Robin Snell and Partners

We were approached by the Wormsley Estate to consider how they might incorporate a new multi-purpose exhibition and entertainment facility within the context of its famous cricket ground in order to give them the ability to use and enjoy the qualities of the site all year round rather than just during the summertime.

Our proposal suggests a series of design ideas and strategies, as part of a wider “Events Masterplan” for the Estate. The project proposes a new net zero energy, carbon negative timber frame Boundary Room, powered by rooftop photo-voltaic cells, continuing the lineage of the family of Pavilions we have previously constructed for Estate.

A new landmark on Harrogate’s West Park as part of a wider urban design strategy aiming to help stimulate commercial and residential opportunities for development along the length of a popular local promenade next to and over-looking the Stray, Harrogate’s famous open parkland.

The mixed-use 12,000 Sq. m development comprises shops, offices and homes at the northern end of one of the town’s historic axes. It counterbalances Cambridge Circus in the town centre to the south in order to create a new magnet at the opposite end of the Stray to significantly enhance this corner of the town.

The project, undertaken as an international collaboration with Bystrup Architecture and Engineering, Aecom, Cowi and DP9 is to design a new pedestrian and cycle bridge across the Thames in central London.

Following extensive consultation with the public and stakeholders, a preferred location for the new crossing has now been identified.

The new crossing offers the opportunity to connect the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area (one of Europe’s largest regeneration projects) with new and existing routes both locally and city wide; to encourage healthier travel for communities on both sides of the river; and to positively shape the riverside public realm.

This project proposes future working environments for start-up companies in rural Cambridgeshire.

Four net-zero carbon modular bamboo pavilions provide loose fit open-plan studio workspaces for young designers and entrepreneurs within an inspiring landscape setting as part of a campus masterplan development for ARCC Innovations.

The pavilions investigate the ideal of a rural workplace environment, within a social, collaborative and nurturing context and form a new sustainable ecosystem for the site.

The game of Real Tennis dates back over 400 years and the court design has changed little in this time. The practice is developing a low cost, modular and demountable court built from engineered timber that substantially replicates the playing experience found in traditional masonry courts.

This new type of court may be constructed inside an existing building, or as an independent weatherproof pavilion, capable of being located in a variety of settings. The aim is to create new opportunities to assist the expansion of the game.

St Martin-in-the-Fields Almshouse Charity, established over 400 years ago, provides accommodation for the residents of Westminster who cannot afford their own housing. This project is the redevelopment of the Charity’s existing site in St John’s Wood, London.

The design seeks to address the question of what an urban almshouse should be in the 21^st Century, by creating 44 apartments, with a mix of one and two bedroom units over four storeys for the elderly and also key workers: The intention is to provide for an integrated community in leafy St. John’s Wood.

Won through an invited RIBA Competition, the project is for the design Master Plan for the front of house spaces at the home of English National Opera and London’s largest theatre, the Grade II* listed Coliseum.

Phase 1, the Lead-in Project, completed in the summer of 2016, opens up the front of house spaces for the 21^st Century, relocating the box office, creating news bars, a lounge and a display space. The project includes temporary spaces as a way of testing out new ideas for the future development, including the design of a range of pop-up furniture and re-locatable bars.

Subsequent phases aim to create a complete theatre experience – from ‘Stage to Street and from Street to Seat’.