What we’re doing

Project news

 

La Princesse, Liverpool : :

A giant mechanical spider recently appeared overnight on a soon-to-be-demolished tower in Liverpool, with a little help from MSA...

The spider was awakened during the demolition of Concourse House next to Lime Street station and crawled up onto the side of the building, where she slept for the night. In the morning, she was transported off to be tested by scientists to see how she responded to water, music and fire, until they succeeded in waking her up. She walked up from the dock on Saturday to Concourse House and was lifted back onto the building, before coming down again and disappearing into the Mersey Tunnel on Sunday.

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Liverpool Lime Street Gateway : :

New plans have been submitted to Liverpool City Council for the Lime Street Station Gateway scheme, in which our role is Civil, Structural and Infrastructure Engineer.  The proposals include the demolition of Concourse House and the row of shops that currently mask the main entrance to the station.  The arched gable end of the listed Victorian station building will be revealed, creating an impressive new area of public realm, much improved pedestrian access to and from the station and better links to the city’s Cultural Quarter.  Subject to planning approval, work clearing the interiors of the buildings is due to start in spring 2008, to be followed by demolition beginning in July.   Construction of the new public realm is due to start in January 2009.

(image © Liverpool Vision)

 

Colchester Cultural Quarter : :

We are working with Ash Sakula Architects on this Garbe Group project which won the Mixed Use category of the 2008 MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Award. This scheme in the heart of the Cultural Quarter of Colchester town centre in Essex includes development of existing listed buildings together with the creation of new medium rise mixed use facilities, totalling a 275,000 square foot gross development area. Working within an area of historical importance bounded by the listed town wall, the structures and associated public realm will be designed to minimise disruption and protect in-situ the Roman remains that lie around and beneath the site.

(image © Ash Sakula Architects)

 

Tutti Frutti, New Islington, Manchester : :

Resulting from an RIBA design competition held by Urban Splash in September 2007, MSA are to design, build and own one of the houses in the proposed terrace, which promises to become the most architecturally diverse street in the UK.  Julian Broster talks about the design of our house, Blokbuster, in this recent Telegraph feature:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/tuttifrutti

 

Carver’s Warehouse : :

Our Manchester studio has now moved into the top two floors of Carver’s Warehouse, the oldest surviving warehouse in Manchester city centre.  It retains virtually all of its original timber and cast iron internal structure and its external walls are constructed wholly from stone. Martin Stockley Associates have project managed the restoration and reuse of the listed warehouse as commercial office space as part of the Piccadilly Basin regeneration scheme.

(see Contact page for our new address; our telephone numbers and email addresses remain the same)

 

Park Hill, Sheffield : :

We are part of the design team which includes Architects Studio Egret West and Hawkins\Brown working to regenerate and revitalise the 1960’s high density residential complex of Park Hill. Providing Civil, Structural and Public Realm Engineering, we are designing a vibrant solution to protect the listed structures, which previously housed over 1000 residential units, and to create high quality public realm around them.  Demolition work for phase 1 started on site at the end of 2007; structural alterations and concrete repair work to the Grade II* listed frame will follow to ensure these iconic buildings’ survival. (see Portfolio section)

 

 

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Publications

 

The Reluctant Engineer : :
A collaboration between Martin Stockley, photographer Len Grant and graphic designer Alan Ward, The Reluctant Engineer and other Manchester stories tells of Stockley’s considerable contribution to his adopted city since his arrival in 1993 and offers an alternative view of the city’s rebirth. The book was published in March 2006 and is available directly from Martin Stockley Associates. (click image to enlarge)

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Last updated 17 September 2008