Middlehaven, a Waterfront Destination of International Stature for Middlesbrough
A £200 million pound project to create a community by the river has been announced. The project is estimated to create 750 new homes, 1000 new jobs and it will be the biggest carbon neutral development in the UK. And a team led by Tees Valley Regeneration, developer BioRegional Quintain and its architects Studio Egret West emerged as winners.
Developers Bioregional Quintain will create a community where people will live in a series of individually designed sugar cube apartment blocks, each one described as a neighbourhood in a box. These boxes may resemble a wine rack or the toppling tower game Jenga.
The scheme, which includes waterfront housing, offices and leisure facilities, has been drawn up by multi award winning architect Will Alsop.Work is due to begin on the first set of sugar cubes in 2007 and the entire project should be complete by 2012.
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April 25, 2007 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0