Client: Millennium Estates
Location: Salford Quay, Manchester, UK
Size: 209 apartments. 6,000m²
Skills: Architecture
Situated on a key site in Salford Quays, the Erie Basin scheme provides 209 residential units, 6,000m² of retail space and a two-storey car park. The two residential blocks, one of nine and one of 20 storeys, are positioned to maximise views across the docks, and to enhance or frame views from neighbouring buildings. Inspired by a ship launching into water, one of the blocks projects and leans forward over the edge of the dock. The selection of materials has deliberately remained simple in order to enhance and complement the strong forms of each of the individual elements in the design: reflective aluminium panels, dark grey clay tiles and fibre cement composite panels.
As one of the last remaining sites in the area, the scheme contributes significantly to its ongoing regeneration.