Castle Mills York

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Facts

Location	Client	Cost	Size
York, UK	City of york council	£21m	8837m2

Project details

The Castle Mills development forms part of the first phase of the York Castle Gateway Masterplan delivered by BDP for the City of York Council in March 2018. The vision for the site located by the River Foss in this historic Caste Gateway area is a vibrant city-living neighbourhood of approximately 110 market rate and affordable apartments with commercial uses at the ground floor level. The revenue from the apartment sales will part fund the construction of St. George’s Field Car and Coach Park, which will enable the closure of the Castle Car Park in order to develop the Eye of York area into a world-renowned public realm space. The new pedestrian and cycle bridge will provide a new connection across the Foss for the local residents and visitors alike, which will improve pedestrian and cyclist permeability across the larger Piccadilly and city centre areas. The associated pedestrian routes will also link the scheme to the Castle Museum, whose long term strategy is to develop a new main entrance with a public connection to the Foss. Castle Mills will provide high quality apartments overlooking the Castle Museum, Clifford’s Tower and Piccadilly. Penthouses on top floors help create an interesting and varied roofscape complimenting York’s historic skyline. The ground floor will feature new commercial spaces to create an active street frontage along Piccadilly as well as a new dynamic public square allowing access to the riverside and the bridge.

Brief

The functional requirements of the building typologies
Solutions which provide value
Local climatic conditions
Local site constraints
The comfort, wellbeing and safety requirements of the occupants

Results

maximising Passive Solutions: We completed thermal comfort and energy modelling studies to inform the architectural design and servicing solutions
value Management: A focus on quality in the areas which will maximise value to the client in addition to solutions which provide comfort for occupants and staff in an energy efficient manner
design for Operation: Solutions have been developed to minimise ongoing maintenance requirements.