| Title: | St Helier Waterfront Visioning Framework, Jersey, Channel Islands |
| Markets: | Public Realm, Mixed-use |
| Client: | Jersey Development Company (JDC) |
| Services: | Landscape Architecture, Masterplanning and Urban Design |
| Region: | United Kingdom |
| Date: | Ongoing |
| Team: | HETA Architects, Iceni Projects, WSP, Waterman Group and MS Planning |
| Photography: | Gillespies |
Jersey Development Company (JDC) and their design partners have ambitious plans to transform the St Helier waterfront into a vibrant and sustainable waterfront district that will become a cultural gateway to the town centre. Our landscape led vision sensitively revitalises the existing waterfront and reconnects it to the town centre through a sequence of beautiful new connections and public spaces for islanders to enjoy.
Following a comprehensive and competitive design competition launched by The Jersey Development Company (JDC) in conjunction with the Design Council, Gillespies was selected to lead a landscape-led visionary framework to transform the southwest waterfront area of St Helier, which involves the designs for four of the Key Opportunity sites within the area covered by the Southwest St Helier Planning Framework (SWSHPF).
The Visionary Framework will establish the overarching narrative for the Key Opportunity sites known as 1, 2, 3 and 7 and set the design parameters for a high quality, landscape-led proposal for a mixed-use commercial and residential development.
Our proposals address the existing disconnect between the waterfront and the town centre through a unique landscape-led approach, which fosters a ‘people first’ approach. This approach will see the existing waterfront and surrounding land transformed into a vibrant mixed-use quarter that provides a series of green open spaces, including a park and waterfront that will support the island’s future needs.
Gillespies are leading the masterplanning, landscape design and public realm design, with HETA Architects delivering the architecture and ICENI, Watermans and WSP providing stakeholder and community consultation and infrastructure expertise respectively.
A consultation process has now been launched and we look forward to shaping the proposals with the community over the coming months.
You can view the recently launched consultation website here.
