The design has been developed to respond directly to the committee’s resolution and reduce the bulk and mass of the proposals along Riding House Street, Cleveland Street and Mortimer Street. The visual impact of the office building has been reduced by changing the pitch of the top floor mansard roof from 70’ to 30’. This has improved the bulk and massing along Cleveland Street and Mortimer Street. The top three floors, (rather than just two) of accommodation along Riding House Street have been recessed and the parapet line along Riding House Street dropped by a floor, making a significant reduction in the bulk and mass along the street. These set backs have created an opportunity for landscaped terraces along the upper levels.
[...]...02 Revised building footprint We have reduced the footprint of the buildings in order to create more space between the buildings and improve access into the garden The diagrams opposite illustrates the previous and revised building footprints The previous scheme is outlined in red and the revised proposals in black 7.2m This change improves the views into the site from Berners Street... apartments on these levels Riding House Street Diagram illustrating the previous massing along Riding House Street Riding House Street Diagram illustrating the revised massing along Riding House Street Diagram illustrating previous massing along Riding House Street ou ng H R idi t tree se S Diagram illustrating revised massing along Riding House Street Recessed top 3 floors Reduced parapet height Cle... the previous (in red) and revised building footprints for the development 03 Improvements to Riding House Street Reduction in mass and bulk The mass of the development has been reduced along Rising House Street by lowering the parapet height by 1 floor along the length of the street and recessing the top 3 floors of accommodation, creating terraces for the apartments on these levels Riding House Street... illustrate the intention to create recessed terraces along the upper floors which are opportunities for planting and landscaping Increase in amount of visible sky Looking up from the pavement on Riding House Street: previous scheme In the revised scheme there is more visible sky Riding House Street elevation The comparison of the previous and revised elevations illustrate the reduction in the parapet... crossing proposed as a traffic calming measure and to help with the school’s access into the site It is proposed to plant trees along the widened section of the pavement and introduce bicycle parking under the trees Pavement widened School Raised level crossing Trees Route through to garden View along Riding House Street The reduction in mass and bulk can be seen in this view looking along Riding House... House Street in which the top three floors of accommodation are recessed and the parapet lowered Previous proposal Revised proposal Riding House Street today The loading bay of the former hospital View looking east along Riding House Street Artist’s impression illustrating the proposals for Riding House Street 04 Improvements to Cleveland street Reduction in mass and bulk to office building Cleveland... the reduction in the parapet height along Riding House Street which reduces the bulk and massing of the building along this street The end bays of the building step up at the corners in order to relate to the Cleveleland Street and Nassau Street elevations The introduction of columns at 9m centres along the elevation, reflecting the scale of neighbouring buildings, creates a rhythm to the elevation which... landscaping within the garden can be brought forward to the pavement line so that trees are visible along the streets 5.9m As can be seen in the diagram, the size of the garden remains unchanged Mortimer Street treet House S Nassau Street Riding 6.6m Nassau Street 5.0m 8.0m Cleveland Street 7.2m reet se St ng Hou Ridi Tottenham Street Cleveland Street Garden Mortimer Street Diagram overlaying the previous... previously apparent The slight recessing of the ground floor accommodation visually articulates the building mass and further lightens the appearence Previous scheme elevation along Riding House Street Revised elevation along Riding House Street Street improvements A number of street improvements are proposed along Riding House Street These are in addition to the overall widening of the street previously proposed:... building Cleveland Street Section illustrating previous massing of the office building The bulk and mass of the office building has been reduced by changing the pitch of the top floor of accommodation from 70’ to 30’ This has the effect of reducing the visible parapet heights visible from the street by a floor (3.8m) and improves daylight and sunlight to neighbouring properties