Paradise Depot
Hemel Hempstead
Project Info.
Location :
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Services:
Architecture
Client:
Dacorum Borough Council
Project Description :
Sector:
Sector:
Brownfield regeneration project including a purpose-built headquarters for homeless charity DENS as well as 56 one and two bedroom homes, all of which will be available for social rent through the council's housing register.
Residential, Charity/ Community
Project Breakdown
1 Affordable social rent accommodation building
2 DENS Headquarters with offices, café, foodbank and associated ancillary uses
3 Access from Paradise street linking to wider town via Park Lane
4 Strong frontage to DENS building creating street presence
Design Development
The hanging tile feature entrance of the DENS building was derived from the abstraction of the famous Hertfordshire Puddingstone.
The colours of the tiles were originally derived from the stone and adjusted to better reference the surrounding woodland and link to the red brick used on the residential building taken from the local vernacular architecture.
Hand sketches were a useful tool to communicate design intent to the multiple key stakeholders throughout the development of the project.
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