Oxpens Design Code - Project Aims
The design will aim to incorporate a number of key elements that will enhance the site by making it more pedestrian friendly and less car dependant. The above street scene from Philadelphia is an example how this can be achieved.
The outline structure of the Block aims to be both permeable and legible in accordance with the Urban Design principles in publications such as Responsive Environments (1985). The buildings are placed on suitably sized plots, specifically designed to be robust and flexible, therefore can adapt over time and change to suit the needs of the individuals and families occupying them.
The proposed development aims to bring together and create a thriving community through utilizing the open space in and around the development, which subsequently will increase walkability and help support local amenities meaning they remain sustainable.
Buildings will be specifically designed to maximise the use of their natural surroundings using appropriate materials which should enable affordable, low carbon energy efficient homes.
"Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with enough energy to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves".
Jane Jacobs
Welcome to Oxpens!
This is an new exciting project for an area of West Oxford that has been chosen to be transformed and revitalised.
Working alongside Oxford City Council, the area will be reinvigorated to produce exceptionally high standrads of urban design resulting in a thriving and sustainable new residential development, in keeping with the rest of city.
The creation of this new community will benefit the surrounding area by intergrating seemlessly into the surrounding neighbourhoods, yet still maintain its own identity and thus achieving a sense of place.
Tired and dilapidated landscape...
Lacking vitality and purpose...
Scope for mixed use scheme on brownfield site...