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Mixed Use “When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and
Offices pride of everyone who built it."
Residential Hugh Newell Jacobsen
Retail
Masterplanning & Urban Design
Hotels & Resorts
Education
Health
Interior Architecture
HKR Architects is an international
architecture and design practice with
offices in Dublin, London, Manchester,
Belfast, Prague and Bucharest.
HKR’s portfolio of projects spans several
sectors – mixed use, offices, residential,
Masterplanning & Urban Design
retail, hotels & resorts, education and
health. The practice has dedicated
capabilities in masterplanning & urban
design and in Public Private Partnership
projects. It also specialises in the
design and fitout of interiors for all
types of buildings.
HKR has been designing buildings and
environments since 1992 and has gained
award-winning status internationally,
providing design-led solutions that are
functional and commercial, and highly
specific to clients’ needs.
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Masterplanning & Urban Design
When looking ahead, whether for 3 or for With the help of this agenda, and by
30 years, a well-planned site must be flexible applying HKR’s design principles, we
and adaptable, and ready for the future. provide our clients with the means to
create sustainable urban environments.
Developing or regenerating is about
building a long-term future and creating
a place where people come first. That is
why HKR’s approach to masterplanning
and urban design focuses on creating
environments where people can live and
work in a safe, integrated community.
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Our Masterplanning Process
HKR's masterplanning team creates designs Urban Design projects are often highly HKR’s approach to masterplanning
that address the social and economic complex. At HKR we begin by defining and urban design focuses on creating
requirements of a site’s location. a clear and comprehensive agenda that environments where people can live and
covers all the critical factors for analysis work in a safe, integrated community.
We do this by first undertaking a detailed and implementation, including:
contextual and socio-economic appraisal of
the site, then planning workable strategies › Prospective land use
for: › Urban character
› Land use › Structure and grain
› Transport › Density and mix
› Planning—both existing and › Scale, height and massing
aspirational › Continuity and enclosure
› Development—with clear parameters › Sustainability
for phasing and implementation
› Adaptability and diversity
› Landscaping
› Open space and amenities
› Details and materials
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Our Approach to Urbanism
HKR's philosophy is about delivering design:
› rooted in context
› a scaled response
› space positive design
› loosefit flexibility
and in the end, about the people.
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rooted in context...
Architecture in context is a strong and Recognition, memory, choice, sharing with HKR's role as urban designers is to work
eloquent visual relationship to its others, the acquisition of significance; on many scales, thoughtfully designing
surroundings. all these contribute to the process of public places and spaces, and to build on
successful Masterplanning. the unique local character and the best
Individual buildings must always be seen qualities of the forms inherent in that
as a part of the whole. Every project needs to be perceived as part geographic region.
of implementing an urban design project
Creating places and spaces that enrich the which entails gathering insights into urban
lives of the people who use them is the fabric.
foundation of Urban Design.
Every building can and should engage in a
dialog with the history, beliefs and needs of
a particular place and time.
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a scaled response...
People interact with their environment
based on their physical dimensions,
capabilities and limits.
Buildings scaled to human physical
capabilities have steps, doorways, railings,
work surfaces, seating, walking distances,
and other features that fit well to the
average person.
People also interact with their environments
based on their sensory capabilities.
The human perception is not purely a
physical act, it is affected by cultural
factors, personal preferences, experiences,
and expectations.
At HKR we understand that scale in
architecture should always respond to human
requirements and benefit the people who are
living there.
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loosefit flexibility...
Relative risk RELATIVE LIFESPAN
› art should be risky
FURNITURE
› architecture — adventurous
› masterplanning — conservative DECORATIONS
WINDOWS & DOORS
Many of us are living off the forward
thinking of the 19th century designers. STRUCTURE
Infrastructure built robustly and
STREET
conservatively can and should be generous.
This is the framework that all development
CITY
hangs on and is pivotal to HKR's
masterplanning and urban design.
If the network of urban space is created
to allow for the current use rather than
designed exclusively to the current use then
the adaptability of that framework is greatly
increased. This maximises its sustainability.
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01 space positive design...
The bane of most cities is leftover space, 02
which is often the instigator of social
troubles. Space has to be programmed
and designed.
At HKR we don't let the buildings get in
the way, we use the buildings to create the
space.
Space positive design is about
› public gain
› the best possible address
› the best possible development areas
› optimising development potential
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...and then we build it.
Projects
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01 Smithfield Market 02
Smithfield Market provides 1.3 million sq ft The mixed use scheme includes:
of mixed use space and represents one
of Ireland’s largest urban redevelopment › 78,600 sq ft offices
projects. › 500 apartments
The 4.5 acre development in Dublin was › 65,000 sq ft conference and exhibition
completed in 2005. facilities
› 57,000 sq ft retail
Smithfield Market now provides a new
› 32,000 sq ft cultural centre and cinema
urban quarter in this historic part of
Dublin city. › 28,000 sq ft gym and leisure centre
› 13,000 sq ft food market and
restaurants
› 93-bed hotel
› 40-bed Old Soldier’s Retirement Home
› 6,000 sq ft Medical Diagnostic Centre
› 5,000 sq ft crèche
› 900 basement car spaces
01 Smithfield Market, detail of tower
02 Smithfield Market, Market Square
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Design Process Finishes
In the design process, the scale of the The hard landscaping at ground level in
new buildings at Smithfield were carefully public areas contrasts strongly with the
considered. This was to provide both an rooftop gardens.
appropriate urban massing for this area
of the city centre as well as providing a The rooftop gardens are provided for the
balance between the heights of the new benefit of residents, an important social
buildings and the size of the historic space often denied to apartment residents.
market place.
Materials of the highest quality were
03
The new buildings form a strong edge to specified in the development and include
the square which are punctured by new Jura limestone, high quality facing brick,
04
routes for pedestrians that are carved out structural glazing and copper and zinc
of the old urban block. panelling.
Urban Regeneration
All buildings have been carefully considered
to form a new and appropriate urban grain
which will continue to act as a model for
urban regeneration in Dublin and provide
a major catalyst for the continued
01 03 regeneration of the greater Smithfield and
HARP area.
02 A cultural centre, medical centre, offices,
restaurants, retail, apartments and hotel
together provide a new urban quarter in
Residential Entrances this historic part of Dublin city.
Cultural
Offices
Retail
Hotel
Pub
Medical
Old Soldiers Home
Crèche
01 Smithfield Market, linkage plan
02 Smithfield Market, floor plan
03 Aerial view
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02 01 The Northern Quarter 02
The Northern Quarter is a prime retail- The current Arnotts Department Store will
led mixed use development anchored by be demolished and replaced with a new
Arnotts Department Store in the heart 320,000 sq ft state-of-the-art store, trading
of the retail core area of Dublin city over six levels.
centre. The 1.5 million sq ft development
will provide an integrated mix of retail, A decision to grant planning permission
residential, leisure and hotel facilities. was made by Dublin City Council in 2007
and construction is due to commence in
The site extends to 5.6 acres and links 2008 with completion in 2012.
O’Connell Street to the east, Henry Street
to the north, Upper Liffey Street to the east The Northern Quarter will be an
and Middle Abbey Street to the south. open street development arranged as
individual city blocks each with its own
Contemporary in design and providing architecture and identity.
a sense of place, the transformed and
pedestrianised Prince’s Street leads into the
newly created Abbey Square.
01 View from O'Connell Street
02 Aerial view of Abbey Square
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01
02 04
03 05
01 Sketch
02 Existing routes around the site
03 Proposed routes around the site
04 Existing active frontage
05 Proposed active frontage
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01
HKR’s design for the regeneration of
The Northern Quarter will create a lively
new shopping and entertainment area
complete with:
01
› New Arnotts Department Store
› Refurbishment and extension of
existing Pennys Store
› 47 new shops
› 13 cafés and bars
› Food emporium
› Sky restaurant
› 117 apartments
› 143 bedroom hotel
› Spa
02 › 157 car parking spaces
03 This project is exactly the kind of
ambitious, visionary development the
area needs, retaining the charm of an
open-street environment but overlaying
it with the dynamism and diversity of a
modern European capital.
01 Abbey Square
02 Aerial view of development
03 View from Henry Street
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01 St James' Dock 02
HKR has designed a mixed use scheme
of 670,000 sq ft for this 3.2 acre site,
incorporating offices, residential, medical
and retail accommodation.
This site at St James’ Dock is located in
Dublin 8, within walking distance of the
city centre.
The importance of the site today is
concealed beneath low-grade industrial
building stock. It is zoned for mixed use in
the Dublin City Development Plan of which
offices, retail and residential will be the
predominant uses, to facilitate employment
and residential activity in the area.
01 Detail of masterplan
02 View of proposed public square
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The original Grand Canal Harbour
configuration is the key to developing
this site.
01 The design of the scheme proposes a 06
ground plane informed by the original
harbour where buildings appear to float
above or rise from the bodies of water.
This layering of contemporary design over
the historic footprint of the harbour will
create a dynamitic public domain with a
powerful sense of place that can become
a focus for this new quarter.
02 03
04 05
01 Historical map
02 DCC Scheme: Similar to original basin
03 "Developer's Option": Minimal water
04 Flood the Site: Float the buildings
05 HKR's Proposal: Reinstate the original basin
06 Masterplan with routes
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01 The Digital Hub 02 05
The Digital Hub is a Government backed As part of HKR’s design, several late 18th
initiative set up to attract and develop and early 19th century industrial buildings
a global digital centre within the city of will be retained and reused including
Dublin, which will be home for digital the largest surviving Smock Windmill in
media and innovation companies. Europe.
There are at present over 50 such Commercial units on lower levels will be
companies on the site, which previously combined with Digital Hub offices and
formed part of the Guinness St James’ apartments overhead to allow a mix of
Gate Brewery. uses in every part of this 3.2 acre city
block. 03
The aim of The Digital Hub Development
Agency is to provide additional office At the heart of the design is the
accommodation in the region of monumental brick Windmill which
75,000 sq ft. will form an entrance to the Digital
Underground space, with taller elements
The proposed plans for the balance of the including a 16 storey office building being
site consist of nearly 300 apartments, the most prominent point of reference.
an additional 140,000 sq ft of offices,
shops, bars and a shop-front showcase for
The Digital Hub to be known as 'Digital
Underground'.
01 Model
02 Privacy boundaries
03 Sequences
04 Urban space
05 Masterplan 04
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01 Rohansky Ostrov 02
Sekyra Group, one of the largest developers Sitting alongside the new park of Zeleny
in Central Europe, commissioned HKR to Ostrov are the existing communities
design a masterplan in support of their of Karlin, Invalidovna and Liben. None
bid for this prime city centre site along the of these communities have a direct
river in Prague. relationship to the new park without
this masterplan.
HKR’s proposed design was the winning
bid. The masterplan delivers almost
4 million sq ft of prime city centre
development, rehabilitating two existing
neighbourhoods and adding a third. These
are all centred on a new riverfront park for
the city.
Housing is being created for the young
executives that will work in the new office
buildings, with significant attention been
given to the provision of amenities for the
young and old. This will help stem the
tide of a suburban exodus with a viable
alternative for family living.
01 Masterplan
02 Aerial of site
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Local commercial activity by the waterfront
with evening sun including a cafè and
cornershop
Green courtyards with
Streets connecting to local areas - front of
evening sun and views
houses entrances
Sunny evening side - close access to the water,
hard edge for BBQ, evening sun and outdoor Main street with commercial, office use
seating and an access street for vehicular access
to parking garage.
01
02
Sunny day side - soft edge for
sunbathing, picnics, sports and
recreation
03
Residential 'green street' with low
traffic activity
01 Masterplan sketch
02 Map of area
03 Masterplan diagram
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The new neighbourhood is anchored by Three Neighbourhoods
a retail highstreet that reaches from the
metro to the park, with a view up the river › Building on the identity and character
to the castle. of the adjacent communities
› Develop and accentuate local character
Sitting along side the new park of Zeleny
Ostrov are the existing communities › Create identity - sense of place
of Karlin, Invalidovna and Liben. None › New amenity for existing identity
of these communities have a direct
relationship to the new park without this
› Add complimentary activities
masterplan. › Three unique neighbourhoods, each
02
with a diverse demographic mix
Instead of trying to create a new place › Ensuring a balance in the role that each
and a new identity, we aim to be more respective city area plays in the city of
sustainable by using and improving on the Prague as a whole
01
identity of the existing communities.
02 › Karlin will be the least modified as it is
the most established.
› Liben is already undergoing 03
tremendous change with the docks
development and this will be taken into 04 Prague's new City Park - family, recreation,
account. sport and bio-diversity
› Rohansky (Invalidovna) is the least
› The site provides a new kind of
legible of the communities at present,
recreation along the River Vltava
and it is here that the new heart is
being injected, where it is needed › Integration with existing networks of
most. recreational islands
› Suburban amenity in the city centre -
to stem the tide of suburban flight
› Riverside walks and a new protected
waterbody to promote interaction with
the river
01 Site photo
› An olympic venue with a strong Prague
02 Site photo
identity
03 Building typology sketch
04 Masterplan showing - Zeleny Ostrov, Karlin, › Creation of habitat to keep wildlife in
Rohansky and Liben the city
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01 Arcadia Centre
HKR was appointed by Glenkerrin UK to Grouped in 7 separate urban buildings the
redesign the Arcadia Shopping Centre, a 4.2 development will create:
acre site at Ealing Broadway in West London.
› 500 residential dwellings in buildings
The development will create a new mixed of varying heights from 5 to 24 storeys
use development consisting of retail,
› 200,000 sq ft of retail space with a
residential, leisure and commercial in the
mix of unit sizes, and an anchor store
town centre of Ealing with significant new
of 57,000 sq ft
pedestrian links, streets and civic spaces.
This will create increased connectivity and › 18,000 sq ft health and fitness club
permeability in the heart of the town. › 5,000 sq ft of commercial space
› 325 basement car spaces
A residential landmark building of 24
storeys to Haven Green and 17 storeys › renewable energy provision of 20%
towards the south marks the gateway to The development will also include new
Ealing town centre and underlines Ealing’s civic and public spaces including 2 new 02
position as a major residential area. squares, Station Plaza and New Square.
03 04 05
01 Model view
02 Masterplan
03 View towards residential tower
04 View across Haven Green
05 View through New Square
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01 Sarasota Bayside 02
The urban regeneration of downtown
Sarasota will consist of over 2.5 million sq ft
of retail, residential, cultural, office and
leisure amenities.
HKR’s urban design concept provides a
‘golden thread’ of luxury retail frontage
making a new urban link between the
downtown and cultural districts of
Sarasota.
Over 700 apartments and condominiums
will be located in this prestigious
harbourfront site.
01 View through new pedestrian route
02 View through new plaza
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RITZ - CARLTON HYATT G. WIZ VAN WEZEL SYMPHONY HALL
SCIENCE MUSEUM PERFORMING ARTS
CENTRE
Site
Recent mixed use developments
Potential development
Sites required to complete city connectivity
01 02 Cultural district masterplan by City of Sarasota
New pedestrian route
FIRST STREET TO RITZ DRIVE
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03
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MAIN STREET
04
05
01 Section showing new public waterfront
02 Section showing new public waterfront
03 Sketch of new pedestrian route
04 Aerial showing zones and existing buildings
05 Aerial view from the east
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01 St Petersburg 02
This proposal is for a new business The development of this area establishes
masterplan in the southern area of a new urban edge to the south bank of
St Petersburg, providing residential, the river and establishes a new linear
office and retail accommodation. public square, from which access is
gained to the major elements of the
The objective of the masterplan is to help scheme.
regenerate this former industrial zone on
the left bank of the River Neva.
The masterplan is sensitively designed
to respond to the physical, social and
planning context of the area.
The planning condition for the area is to
create a strong continuous and solid edge
along the River Neva.
The masterplan comprises two sites, one
which is primarily residential, and the other
for business centre development.
01 Aerial of masterplan area
02 Map of area
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Residential Masterplan Business Centre Masterplan
The proposal for the residential site provides The proposal for the business centre
almost 700,000 sq ft of accommodation, site provides over 90,000 sq ft of office
with 25,000 sq ft of retail space. accommodation, 48,000 sq ft of retail and
655 car parking spaces spread across the
There will be approximately 750 residential basement, podium and street level.
units and a similar number of car parking
spaces. Two L shaped blocks with a central
courtyard are the main elements
forming the business centre layout. The
accentuated gap between these elements
with a large projected canopy forms a
gateway to the heart of the building.
01
The scale of the new buildings was 03
carefully considered in order to provide an
02 The aim of this masterplan is to make appropriate urban massing for the area.
the existing site a more attractive, lively
and prosperous area, transforming its
image to draw a wide range of people
to live, work, shop and enjoy this part
of St. Petersburg.
A mix of flexible commercial uses will
create a lively streetscape which provides
a major link to the future regeneration of
the River Neva embankment.
01 Detail of buildings
02 Aerial of masterplan
03 Office building
04 Sketch of residential buildings 04
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01 Dublin City Markets 02
A collaborative design team formed by
HKR Architects, Make Architects and
Gehl Architects has been selected to
redesign and redevelop Dublin’s famous
City Markets.
Focusing on the redesign and revival of
the site of the 19th century fruit, vegetable
and fish markets near the Four Courts,
north of Dublin’s River Liffey, the project is
to be completed on behalf of the Markets
Regeneration Consortium, and forms part
of Dublin City Council’s Markets Area Draft
Framework Plan.
The brief is to develop a new gastronomic
centre for Dublin with the redeveloped
fish market site as the area’s focal point.
The brief also includes the proposed
regeneration of the Fruit and Vegetable
Market building at the heart of the mixed
use development.
01 Aerial detail
02 Sketch of Markets public square
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02
In response to the brief, the strong
working collaboration between HKR, Make
and Gehl has produced a design which
opens up the site and transforms it into a
dynamic new urban focal point.
Combining world-class architecture with
the creation of a generous new public
space, the proposals will revitalise the area
with a rich mix of uses including retail and
wholesale markets, residential and office
accommodation, and food shops and
restaurants.
01 Sketch
02 Model
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01 Clancy Quay 02
Construction is underway on the
redevelopment of the 19th century Clancy
Barracks in Dublin.
The urban regeneration of Clancy Quay for
Florence Properties is a mixed use scheme
and will comprise:
› 750 residential homes
› retail and commercial units
› 15 storey 200 bedroom hotel
› fitness centre
› restaurant
› café
› pub
01 Detail
02 View of streetype
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01 02
03 The plan incorporates sensitive conservation
considerations, with 12 of the existing listed
buildings being retained and refurbished
as part of conserving many 19th century
aspects of Dublin city.
There will be off-street and convenience
shopping located within new and
converted existing buildings plus the
surface area has been maximised for
pedestrians and landscaping, with
underground parking providing capacity
for 1,200 cars.
01 Clancy Quay model
02 Site plan
03 Construction underway
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01 Heuston Gateway 02
HKR and a consultant team were
appointed by Dublin City Council in
2006 to undertake a feasibility study
of the 300,000 sq ft Heuston Gateway
in Dublin. The primary remit was to
re-examine the Heuston Gateway
Regeneration Strategy 2003, addressing
four key areas.
› The creation of a new pedestrian place
in front of the station where transfer
between modes of transport can
happen.
‘Heuston Square’ is to be a significant
space in the city of which Dubliners can
be proud.
› The development of Heuston Station as
a transport node, improving transfers
between modes of transport and
elevating the station to a world class
interchange.
The study was to test the assumptions
of the 2003 strategy and fully examine
01 Aerial detail
the technical and economic feasibility.
02 Aerial view
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› The development of the CIE lands
to the west of Heuston Station. The
underused swathe of land on the
verdant banks of the River Liffey and
close to public transport links is the key
catalyst site in the regeneration of the
area at large.
The redevelopment of these lands
provides a link between the IMMA
lands at Kilmainham and the Phoenix
Park which presently suffer from a
sense of disconnectivity.
› A reassessment of the lands on the
north and south bank of the river in
conjunction with the revised traffic
configuration around Heuston Square.
This includes the National Museum
Office
at Collins Barracks, the Croppy Acre
on the south side of the river where
Residential a new revitalised Museum Park is
Principle Traffic Flows envisioned, and the Guinness lands to
High quality existing buildings
retained and new insertions
the north where a river front mixed use
National Museum to extend footprint into new Museum Park to provide
added to create mixed residential
New public visible public presence and provide another public anchor to compliment
development will add people and life to
/ commercial zone
square the proposed buildings at Heuston Square this part of the city.
Expansion space for the National Museum
New pedestrian bridge
to connect new public
realm areas
Museum Park with new extended National Museum Building
New public buildings to anchor
activity at Heuston Square
Integrated landscaping to provide Strong connection to Guinness lands
privacy between buildings 01 New zones diagram
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01 North Lewisham 02
Commissioned by London Borough Proposals for each site were based on
of Lewisham HKR has developed, in detailed capacity studies and consultation
consultation with a wide range of with landlords and investors. The plan
stakeholders, a strategic placemaking was subsequently adopted by the London
vision for Deptford New Cross. Borough of Lewisham as a key planning
strategy document.
This vision celebrated the areas success,
addressed its shortfalls and explored its
development potential. The masterplan
proposed a series of strategies to improve
connections and raise the quality of parks,
streets and open spaces in the area.
In addition HKR considered the
development of six key sites and how they
would contribute to the regeneration of
the area.
01 Sketch
02 Masterplan
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01 Boddingtons 02
The 180,000 sq ft mixed use development
is contained within the sensitive former
Boddington’s Brewery site in Manchester.
This project forms part of the first phase
of a masterplan for the wider area. The
regeneration framework seeks to ensure
a vibrant destination with maximum job
creation.
The scheme contains a 4-star hotel and
offices, and will include a site-wide heat
and power scheme to ensure minimum
carbon footprint.
01 Aerial view of scheme
02 Contextual map
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01 Rostov-on-Don 03
Rostov-on-Don, located on the River Don, The mixed use scheme will comprise:
is one of the largest cities in the south of
Russia. The city is a significant river port › Over 1 million sq ft retail and leisure
and has always been of great commercial quarter
and cultural importance.
› 1,200 apartments
In recent years the city has experienced › 270,000 sq ft offices
considerable economic growth and is being › 200 bedroom hotel and spa
transformed into a modern, industrial and
technology-rich hub and bustling business
centre.
HKR has been appointed by Mall
Management to design a masterplan for a
new urban quarter of over 2.5 million sq ft
in the city of Rostov-on-Don. The project
forms part of a ‘string of pearls’ which
will link the city theatre with the River
Don and a new pleasure cruise terminal
on the river.
02
01 Site plan
02 'String of Pearls'
03 Aerial view
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01 03
02 HKR’s proposed design for the urban 04
regeneration of the new quarter will
revitalise the area with a rich mix of
uses including retail, leisure, office and
residential accommodation.
01 Sketch
02 View from Theatre Square
03 Proposed street view 1
04 Proposed street view 2
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01 Timisoara
03 04
Timisora is the second largest city in The proposed project is over 2 million sq ft 05 06
Romania. HKR has been working closely and incorporates a retail mall, hotel, office
with the city authorities to develop and residential accommodation.
the strategic potential of this area.
It's location, on the periphery of the In the public realm a new square will be
old town, makes it a key project in the formed with an underpass below the
redevelopment of an industrial zone that existing railway line, and there will also
sits just outside the railway line linking be a provision for a light rail station at the
the city stations. heart of the scheme.
The site has been carefully considered as
a true retail-led urban rejuvenation project
which will create new linkages between
streets and develop an area which can
become a multi-use living, working and
leisure development.
01 Detail of masterplan 04 Proposed active frontage
02 View from the park 05 Proposed bridging the old and new town
02 03 Proposed analysis of neighbourhood centre 06 Proposed industrial estate and mainline
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01 Melnik Town Centre 03
The growing town of Melnik, located north
of Prague city, has a population of about
20,000 and almost 100,000 in the wider
catchment area.
HKR has been appointed to masterplan
a site within the town of 120,000 sq ft,
which is currently in retail and cultural use.
The site is adjacent to a square, which is
now over-run with parking. There is a drop
of about four meters across the site, due to
the city’s hilltop location.
HKR’s design proposal is retail-led and
includes a hotel and leisure centre.
03
02
01 Aerial map
02 Concept sketch of masterplan
03 Model view through the proposed town centre
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01 Castleknock 02
This is a new heart for the village of
Castleknock, north of Dublin city.
The design will turn the through street
into a village square and create a new
pedestrian-friendly retail main street
which will tie into the existing retail offer,
such that both are strengthened.
The proposed plan, for Uxbridge Properties,
consists of residential over smaller retail
units with an anchor store towards the
centre of the site which has an office
building above. The office building is
proposed for a medical clinic occupier.
Overall the scheme is about 160,000 sq ft
with an even split between uses.
01 Detail village view
02 Aerial view of masterplan
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01 Pennyburn Cove 02
HKR was commissioned by Topaz Energy The objective is to facilitate the River
and Tedcastle Properties to prepare Foyle waterfront to become a location
a response to the draft masterplan for the where people will want to live, work, and
Pennyburn Cove site in Derry city, which spend their leisure time. It reinforces the
was unveiled by Ilex at the end 2007. overall spirit and direction of the broader
regeneration plan for the city as proposed
HKR has asserted that Pennyburn by Ilex.
Cove holds the key to stimulating the
rejuvenation of this section of the River
Foyle waterfront, which at present
remains the only section underutilised and
undeveloped.
A comprehensive development framework
will stimulate private and public sector
investment into a wider area, which
will fully realise the potential of the last
remaining development opportunity of
the left bank of the Foyle. The Pennyburn
Cove site will be the catalyst for this
redevelopment, however only as part of a
wider and more comprehensive strategy.
01 Detail of Masterplan
02 Masterplan
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01 East Village 02
HKR has been appointed by a consortium The scheme also connects to and
to develop a framework masterplan facilitates the growth of adjacent existing
for an area over 150 acres surrounding communities through the provision of
East Wall Road. The site is in a prime high-quality public spaces. Several distinct
location adjacent to Dublin city centre at character areas are designed within the
the confluence of several transportation scheme through a mix of tall and small
routes with a tunnel link to the airport. scale buildings to suit varying public and
private uses.
The proposal maximises its two waterfront
addresses onto Dublin Bay and the River
Liffey by opening up and extending routes
to these from the centre of the site.
A key part of the proposal is an
international business centre adjacent
to public transportation routes,
complemented with mixed use centres and
outdoor recreational spaces.
01 Aerial of site
02 Masterplan
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Projects in Progress
Aiken’s Village, Ireland Rhostyllen, UK
Bray Town Centre, Ireland Rockbrook, Ireland
BRNO Technology Park, Czech Republic Salford Central, UK
Budapest Airport, Hungary South City Bratislava, Slovakia
Catford Towncentre, UK The Maze Long Kesh, UK
Chancellor Lane, UK The Parklands, Ireland
Charlemont Square, Ireland Trinity Quay, Ireland
Collinstown, Ireland Victoria Warehouse, UK
Davitt Road, Ireland Zelenec, Czech Republic
Dinamo Moscow, Russia
Eyre Square, Ireland
Great Ancoats Street, UK
Independentei, Romania
Jinonice, Czech Republic
Klí any, Czech Republic
Ladbroke Green, UK
Acknowledgements:
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