Granville New Homes
Character
Granville New Homes combines high quality architecture with strong urban design principles to create a unique development with distinctive character.
The scheme’s relationship to the existing conservation area is its greatest strength. The massing and detailing of the new units pick up on features of the historic buildings, offering a contemporary yet sympathetic reiteration of existing housing types. The building design and layouts also ensured that existing mature trees around the site could be preserved.
Granville New Homes successfully delivers a variety of building types while maintaining a sense of place. The northern and southern blocks have their own distinct styles, yet consistency in materials and form unite them as a single development. This approach creates interest and variety while still maintaining a distinct character for the scheme.
There are clear, direct navigable routes throughout the development and good defensible space clearly demarcates the public and private realm. Entrances are well-defined by either canopies or glazing , which also help people to find their way around.
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