Lighting. Lighting Strategy. Public Realm

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1 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE Lighting Lighting Strategy Public Realm The public realm lighting for Fenwick Place will compliment the landscape and surrounding architecture whilst creating a welcoming and safe environment for visitors. The design will utilise low level integrated illumination along side accent illumination to feature street furniture and planting to ground the scheme on a human level. This will help to ensure that the spaces feels vibrant and animated whilst celebrating the textures and materials present in the landscape. 2 Feature column luminaires will be utilised to boost the ambient illumination as required. This will ensure safe levels throughout whilst creating moments of focus. 3 The design will support way finding in the space by using a layered approach which prioritises elements to reinforce the visual hierarchy. 4 1 KEY: Thresholds - Utilise higher levels of light to create a visual hierarchy and aid wayfinding Feature planting - Highlight selected trees and planting Planters / street furniture - Consider integrated lighting to enhance for and provide general lighting Dwell Areas - Create a warm welcoming atmosphere Key routes Secondary routes Key Elevations - Ensure any green walls or other elevations with architectural significance are well illuminated 484 Fenwick Place plan - lighting strategy BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

2 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE Lighting Strategy Reference Images 1 1 Feature lighting columns in public realm 2 Uplighting to tree planting 3 Lighting integrated into planters / seating 4 Feature building facade lighting Full lighting calculations to be carried out as part of detailed design to verify outputs and locations BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 485

3 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE Wayfinding Wayfinding Strategy The signage strategy for Fenwick Place has been informed by the Wayfinding Strategy (October 2014), which was prepared to address Planning Condition A pedestrian route hierarchy forms the framework of the wayfinding strategy, which is populated with information points in the form of markers, monoliths, miniliths, fingerposts and waymarker bollards, following the Legible London family of sign-types. These have the potential to be augmented with third party signage, embedded surface wayfinding, printed media or digital technology, presenting a comprehensive wayfinding strategy. Cycle route signage will also be provided in accordance with recommended standards. The Legible London family of sign types include: Miniliths - used as the main navigation tool on narrow or crowded footways and at multiple entrances to transport connections Monoliths - used at major arrival points, in large public spaces, at the heart of communities and in major dwelling spaces Monoliths or Totems - used at major public transport nodes and main entry points to the Brent Cross Shopping Centre The wayfinding strategy plans included in this report outline proposals for signage in the area of Fenwick Place, and it is anticipated that a condition will be attached to the RMA decision notice for wayfinding and signage details to be submitted to LBB for approval. TRANSPORT TOTEM MONOLITH MINILITH Preliminary sign placement plan (Fig 4.2 from Buro Happold Wayfinding Strategy, October 2014) 486 BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

4 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE Secured by Design Secured by Design Fenwick Place has been designed to provide clearly defined pedestrian routes from the eastern car park to the main store entrance and onwards south to the riverside park and bus station to minimise route options and deter loitering in less well used areas. Clear lines of sight are provided between the various routes and spaces, and from the main entrance to the adjacent taxi drop off. A cycle route transects the main route, providing further activity and surveillance to this key entrance area. Planters have been provided at a height of 450mm, with planting within these generally to grow no higher than 450mm giving a total height of 900mm. Trees are clear stem trees of c. 7m height with a clear stem height of 4m to allow for inter-visibility between spaces at eye level. A number of multi-stem trees have been proposed, but these are birch species with light foliage which will not obscure views. Seating is provided along the main route to the store where there will be significant pedestrian movement to deter loitering and large groups gathering. All seating is to be fixed, with the exception of café table and chairs proposed for seasonal use in Fenwick Place. This will be the responsibility of Centre Management to remove at the end of each day. Lighting will be provided that ensures optimum lux levels for public safety and that enhances CCTV coverage. The centre will be supported by a 24 hour manned control room and evening / night-time patrols. In addition, PAS rated bollards are to be provided across potential vehicle attack routes, with 450mm high planters either side to prevent unwanted vehicle egress into the threshold spaces. Consideration will be given at the next design stage to providing parking provision within the adjacent layby for the emergency services - police, fire and ambulance. 487

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6 2.14 South Building East Plot 104 BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - CHAPMAN TAYLOR 489

7 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE Design Background Design Background Overview This was the site for the Eastern Hotel together with the spiral ramp access to the southern car park. The hotel has now been omitted and replaced by a management suite and other uses; for the reason discussed below in At ground level, there are extensive fire escape doors and a substation to the southern corner away from the Fenwick Place entrance. 490 BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - CHAPMAN TAYLOR

8 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE View from Fenwick Place looking South-West BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - CHAPMAN TAYLOR 491

9 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE Parameters and Criteria Height Parameters Overview The footprint of the South Building on Plots 103 and 104 is within the scale threshold. The principle criteria for the footprint is sizing and positioning it to enable a minimum 10m wide threshold at Fenwick Place. Height Parameters Parameter Plan 007 identifies maximum building heights, measured from the finished ground floor level (defined by the level at which pedestrian entrance points into buildings interface with the public realm). This diagram demonstrates general compliance with the building height parameters or otherwise. The plot design shown is within the maximum AOD level identified on Parameter Plan m Building to Building width 492 BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - CHAPMAN TAYLOR

10 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE LOD (+1m) Parameter Approximate AOD Level LOD (-1m) Parameter Height Diagram BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - CHAPMAN TAYLOR 493

11 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE Options Considered Options Considered Overview Until recently, Plot 104 has been the site of the second hotel. The hotel s lobby was at ground floor adjacent to Fenwick Circus threshold. On the plot, there was also retail A1 and A3 at lower ground, upper ground and first floor and there is also a spiral ramp to the southern car park location on top of the south, Bus Station, building on plot 103. The hotel was circa 12 floors high forming a high point on the south-east corner of the Brent Cross new town centre development. There was a lack of hotel operator interest in this location and the hotel was removed from the development plans. This south-east corner has now been reduced in scale and now comprises of retail and the spiral ramp. The retail is surmounted at 2nd floor (forth level) by the centre s management suite. Within the management suite, the offices are located to benefit from the views to the east and southeast. Possible Hotel Layout studies l eve L r o 494 lo F d oun r G er evel: w o L L r o o Fl N. r e w To REPORT - CHAPMAN TAYLOR BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT l a ic Typ 4

12 2.0 RETAIL & HOTEL PLOTS, BRENT CROSS MAIN SQUARE THRESHOLD SPACES & ENERGY CENTRE N KEY PLAN NOTES THIS DRAWING MUST NOT BE SCALED. ALL DIMENSIONS ARE TO BE VERIFIED AND CHECKED ON SITE. ANY DISCREPANCIES THAT ARE, OR BECOME APPARENT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO CHAPMAN TAYLOR. AREAS INDICATED ARE APPROXIMATE GROSS INTERNAL AREA. THEY RELATE TO THE LIKELY AREAS OF THE BUILDING AT THE CURRENT STAGE OF DESIGN. ANY DECISIONS TO BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF THESE PREDICTIONS, WHETHER AS TO PROJECT VIABILITY, PRE-LETTING, LEASE AGREEMENTS, OR THE LIKE, SHOULD INCLUDE DUE ALLOWANCE FOR THE INCREASES AND DECREASES INHERENT IN THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING PROCESS. COPYRIGHT CHAPMAN TAYLOR 2016 l: o Fl r e w To l a ic Typ #7 #5 ve e L or l, e t Ho 3 1 0@ :50 h c t e Sk s n a Pl A Possible Hotel Massing studies REV DATE BY DESCRIPTION CHK'D CLIENT Owner BRENT CROSS LONDON - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REPORT - CHAPMAN TAYLOR 495 PROJECT BRENT CROSS SHOPPING CENTRE Enter address here