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CITY ARCADE WORCESTER
Client: Property Management
Completed: 1999
Contract Value: £1,500,000
Lett + Sweetland were appointed as design and concept architects.
This scheme links Worcester's High Street and The Shambles, two of the City's busiest shopping streets and sits in the heart of the City Conservation Area immediately opposite the historic Guildhall.
The arcade replaces a previous arcade constructed in the late 1950's which had become run down and comprised a large number of small units which had become increasingly difficult to let.
The new scheme simplifies the previous ' dog leg' arrangement of pedestrian routes with a single more generous width walkway which has a fully glazed roof for the majority of its length.
Part of the existing concrete frame structure was retained at the High Street end and was re-clad with a stone rain screen cladding. A double height glazed shop front to the High Street, together with a projecting glass prow at first floor mark the entrance to the arcade and signal its presence in the street.
At The Shambles end, the arcade is extended into The Shambles by a glazed canopy and the curved and angled forms of the buildings are designed to encourage access into the arcade. At first floor level an angled projecting glazed bay affords shoppers views along The Shambles and provides the tenant an opportunity for inventive use, i.e. a seating and coffee area to browse through books.
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