masterplanning

Facing page: Artist’s impression of our shortlisted competition entry for the Istanbul Theme Park Mixed-use Masterplan.

Front cover: The circular bench by artists Langlands & Bell is part of an extensive public art scheme within our Bristol Harbourside Masterplan.

Over five decades Cullinan Studio has gained an international reputation for designing successful and sustainable buildings, spaces and places.

We work with our clients.

We listen to your needs, respond creatively to your aspirations and collaborate with you to arrive at the best possible design.

The result is beautiful, intelligent and sustainable buildings. For every project, we are committed to creating the best possible environment for the client, user and the wider community.

CULLINAN STUDIOArchitects & Masterplanners

BRISTOL HARBOURSIDE ENGLAND

Opposite: The forms of buildings are used to define proper public spaces and stitch the scheme into the city centre. Above: The Harbourside development opens up the previously inaccessible harbour with a popular Riverside Walk. The final residential building is currently on site.

The masterplan at Bristol Harbourside is for a mixed-use development that has wide accessible public spaces, focused on strategic views and defined by buildings of appropriate scale to create a strong city centre character. The residential buildings have been awarded Building for Life Gold Standard and EcoHomes ‘Very Good’ ratings.

MAITLAND PARK ESTATEENGLAND

Opposite: New spaces with distinct identities will create a varied and more interesting landscape. Above: Proposed layout of the new community centre for the local residents.

Following four months of consultation with local residents we created a masterplan for the regeneration of an existing inner city London estate to provide new private and affordable housing, a new community centre and improved landscaping.

SHAHAT GARDEN CITY LIBYA

Opposite: Illustration of a typical neighbourhood centre. Above: Detail of the masterplan - walkable hilltop neighbourhoods are surrounded by rural smallholdings and wadi farms that help to integrate the farming culture of the local community. A new botanical garden lies at its heart.

Shahat Garden City is a 1500 hectare masterplan for a pioneering, carbon-neutral town at the heart of Libya’s Green Mountain region. Located close to the World Heritage Site of Cyrene, the scheme starts from a deeper understanding of what is already there, including archaeology, unique biodiversity, fragile agriculture, modern infrastructure and the local climate.

Opposite: Visitor strategy proposal for Cyrene. Each proposal emerged from a broader understanding of the organisation of other remains along the Libyan coast, linking the visitor’s approach to unifying urban features of the ruined cities. Above: An example of the archaeology in the ruined city of Cyrene.

GREEN MOUNTAIN PROJECTLIBYA

Cullinans were part of a collaborative team, led by engineering firm Ramboll UK, to propose architectural strategies to guide the sustainable growth of this underdeveloped World Heritage Site. We produced visitor strategies for the four main sites of Greek and Roman civilization - Teuchira, Ptolemais, Apollonia and Cyrene - from simple orientating devices to museums.

Singapore Art Museum

Cathedral

National Museum

We completed the 239,000m2 masterplan and 5 out of the 6 first stage buildings of Singapore Management University’s City Campus in 2005. The £89m low-energy scheme was designed, integrated and constructed from scratch in the heart of the developed cityscape. Porous spaces provide ‘breezeways’ to aid with natural ventilation.

Opposite: The design keeps a sense of open space and visual connection between the historic buildings that surround the campus, such as the Singapore Art Museum, the National Museum and the Cathedral. Above: Students relaxing on the central Campus Green.

SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY

Opposite: CGI aerial view of the proposed campus in 2021. Above: Project Director, Johnny Winter (far left), at one of several workshops with the students, staff and stakeholders of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

We provided the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a planning framework for their campus with sufficient sustainable accommodation for the predicted increase from 19,000 to 27,000 people. New courtyards are defined by buildings that bridge the levels; these valuable amenity spaces benefit from the onshore breezes, which are channelled along the promenade.

Opposite: The masterplan aims to make a beautiful and enticing landscape which local people and visitors will be eager to explore and come to cherish as a special place. Above: The Conkers Tower and Demonstration Forest beyond.

HEART OF THE FORESTENGLAND

The new 1,000 acre forest park lies at the centre of the 200 square mile National Forest. The realisation of ‘The Heart of the Forest’ project will fulfil local aspirations to repair the scarred landscape of this former colliery. The masterplan proposes a series of timber structures, a tree-top walkway, iconic footbridges, a look-out tower, green transport and a water sports centre.

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Shown in this booklet are 17 of 50 masterplans we have designed in the last 45 years.

1_Bristol Harbourside, England2_Penarth Heights, Wales3_Heart of the Forest, England4_Masshouse Circus, England5_University of East London Campus, England6_Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, England7_Letchworth Transition Town, England8_Centre for Mathematical Sciences, England9_Stonebridge Site 10, England

10_Multi-use Masterplan, Istanbul, Turkey11_Shahat Garden City, Libya12_Green Mountain Project, Libya13_Education Centre, Abu Dhabi14_Chinese University of Hong Kong Campus15_Singapore Management University16_University of North Carolina Campus, USA17_Tama Forest National Park Study, Japan

Cullinan Studio is committed to collaborative design to make fine architecture that fulfils the needs of the client, the users and those of the wider society. We have been designing carefully composed innovative buildings and places for many years. In this booklet we have included a selection of our current and completed masterplan projects that illustrate the our approach to architecture, public space and landscape.

We have consistently won awards including:• AJ Retrofit Awards for our own studios and Rosendale Primary

School in London in 2013• RIBA Award and BCI Commendation for the BFI Master Film Store

in 2012• Special Civic Trust Award 2011 for Community Impact &

Engagement; and a Building for Life Gold Standard and Award for the Stonebridge Hillside Hub

• Building Magazine’s Architectural Practice of the Year 2010• Building Design’s Public Building Architect of the Year 2010• the 2008 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Ted Cullinan• the 2002 Stirling Prize Shortlist for the Downland Gridshell

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