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Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2022

Disclaimer: The Pineapples 2022 and presentations took place in May 2022. The details provided for each project may have changed since.

Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2022

Station South, Manchester – Station South Community Interest Company

"Station South is a destination cycle café-bar, bike workshop in Levenshulme, Manchester that also incorporates flexible public space for co-working, retail and events as well as an urban garden. The project is led by social entrepreneurs, Station South CIC, who wanted to see the restoration of the dilapidated Victorian railway station, Levenshulme South."

Shortlisted for Creative Retrofit - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Creative Retrofit

$Waltham Forest Town Hall, Waltham Forest, London – Waltham Forest Council with Hawkins\Brown and Churchman Thornhill Finch Landscape Architects$

Waltham Forest Town Hall, Waltham Forest, London – Waltham Forest Council with Hawkins\Brown and Churchman Thornhill Finch Landscape Architects

The refurbished Town Hall consolidates staff into one location and frees up vacated sites for much needed housing. Cellular offices are replaced with open-plan, agile workspaces to promote collaboration, wellbeing and productivity. A flexible foyer accommodates everything from collaborative working to evening events. An interactive water feature replaces creates a fully accessible forecourt while encouraging children to play.

Shortlisted for Creative Retrofit - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Creative Retrofit

Hypha Studios, Broadwalk shopping centre, Bristol – BBS Capital with Hypha Studios

Hypha Studios is a new charity that provides free-of-charge studio and exhibition space to creatives in vacant commercial and high-street locations. Broadwalk centre is home to the local library and the bingo, but also many empty units. Since August 2021, Hypha Studios has managed 5 units, hosting 9 local artists selected via open call. They have brought photography, poetry, performance, visual and digital arts into Broadwalk.

Shortlisted for Activation: Re-Store - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Activation: Re-Store

City Edge, Dublin, Ireland – South Dublin County Council (SDCC) and Dublin City Council with Maccreanor Lavington

The 700ha site in west Dublin covering three regeneration areas, investigates how a mixed-use urban quarter can be established as an extension of the city using a plan-led evidence-based approach. Currently the City Edge Study Area sustains a wide variety of 25,500 jobs across 1,500 businesses which contributes €1.98bn per year to the economy which is responsible for 4% of Dublin employment.

Shortlisted for International Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 International Future Place

Mixity, Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands – Schiphol Area Development Company with Arup and Karres en Brands

This new development, located in Haarlemmermeer, is where the countryside and the city of Amsterdam merge, creating an opportunity to connect regional green and cultural infrastructure, to build a future metro line and create liveable densification in the vicinity of mobility hubs.

Shortlisted for International Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 International Future Place

MilanoSesto, Milan, Italy – Milanosesto SpA with Foster + Partners

The industrial remnants of the Flak steel factories will be transformed into Italy’s largest urban regeneration project scaling up to 1.5 million square metres, giving the area a new lease on life and a new urban identity. MilanoSesto, just north of Milan, combines nature with plazas, 45 hectares of greenery and public spaces, retail, flexible offices and a multitude of residential spaces. The key elements of the masterplan include the Unione and Concordia districts.

Shortlisted for International Future Place - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 International Future Place

East Wick + Sweetwater, Hackney, London – Balfour Beatty Investments and Places for People

"The first phase of development is complete, providing 302 new homes, a nursery and a local Co-op branch, whilst Clarnico Club, a multi-purpose marketing and social hub with a café and flexible event space, serves as the beating heart of the new neighbourhood."

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Place in Progress

Wood Wharf, Tower Hamlets, London – Canary Wharf Group

"In the past 12 months, two new residential buildings launched in Wood Wharf: 8 Harbord Square and 30 Harbord Square. Alongside these residential buildings, recently opened restaurants include Hawksmoor and Emilia’s Crafted Pasta, alongside a branch of Amazon Fresh. Mercato Metropolitano is set to open imminently within 10 George Street, a Build to Rent development within Wood Wharf."

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Place in Progress

Sugar House Island, Newham, London – Vastint UK with Planit IE

Sugar House Island is a new Stratford neighbourhood which supplies 1,200 homes, 624,000sqft of office space, a hotel, primary school, retail, and public space which will all be completed in 2017. It will foster a community to live, work and play and provide a better quality of life.

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Place in Progress

Battersea Power Station, Wandsworth, London – Battersea Power Station Development Company

The Grade II* listed Power Station has already begun to welcome residents, with over 100 shops, restaurants and cafes, events, a unique chimney lift experience offering 360-degree panoramic views of London’s skyline and new office space. Circus West Village is now home to over 1,700 residents and a mix of independent and design-led restaurants, cafés, shops, leisure and entertainment venues that welcome over three million people each year.

Shortlisted for Place in Progress - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Place in Progress

Elephant Stores, Southwark, London – Lendlease with MARK London

"Elephant Stores is a home grown, two-year, multi-use meanwhile space at Elephant Park – a place to eat, drink, socialise, work, shop – situated at the heart of Lendlease’s 3000-home regeneration scheme in London’s Elephant & Castle. The place is brought to life by three hyperlocal entrepreneurs: Café/bar Little Louie, SoLo Craft Fair and Fix Your Cycle."

Shortlisted for Activation: Re-Store - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Activation: Re-Store

Culture Palace, Enfield, London – Enfield Council with Dallas-Pierce-Quintero

Culture Palace brings together local cultural and creative enterprises in a 300sqm temporary hub, activating space at the heart of Palace Gardens Shopping Centre. For 12 months, this colourful meanwhile destination is home to a performance and exhibition space, museum and bookshop, as well as a café and activity areas.

Shortlisted for Activation: Re-Store - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Activation: Re-Store

STORE Store, Camden, London – Argent LLP with STORE Store

Coal Drops Yard collaborated with Store Projects to create a space that not only showcased design and craftsmanship, but also supported learning and access to the design industry, offering school time and after-school clubs where students learn to improve their product-making and create portfolios, working alongside practising artists and designers.

Shortlisted for Activation: Re-Store - The Pineapples Awards 2022

2022 Activation: Re-Store

Not So Secret Garden, Altrincham – Bruntwood and Trafford Borough Council

The Not So Secret Garden hosts events from live music, markets, art classes, live poetry and everything in between whilst focusing on sustainability and supporting local businesses.