Contract for Architectural Services for a Regeneration Project at Station Approach, Winchester, Hampshire

The Council is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced architects in relation to entering into a form of appointment to provide architectural design and related services for a commercial and residential property development at Station Approach.

The aim of the Development is to realise the area’s potential, both in relation to the city’s economy and its role as a gateway. If it is successful, the Development could have a positive impact on the economy and environment of the city as a whole. It should provide a new and improved public realm with better walking and cycling links for people who live and work in the area, or who move through it.

A successful outcome of the regeneration of the area would be the creation of commercially successful developments: a distinctive local character respecting the best of the neighbouring areas; and an improvement in the connectivity between the emerging suburb of Barton Farm, the historic area of Hyde, the station and the town centre.

The Council is seeking to redevelop two key sites at Carfax and Cattlemarket as well as seeking to enhance and develop the public realm and transport links throughout the area. The Carfax and Cattlemarket sites are two key parcels of land within the area which are both owned by the Council and in excellent sustainable locations, offering the potential for creating innovative and attractive designs and public realm improvements and much needed commercial and housing development together with car parking and financial returns. Development of these is seen as both an objective in itself and as a catalyst for other improvements to public and private interests in the area The Council is seeking high quality contemporary designs for both sites in the Project for a mixed use commercial, housing, parking and a small amount of retail development which blends and complements its surroundings and which also investigate opportunities in the area to improve the public realm and accessibility to the sites.

The successful Participant's designs will place sustainability and sustainable practices at the heart of the project design, construction and future operation.