Normacot, Stoke on Trent, 2005—present
Axis Design were appointed by Beth Johnson Group to undertake a consultation and masterplanning role for General Renewal Area of approximately 200 households.
Alongside the standard methods of enquiry we provided a basic web site using ‘off-the-shelf’ IT solutions to enhance the reach of the consultation process.
Blurton, Stoke on Trent, 2005—present
Axis Design were appointed by Aspire Housing to provide consultation and masterplanning services for an estate of approximately 3500 households.
Alongside the standard methods of enquiry we provided a custom built web site to enhance the reach of the consultation process.
Coalville, Stoke on Trent, 2004—present
Axis design were appointed by the Coalville Partnership in January 2004 after winning the competitive tender for the remodelling of the estate consisting of 400 coal board houses dating from the 1950’s.
Axis undertook a programme of intensive community consultation with local residents which included setting up a dedicated residents website and running a neighbourhood office on the estate, along with open days and regular newsletters.
Sustainability Vision, Birmingham 2002.
Eastside is a large area on the edge of the city centre. As a member of a commissioned team which comprised 18 different organisations, Axis helped to produce the document which sets out a strategy for how Eastside could become a model for a sustainable urban quarter.
Egghill Estate, Birmingham 2001—2003
Axis produced a masterplan for the rebuilding of the Egghill Estate in south Birmingham, an estate of 560 dwellings built in the 50s and 60s. Working from an office in an empty ground floor flat, Axis carried out consultation with residents which leading to an agreed masterplan for new dwellings, road layout, open space, and proposed commercial uses.
New Deal for Communities, Aston, Birmingham 2000 – 2001
Axis was employed as urban design and community consultants by Aston Pride, the community based body which successfully won £50 million of NDC money for the regeneration of this historic but deprived inner city area.
Birmingham 2000
The commission for the study of Birmingham’s Irish Quarter came from the Birmingham Irish Community Forum; the umbrella group representing Irish interests in the city.
West Bromwich 2000-2003
Axis in association with Beazer Partnerships, now Kier Partnerships, won the competition to create a new urban quarter for the Lyng.
Castle Vale, Birmingham 1995—2002
Axis have worked on the Castle Vale estate since 1995 on a number of projects from area based, Neighbourhood Strategy consultative design to the detailed design of houses, flats and bungalows.
On both the Sopwith Croft and Watton Green areas we worked from a locally based neighbourhood design office meeting with local residents on an almost daily basis as we formulated the plans for their local areas. In both neighbourhoods we worked from the basis of large scale physical models which evolved as the consultation process moved to a consensus.
Ladywood, Birmingham, Regeneration Framework 1990-97
The regeneration of this large area of inner city Birmingham, containing 2300 council houses, but also industry, shops, and schools, was managed by a partnership between residents and the City Council. Axis worked as consultants to Ladywood Community Forum, the residents’ organisation, and in collaboration with the City Council, over several years and several phases of construction, masterplanned the process of the revitalisation of the area.