Brent Cross Town

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This significant project takes a suburban part of London and makes it urban. There will be new streets, lanes and squares, parks and gardens, lined with homes and businesses with welcoming entrances; bound together by rich overlaps between indoors and outdoors, and between public, communal and private space. Compact and green, this new centre will be interwoven by routes and connections both within and beyond the site. The masterplan also sets out a diverse group of buildings - all underpinned by an intent to make a healthy, child-friendly place which is sustainable in the long-term.

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Two large parks - Claremont and Clitterhouse - provide access to open green space for existing and future communities

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Context

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The composition of the urban form creates a series of well-proportioned public spaces, a dramatic and delightful skyline and links to the surrounding context

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Housing forms the backbone of the masterplan, arranged around a series of courtyards and garden spaces

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An office cluster at the prow of the site towards Staple Corner will bring weekday economic activity

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Project Play will transform Brent Cross Town into a multi-sport destination for sport and active play

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Community and educational facilities anchored by a new Thameslink rail station

City
London NW4
Uses
Housing, Mixed, Retail, Workplace
Client
Argent
Status
Current
Size
83 ha
Units
6,700
Collaborators
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Co-architects: Makower Architects

Planning: DP9

Civils: Arup

Infrastructure: Arup and Steer

Landscape: Townshend Landscape Architect

Microclimate: AKTII

Sustainability: Buro Happold

Visualisation: Cityscape Digital, Visualisation One, CosmoCube, Atomik Architecture, Pixelflakes