Barton Park Phase 3
Location Oxford
Client Redrow Homes
Content 207 Residential Units (40% Social Rent)
Status Built
This is an example of the close and collaborative effort between the entire project team and is a testament to the commitment of Redrow, Grosvenor and Oxford City Council to delivering much needed homes in a sustainable community. Our carefully considered design is integrated into the existing neighbourhood to create a new exemplar ‘21st century garden suburb'. We are really pleased to be involved with the delivery of new housing for Oxford.
Adam West, Director, CZWG Architects
For more information on this project please contact CZWG Director Adam West.
Barton Park is delivering a vibrant new community that will help stimulate regeneration in adjoining neighbourhoods. An exemplar 21st century garden suburb and one of the first NHS England Healthy New Town sites, it was developed as a JV between Grosvenor and Oxford City Council. Phase 3 is the least dense neighbourhood within Barton Park and provides a sensitive interface with its surroundings. CZWG have designed a coherent range of new housing typologies for Redrow, totalling 195 three and four-bedroom detached and semi-detached houses and 12 apartments. The distinctive house designs draw inspiration from architectural features found locally, with six character areas responding to immediate context, transitioning between earlier more urban phases of Barton Park and the adjacent suburban neighbourhood of Barton.
The houses are laid out around a permeable network of shared-surface streets and ‘pocket parks’ attractive to pedestrians and cyclists; supporting the use of more sustainable transport modes by eliminating vehicular through routes and helping residents to live healthier, more active lives. The public realm maintains old field boundaries and is inspired by the local productive landscape, with a planting strategy which includes the use of edible fruits, herbs and herbaceous perennials. All homes are designed to maximise benefit from the surrounding green and verdant landscape, enjoying integrated green spaces and community facilities.
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