Green Man, Phoenix Community Headquarters
We were asked to put together a concept package for the public square and surrounding landscape associated with Phoenix Community Housing Associations new community headquarters. The building has been designed by Black Architecture to high environmental standards and will feature a community hub and cafe on the ground floor with office space above. The site itself used to be home to the Green Man pub and we were asked to pay particular attention to preserving the spirit of place in what has always been a landmark site within the local community. One of our proposals that was well received was that of framing the public square with two green oak pergola structures that echo the historic use of the site as a hop garden (as well as a pub!). We also proposed that the square could feature a willow sculpture that would be renewed every year providing opportunity for community...
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