Awards: Round Three, July 2005: Sovereign Housing

Sovereign Housing
Barton Hill, Bristol

Client
Sovereign Housing Group

Artist
David Cotterrell

Project partners
Community at Heart
Bristol City Council
Levitt Bernstein Architects
Architecture Centre, Bristol
University of the West of England

PROJECT Award
Creative Homes Award £15,000

Value of design phase
£30,000

Estimated value of construction phase
£8 million

Project description
A Creative Homes Award is made to the Sovereign Housing Association for an artist to work as part of the project team that is developing the second building phase of a regeneration programme in Barton Hill, Bristol. The sensitivity of approach, especially with local people, towards achieving high quality design in a new development of 50-60 new homes in a context of traditional Victorian terraces and 1970's tower blocks is the challenge of this project. The project promotes a viable integrity of scale and approach within a New Deal for communities inner city area of Bristol where local people have already had direct, recent experience of working collaboratively with artists and architects. Support mechanisms are in place to advise project development: from Sovereign Housing, the arts team within Community at Heart (the NDC delivery body) and the Senior Public Art Officer at Bristol City Council. This will assist the artist, aid communication and delivery of the project, broaden respective expectations and mindsets and help promote this collaborative way of working in the future.

Further details

Lisa Denison, Regeneration Co-ordinator, Sovereign Housing Group
Tel: 0117 958 0116; Email: [email protected]


Skip to content Back to Public Art Online main site Home The Scheme Awards • England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales Evaluation News Contact Download Logo Using the Site Copyright Privacy	Awards: Round Three, July 2005: Sovereign Housing Sovereign Housing Barton Hill, Bristol Client Sovereign Housing Group Artist David Cotterrell Project partners Community at Heart Bristol City Council Levitt Bernstein Architects Architecture Centre, Bristol University of the West of England PROJECT Award Creative Homes Award £15,000 Value of design phase £30,000 Estimated value of construction phase £8 million Project description A Creative Homes Award is made to the Sovereign Housing Association for an artist to work as part of the project team that is developing the second building phase of a regeneration programme in Barton Hill, Bristol. The sensitivity of approach, especially with local people, towards achieving high quality design in a new development of 50-60 new homes in a context of traditional Victorian terraces and 1970's tower blocks is the challenge of this project. The project promotes a viable integrity of scale and approach within a New Deal for communities inner city area of Bristol where local people have already had direct, recent experience of working collaboratively with artists and architects. Support mechanisms are in place to advise project development: from Sovereign Housing, the arts team within Community at Heart (the NDC delivery body) and the Senior Public Art Officer at Bristol City Council. This will assist the artist, aid communication and delivery of the project, broaden respective expectations and mindsets and help promote this collaborative way of working in the future. Further details Lisa Denison, Regeneration Co-ordinator, Sovereign Housing Group Tel: 0117 958 0116; Email: [email protected]