Improving access to Skelton Lake whilst helping to maintain a ‘Green Corridor’ and protect local wildlife.
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“We have meaningfully engaged with the communities of East Leeds to obtain their opinions and we are pleased with the positive support received.
The design of the main Facilities Building, including its ‘Living Green Roof’, received particular praise.””
Leeds Skelton Lake Services won the 2020 Northern Design Awards Best Commercial Build category.
This £60m project was one of the most greenest motorway services in United Kingdom. The high-quality, innovative building design features sweeping architecture that tie its ‘Living Green Roof’ into the landscape. The bright and spacious building interior also includes a new Visitor Centre, community space and an upper-floor viewing deck over Skelton Lake. By improving walking routes to and around Skelton Lake, the development also forms part of a ‘Green Corridor’ linking Temple Newsam to the north with Rothwell Country Park.
These Motorway Services will address road safety deficiencies on sections of the Motorway Network, bringing with them significant investment and job creation. It also includes an attractive Facilities Building; which will provide a wide range of popular and high quality food and ancillary retail outlets, together with a Business Lounge, Fuel Filling Station and Hotel.
The sense of organic and people-friendly design resulting in the new Motorway Service Area.
It is a space that encourages interaction and activity. Somewhere you want to come back to. To make that happen we needed to go into great detail on the technical execution.
“Conceptual creativity backed by technical expertise can give the new MSA the nowness it needs to add value in its current environment.
Making it come to life.”
This project has been designed with a timber framed facilities building, over which sections of wooden panelling and green living roof will look to tie the design into the local landscape.
We used computer programs such as: BIM360, Revit, SketchUp, V-Ray, Photoshop and InDesign.
