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Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2021

Disclaimer: The Pineapples 2021 submissions closed in May 2021 and presentations took place in July 2021. The details provided for each project may have changed since.

Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2021

Centre of Gravity Soapworks, Bristol - First Base

A month-long exhibition in the Soapworks building with local art collective Centre of Gravity provided a showcase for 60 artists and was curated as a mix of inspiring contemporary art, film talks and performance.

Activation Winner 2021

Connecting Leeds Covid Response, Leeds - Leeds City Council with Commonplace

The greatest success of this project has been the ability to adapt, change, and respond to the dynamic needs of the community during a time of immense national and international uncertainty. Connecting Leeds is ambitious, a long-term transport strategy, but with an ability to scale and adapt that makes it dynamic and responsive to change

Sustainable Transport Winner 2021

2021 Sustainable Transport Winner

The Northbank Low Emission Neighbourhood, Westminster - The Northbank BID

To tackle local pollution and exposure to pollution, The Northbank BID worked with both GLA and Westminster City Council to develop a Business Low Emission Neighbourhood (BLEN) and is re-planning deliveries and servicing, awareness raising campaigns, and promoting walking and cycling

Shortlisted for Sustainable Transport - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Sustainable Transport

CYCLE42, Merton - Hadley Property Group

Launched during the pandemic, CYCLE42 is the result of cross-sector collaboration between Hadley Property Group, Clarion Housing Group, Brompton Bike Hire and multiple charities, who came together to offer free bikes for hire to Merton residents

Shortlisted for Sustainable Transport - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Sustainable Transport

Lyon Confluence, Lyon - Bouygues Immobilier, Linkcity with David Chipperfield Architects

This mixed-use quarter contains a range of housing tenures, offices and a health centre, and within each block, the buildings are grouped to define garden courtyards. Transparent and permeable ground-floors give access to the gardens from the street and help to animate the surrounding public spaces

Shortlisted for International Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 International Future Place Winner

The Depot, Bucharest - KAP Studios

This city-scale £500m project will transform disused railway lands and old warehouses into a new neighbourhood with a mix of homes, shopping, offices, a music venue, hotels, healthcare and education

Shortlisted for International Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 International Future Place

Growth, Baghdad - Tamayouz Excellence Award, Dewan Award for Architecture with ONE Creative Environments

This proposal for Sadr City reflects the young population and seeks to enable the local community to build the spaces they require using vernacular materials, giving them the freedom to grow, adapt and construct their spaces

Shortlisted for International Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 International Future Place

Stretford Masterplan - Bruntwood Works and Trafford Council JV

This masterplan aims to transform Stretford Mall into a high street to create a self-sufficient and sustainable town centre with revitalised retail, solar street lighting, district heating systems, 800 homes and new public spaces

Shortlisted for Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Future Place

Station Hill, Reading - Lincoln MGT with CallisonRTKL

Located just steps from Reading’s mainline train station, Station Hill includes offices, retail spaces, 750 homes and two acres of public realm. The project is on track for a BREEAM Excellent rating while the offices and new homes are expected to increase spend on the nearby high street

Shortlisted for Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Future Place

Love Wolverton, Wolverton - TOWN

The Agora Centre, a 1970s shopping and leisure centre, will be replaced by a grid of residential streets with 115 homes, 8 new shop units and a community space. A community energy services company, Wolverton Community Energy, will run the on-site microgrid

Winner of Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Future Place Winner

High Path Estate, Merton - Clarion Housing Group with PRP Architects

This development seeks to keep the existing community in situ and rehouse them first. The masterplan will reconnect existing neighbourhoods with a series of new streets and create a new park for the wider community with new cycling and walking trails on the edge of the Wandle River

Shortlisted for Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Future Place

Granton Waterfront, Edinburgh - City of Edinburgh Council with Collective Architecture

The proposal for Granton Waterfront includes 3,000 new homes, a new school, cultural facilities and a new 10-hectare flood-resilient coastal park that reconnecxts the waterfront with the city and existing communities

Winner of Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Future Place Winner

Sighthill Transformational Regeneration Masterplan, Glasgow - Glasgow City Council, Keepmoat Homes Scotland with LDA Design

This landscape-led masterplan transforms Sighthill with a mix of 850 new homes, education and community facilities, along with extensive parklands and a web of green routes, making travelling by bike or foot easier - all of which is just a ten-minute walk from Glasgow’s centre

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Place in Progress

New Islington, Manchester - House by Urban Splash

This mixed-use project transformed New Islington from a once deprived area to one of the UK’s most desirable and accessible mixed-tenure communities. With brilliantly designed homes, infrastructure, and its independent commercial area of food, entertainment and workspaces - it ensures long term economic sustainability

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Place in Progress

Climate Innovation District, Leeds - Citu Group Developments Ltd

This district consists of family homes, apartments, The Place - a large zero carbon office building and centre for excellence in tackling climate change, retail spaces, a primary school, a care home and a community centre. It spans both banks of the River Aire and is designed to reduce carbon emissions at every stage

Winner of Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Place in Progress Winner

Circus Street, Brighton - U+I with shedkm

This mixed-use development is transforming a derelict area of Brighton into a bespoke new quarter. It aims to maximise space available for the public, green space or events space - further embedding the value of community and social interaction at the heart of the scheme

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Place in Progress

Barking Riverside, Barking and Dagenham - Barking Riverside Limited

Expected to be completed within 15 years, the significant Barking Riverside mixed-use development sits alongside 2km of Thames River frontage in East London, consisting of 443-acres and 10,000 homes

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Place in Progress

The Nicholson Quarter, Maidenhead - Areli Real Estate with JTP

Community Planning Weekends and workshops have been informing the vision to transform a 1960s shopping centre into a mixed-use masterplan, alongside outreach over social media, an app, by post and telephone.

Shortlisted for Community Engagement - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Community Engagement

The Bermondsey Project, Bermondsey - Grosvenor Britain & Ireland

Seven years of community engagement across digital, print and in-person events is now feeding into the creation of a community forum of 20 representatives to help guide the delivery of social impact during phase one of the regeneration project alongside a Social Impact Charter.

Shortlisted for Community Engagement - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Community Engagement

Soapworks, Bristol - First Base

The consultation for Soapworks used the bespoke app Give-My-View, an engagement tool developed by First Base with Built-ID, with consultation meetings, newsletters, telephone and posted information to receive almost 6,000 responses to their proposals.

Winner of Community Engagement - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Community Engagement Winner

Shaping the Heart of Nottingham Waterside – Trent Basin, Nottingham - Blueprint with Deetu

Local communities and stakeholders reached by social media, QR code posters, letter drops and leaflets to gain feedback through digital engagement on the redevelopment of Nottingham’s waterside, with the design team amending the masterplan based on community-sourced evidence.

Shortlisted for Community Engagement - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Community Engagement

BlockWest, Bristol - Making Together with Knowle West residents, We Can Make and Automated Architecture

Local people aged 17 to 76 were trained to use a digital design and modular construction kit. Together they designed, fabricated and made a Covid-safe community pavilion using modular building system Block Type A.

Shortlisted for Community Engagement - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Community Engagement

Active Streets, Edinburgh - Parsons Green Parent Council with New Practice, Sustrans, Transport for Scotland and City of Edinburgh Council

Local community members including primary and secondary school children had their say on making sustainable everyday journeys through digital and physical means including print-at-home and postal activity kits, online surveys, YouTube live streaming and Minecraft.

Shortlisted for Community Engagement - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Community Engagement

West Gorton Community Park, Manchester - Manchester City Council with BDP

This new community park in Manchester, is the first UK demonstrator project for the GrowGreen initiative. Its data and management of the flow of rainwater into sustainable urban drainage systems, will be influential in the design of other green spaces in flood prone areas across Europe.

Winner of Public Space - The Pineapples Awards 2021 / Shortlisted for Sustainable Transport - The Pineapples Awards 2021

2021 Public Space Sustainable Transport