Gateshead’s Trinity Square approved
November 26 2010
Designed by 3DReid the scheme includes a town square, 45 retail units, offices, a 950 bed student village, underground parking and a Tesco store.
Provision has also been made for a possible hotel.
A range of sustainable features will be accommodated in the designs; including brown and green roofs, tree planting, a combined heat and power plant and even the potential for an artificial nesting platform for peregrine falcons.
It will occupy the site of the former Trinity Square Shopping Centre and Car Park, for which Owen Luder received a Rubble Club award last year.
Work should get underway by Spring 2011.
gateshead is looking to gat ahead with these proposals
Tesco will be giving Gateshead some retail therapy
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7 Comments
#1 Posted by Angel of the North on 26 Nov 2010 at 19:08 PM
That last picture is of the former Cat B listed Odeon/ formerNew Victoria in Edinburgh. The rest is Tescotown 3DReid crap, which will not enhance the centre of Gateshead in the slightest.
#2 Posted by Angel of the south on 26 Nov 2010 at 19:35 PM
Anyone who uses 'crap' in a comment in replacement of proper english obviously is not worthy of bothering about.
Personally i'm sick of reading nonsense comments on this site. Time for urban realm to sort it out.
Personally i'm sick of reading nonsense comments on this site. Time for urban realm to sort it out.
#3 Posted by No angel on 26 Nov 2010 at 22:51 PM
Should that extend to people who cannot use capital letters correctly?
#4 Posted by Metatron on 27 Nov 2010 at 01:13 AM
As Urban Realm rarely provides any real critique it's left to the comments to state that crap is crap.
#5 Posted by Angel of the North on 27 Nov 2010 at 12:00 PM
Try CABE and English Heritage then. Summary: it's crap. That's what happens when you allow Tesco to rebuild your town. I'm not sure you get Clubcard points on it.
http://www.cabe.org.uk/design-review/trinity-square-gateshead
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/11/24/gateshead-shopping-centre-revamp-criticised-72703-27706755/
http://www.cabe.org.uk/design-review/trinity-square-gateshead
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/11/24/gateshead-shopping-centre-revamp-criticised-72703-27706755/
#6 Posted by Michael on 29 Nov 2010 at 12:08 PM
Difficult mixed use brief on prominent site with commercial client trying to cram in as much sq ft as possible resulting in mish mash of forms and footprints in unsuccessful over-development? Surely, you are not surprised?
#7 Posted by Leslie r.i.p on 29 Nov 2010 at 12:09 PM
I'm not surprised - and don't call me Shirley.
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