Bryn Hir
TENBYPowell Dobson Architects were appointed to provide reserved matters approval to deliver 126 units (13% open market 87% affordable) for Pembrokeshire County Council. The new homes are designed with an architectural character sympathetic & responsive to the history of Tenby and wider Pembrokeshire, whilst delivering PCC objectives that require Net Zero Carbon Operational Energy and preferably Carbon Positive in that projects generate more renewable energy than they can consume.
In terms of an aspirational exemplar approach, and a potential Embodied Carbon Target, PCC/WG would expect any solution to comply with Good Industry Practice and therefore a maximum embodied energy target of 800kgCO2/m2 should be achievable without materially impacting on affordability. Key placemaking principles are also embedded in the design, providing a landscape led scheme which strengthens pedestrian links and provides and increase in informal and formal play to benefit the wider community.
- Client Pembrokeshire County Council
- Value £35 Approx
The application site is located on greenfield land approximately 1 mile north of the centre of Tenby. The site is bounded to the west by residential uses, countryside and further residential use to the north, countryside to the east and a cemetery to the south.
The material palette is based on the traditional tenby aesthetic, expressed in a contemporary way. Stone walling and rough render replicates historic tenby, with contemporary smooth render and minimal-frame windows with clean lines accentuates the contemporary look. Rainwater piping in black helps to frame each property and provides contrast against the white render. The colour palette is applied to each house sparingly, colouring only any window surrounds, front doors and cladding.
Feature windows help to distinguish key areas of the site, and frame views to Cauldy island and the sea. The two types of feature windows are an Oriel design inspired by those found in Historic Tenby that creates an internal window seat and frames views, and provides substantial additional depth to specified facades. The second is a more subtle smooth render surround that draws attention to standard windows, and provides visual interest to facades. This will be positioned at the focal point of views across the site.
CENTRAL GREEN
The central green takes cues from historical Tenby, with terraces and a more traditional appearance in window style and reserved use of colour in the doors only. The use of estate railings establishing clear front gardens is typical of historical and contemporary tenby. This clear visual style distinguishes the centre of the development and aids in wayfinding and placemaking, whilst maintaining a clear site-wide identity.
COURTYARD
The Courtyards create pockets of smaller “farmyard” identities within the development, bringing together the refined material palette of the central green, with the bolder colour of the parkland edge create a vibrant and close community feeling.
PARKLAND EDGE
The Parkland edge blends the development into the surrounding green space, introducing clad elements, and more detached and semi-detached structures to evoke a more rural typology. In combination with more open boundary treatments and more bold colouring, the parkland edge feels much more like a collection of farmyards than a traditional development.
