the future of northern city life. to influential change in the future. The warehousing and distribution for the city and from its peer cities. proposals to consider the area for World region as a whole. The development of the 20 | ST. JOHN’S ST. JOHN’S | 2 1 PICCADILLY STATION PICCADILLY GARDENS VICTORIA STATION MARKET STREET TOWN HALL MANCHESTER CENTRAL SPINNINGFIELDS DEANSGATE DEANSGATE STATION SALFORD CENTRAL STATION QUAY STREET MOSI CASTLEFIELD LIVERPOOL ROAD TRINITY ISLANDS TRINITY ISLANDS 22 | ST. JOHN’S ST. JOHN’S | 2 3 A NEW NEIGHBOUR- HOOD FOR ENTERPRISE, CULTURE & LIVING 24 | ST. JOHN’S ST. 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