City Road

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Client

Adactus Housing

Project cost

£1.2 million

Location

Trafford, Manchester

Project Description

Affordable apartments for the Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) community

We were appointed as architects on a design and built contract to build 14 new apartments on a brownfield site in Trafford. This was a contemporary scheme, on an emotive site and was subject to a large amount of interest from the surrounding community.

Key Features

Establishing a clear Client Brief. This was particularly important as the new development would provide apartments for the BME community.
Designing houses compliant with the requirements for all funding stakeholders, for example, HCA, Code for Sustainable Homes, Lifetime Homes, Building for Life.
Identifying risks to the project, innovating and mitigating risks. For example, local opposition to the development put pressure on the planning department and BTP effectively mitigated the concerns and objections raised in order to achieve a successful planning approval.
Establishing pragmatic, sustainable and solutions focused house types which are easy for the tenants to live in.
Delivering less carbon emissions and waste.
Supporting the local authority to realise the benefits of quality apartments by adding value.
Providing low maintenance and low life cycle costs.