The Salford City Council has approved the development proposal notice for plot A3 New Bailey, submitted by the English Cities fund. Planning consent for the scheme was secured in February 2021.
Bowmer & Kirkland has started development on the site, nicknamed “The Hanging Gardens of Salford.” Designed by Make Architects, the 13-story office building is clad with full-height vegetated walls totaling 4,000 square meters and will run on 100 percent renewable energy.
The building is part of the Salford Central masterplan, developed by The English Cities Fund (ECF). ‘Plot A3 New Bailey’ has been designed to act as a gateway scheme to the development, which has extended Manchester’s central business district over the River Irwell.
In addition to the living exterior walls, the building also employs a highly insulated window and wall façade system and an air source heat pump system. By using sustainable materials where possible, such as recycled steel for reinforcement, 50 percent cement replacement for the substructure and 30 percent cement replacement for the superstructure, the project aims to reduce its upfront embodied carbon intensity from 1100kgCO2/m2 for a typical development of this type down to 770kgCO2/m2.
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