The creation of a new residential community on this waterfront site was an opportunity to think about how much benefit a landscape could provide. The former shipyard area will become part of a Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood, with new parks and squares created alongside the protection and enhancement of a County Wildlife Area which has an ‘exceptional’ population of common lizards. The public realm and landscape builds on the heritage and natural assets of the site, a decommissioned shipyard where the natural landscape has been able to thrive and expand. In response to this, Spacehub’s design creates a landscape and public realm that is wild in character and celebrates biodiversity. It shows how protection of nature can enhance the experience of living in a new urban environment and employs a mixture of remediation and habitat creation.
Brooke Peninsula
Client
Cardy Construction Limited
Location
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Landscape Architect
Spacehub
Architect
Assael Architects
Size
18.3 Hectares, 45 Acres
Residential
1,100 Homes
Commercial
3,441 Sqm
Status
Outline planning 2013
The creation of a new residential community on this waterfront site was an opportunity to think about how much benefit a landscape could provide. The former shipyard area will become part of a Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood, with new parks and squares created alongside the protection and enhancement of a County Wildlife Area which has an ‘exceptional’ population of common lizards. The public realm and landscape builds on the heritage and natural assets of the site, a decommissioned shipyard where the natural landscape has been able to thrive and expand. In response to this, Spacehub’s design creates a landscape and public realm that is wild in character and celebrates biodiversity. It shows how protection of nature can enhance the experience of living in a new urban environment and employs a mixture of remediation and habitat creation.