Foxwood Industrial Park [Chesterfield | New Build]
DesignXY Ltd director, Kris Barry, provides services as architect for the design and development of six new light industrial / retail units, in Sheepbridge, Derbyshire.
On an existing brownfield site that had laid dormant for over a decade, the Client’s brief was to design a set of buildings that offered light industrial and storage units and the associated external landscaping and car parking.
The design was required to offer an alternative to prospective tenants from the standard industrial units on other surrounding sites, within what the Client called a ‘reasonable’ budget.
Part way through the construction of the industrial units with the shells almost complete.
Neat detailing of the junctions between wall and roof materials, especially at corners, give a crisp finish to the industrial unit.
Different ‘shop fronts’ were fitted to the industrial units to offer flexibility for rental to a range of tenant types, with some having windows and a standard door as well as roller shutters.
The industrial unit complex is complete. Tenants moved in and provided their own signage within a specified zone on the front of the unit
Internally the industrial units were left open plan for tenants to fit out in a way that suited them.
Mechanical and Electrical services were left exposed in the roof spaces at the top of the units for ease of access for maintenance.
Levels issues on the existing site dictated to some extent the location and potential massing of the buildings to ensure the full site was used efficiently in the combination of useable industrial unit floor area versus sufficient car parking for each unit.
Also balancing the floor area of the unit against the amount of frontage was tricky, especially whilst factoring in managing deliveries, visitors and waste disposal. Part of gaining planning consent involved demonstrating to the Highways Officer that the carriageways being provided as part of the design were large enough to accommodate these service vehicles.
The end result however was an interesting and distinctive set of industrial units that also took advantage of commonly used materials to present a different aesthetic when applied in innovative and inexpensive ways.
Project Facts :
Work undertaken by Kris, as Director at his previous practice, SIX Architecture + Design Ltd.