Western Harbour, Edinburgh
This landmark waterfront development for Forth Ports will create a new residential neighbourhood, involving the construction of some 2,000 apartments, along with associated roads and infrastructure, over several phases on a reclaimed and stabilised site at Western Harbour. On what is a complex and challenging site, Woolgar Hunter are providing geo-environmental design and input, civil engineering infrastructure design as well as structural engineering design.
Client: Edinburgh Forthside Developments Ltd
Architect: 7N Architects
Western Harbour, Edinburgh
This landmark waterfront development for Forth Ports will create a new residential neighbourhood, involving the construction of some 2,000 apartments, along with associated roads and infrastructure, over several phases on a reclaimed and stabilised site at Western Harbour. On what is a complex and challenging site, Woolgar Hunter are providing geo-environmental design and input, civil engineering infrastructure design as well as structural engineering design.
The site enabling works involve preloading of the infilled harbour to create a suitable platform for construction. Complex geo-environmental analysis has been undertaken to understand and manage the ground gas risks and mitigation requirements. The new civil infrastructure includes the design and construction of an adopted road network Incorporating shared surfaces and exemplar SuDS features, along with the associated below ground foul and surface water drainage systems.
The building design involves a series of medium rise apartment blocks, which have raised garden decks to create an internal courtyard, with space for at grade parking below. The buildings range from four to eight storey and include a steel frame podium deck to allow retail units to ground floor level. Various design options for the superstructure have been developed, in reaction to the construction market and availability of materials and labour. These include timber and lightweight metal frame systems, as well as steel framed and modular CLT options. The building elevations are a mixture of brickwork and precast elements. Due to the poor ground conditions the foundations are piled.
The first plot is currently in the construction stage.
The site enabling works involve preloading of the infilled harbour to create a suitable platform for construction. Complex geo-environmental analysis has been undertaken to understand and manage the ground gas risks and mitigation requirements. The new civil infrastructure includes the design and construction of an adopted road network Incorporating shared surfaces and exemplar SuDS features, along with the associated below ground foul and surface water drainage systems.
The building design involves a series of medium rise apartment blocks, which have raised garden decks to create an internal courtyard, with space for at grade parking below. The buildings range from four to eight storey and include a steel frame podium deck to allow retail units to ground floor level. Various design options for the superstructure have been developed, in reaction to the construction market and availability of materials and labour. These include timber and lightweight metal frame systems, as well as steel framed and modular CLT options. The building elevations are a mixture of brickwork and precast elements. Due to the poor ground conditions the foundations are piled.
The first plot is currently in the construction stage.
Client: Edinburgh Forthside Developments Ltd
Architect: 7N Architects