1. WIDER ICKNIELD PORT LOOP AREA
City Design Team | Birmingham | 2008

2. INTRODUCTION
BIRMINGHAM’S GROWTH AGENDA

3. EMERGING STRATEGY

4. AREA ADJACENT TO THE CITY

5. WIDER ICKNIELD PORT LOOP AREA
SIZES
Area of
299.8 ha
Population approx.
13265 residents
No. Of dwellings
5752
Density
19 dph

6. WIDER ICKNIELD PORT LOOP AREA
SIZES
Area of
299.8 ha
Population approx.
13265 residents
No. Of dwellings
5752
Density
19 dph
AIMS
- sustainable urban living

7. WIDER ICKNIELD PORT LOOP AREA
SIZES
Area of
299.8 ha
Population approx.
13265 residents
No. Of dwellings
5752
Density
19 dph
AIMS
- sustainable urban living
OBJECTIVES
- permeability
easy access and new connections

8. RAIL

9. ‘THE BIG CITY PLAN’

10. URBAN

11. EXISTING: THE BEST & THE WORST
URBAN BLOCKS

12. EXISTING: THE BEST & THE WORST
URBAN BLOCKS
GREEN SPACES

13. EXISTING: THE BEST & THE WORST
URBAN BLOCKS
GREEN SPACES
ROAD NETWORK

14. EXISTING: THE BEST & THE WORST
URBAN BLOCKS
GREEN SPACES
ROAD NETWORK
WATERFRONT

15. KEY DEVELOPMENT

16. EXISTING
RESIDENTIAL

17. EXISTING
RESIDENTIAL
INDUSTRIAL

18. EXISTING
RESIDENTIAL
INDUSTRIAL
HEALTH CARE

19. EXISTING USES

20. to KEEP it...

21. ...or to SWEEP it?

23. ON SITE...

24. WALKING

25. WALKING
It would take only 20min to walk from Brindley Place to Edgbaston Reservoir.
So why not take a walk?

26. WALKING
It would take only 20min to walk from Brindley Place to Edgbaston Reservoir.
So why not take a walk?
LACK OF ROUTES

27. WALKING
It would take only 20min to walk from Brindley Place to Edgbaston Reservoir.
So why not take a walk?
LACK OF ROUTES
BARRIERS

28. WALKING
It would take only 20min to walk from Brindley Place to Edgbaston Reservoir.
So why not take a walk?
LACK OF ROUTES
BARRIERS
NO ACTIVITIES

29. ...CYCLING?

30. NETWORK FOR PEDESTRIANS AND

31. CANAL TRANSPORT

32. FUTURE TRAIN

33. RAIL NETWORK

34. Could this...

35. ... turn into THIS?
TRAIN

36. ... turn into THIS? ... or THAT?
TRAIN

37. VISION

38. MASTERPLAN
The aimed sustainable urban living with vibrant new and existing communities will be achieved by:
- provided variety of easy access to the area
- increased connectivity and permeability

39. MASTERPLAN: BLOCKS &

40. MASTERPLAN:

41. Could this canal
turn into...

42. ... this canal LIVING?

43. ... this canal LIVING?

44. ... or this canal LIVING?

45. Could this
environment
become...
...THIS?...

46. ... present...

47. ... FUTURE?

48. GOING UP?

49. LOOKING

50. FINGERS INTO THE

51. FINGERS INTO THE

52. MASTERPLAN
The aimed sustainable urban living with vibrant new and existing communities will be achieved by:
- provided variety of easy access to the area
- increased connectivity and permeability
- created new networks and systems of urban spaces and activities

53. MASTERPLAN:

54. ... before ...
... AFTER?
RECYCLED BUILDINGS &

55. ... before ...
... AFTER?
ARTS CENTRE

56. ... before ...
... AFTER?
LEARNING

57. NEW SWIMMING

58. NEW SWIMMING

59. NEW

60. MASTERPLAN
The aimed sustainable urban living with vibrant new and existing communities will be achieved by:
- provided variety of easy access to the area
- increased connectivity and permeability
- created new networks and systems of urban spaces and activities
- introduced new principals for mixing the uses: smaller self–sustaining clusters of uses
and areas of characteristic specialties

61. MASTERPLAN: USES

62. MIX: RETAIL/HOUSING

63. Why couldn’t this
turn into...
...THIS?...
MIX:

64. Birmingham
has DONE
this before...
MIX: RETAIL/OFFICES/WORKSHOPS/LEISURE

65. MASTERPLAN
The aimed sustainable urban living with vibrant new and existing communities will be achieved by:
- provided variety of easy access to the area
- increased connectivity and permeability
- created new networks and systems of urban spaces and activities
- introduced new principals for mixing the uses: smaller self–sustaining clusters of uses
and areas of characteristic specialties
... and finaly revealed and redefined green spaces, waterfronts and other sites of
interests and exsiting activity nodes

66. ... could this turn
into...
... THIS?
THE BEACH

67. ... OR THIS?
THE BEACH

68. WATERFRONT PUBLIC

70. THANK YOU!
City Design Team | Birmingham | 2008
Simon Delahunty – Forrest
Agne Selemonaite
Patricia Gomez
Fiona Walker