Friends of BOOTLE STREET

Celebrating St Michael's Day - 29th of September 2016

7 initial proposals exploring the volumes on the Bootle Street site viewed from Albert Square (including some TALL options)

Illustrated below are a series of alternative images for projects for Bootle Street as viewed from Albert Square. These are based on the following 10 principles:

permeability

open space

plot subdivision

sustainability

active street frontages

appropriate facade materials

rehousing the synagogue

saving sir ralph abercromby

contextualism

transparency

To help refine these initial proposals please indicate the three best options in your opinion.

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Alternative A

Alternative B

Alternative C

Alternative D

Alternative E

Alternative F

Alternative G

Alternative H

Alternative I

Alternative J

Alternative K

Alternative L

Alternative M

Alternative N

Alternative O

Alternative P

Alternative Q

Alternative R

These results are based on alternative views at street level from Albert Square and represent only a snapshot of the alternative proposals, however they provide a framework in which some possible design principles become clearer. Looking at these unscientific results it seems that the most popular proposals (B, G, L, Q, R) all contain elements of the existing police station facade. This suggests there is some desire, in this sample, to retain the facade either completely or retain elements of its scale, form or material. That having been said the next group of proposals in terms of votes (A, H, J, O, P), although introducing new buildings, maintain the scale of the existing facade. The exception to this being alternative I which radically changes the form of the street.

Different alternatives of the views depicting the design of the site.

Some developing ideas about form use and content on the Bootle Street site.