Article by Robin Kit
A large number of leisure parks, health and fitness centres, restaurants, multiplexes, and coffee shops are coming up throughout the United Kingdom. Numerous people take some time out of their hectic life to visit these places that are outstanding from architecture point of view. Various architecture companies in the UK play a prominent role in their visually stunning design and excellent functionality. Whether it is Ramsgate Leisure Park, Larkswood Leisure Park, or Ashford multiplex, each has been designed with a forward-looking approach of architects. Architecture companies carry out leisure design activities through a number of services explained below.
They do a basic design that is drawn manually with a handy idea of probable costs. These firms can also handle planners using their extensive experience, particularly with regard to leisure parks. To make sure proposals are properly visualized, they develop computer-generated 3D images and plans. A complete or precise leisure design is normally drawn on computer with laying out information, service design, design particulars and exact estimation of costs for every aspect of the project brought together into an effortlessly understandable format.
Various architects in the UK can manage a project on your behalf through all the phases – from construction to completion. Supervising the site and controlling the cost are an important part of this service. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)/Wellness and Safety are also vital aspects that firms can take care of. Due to their spectacular track record in architecture, the leisure design of smaller park structures can be very much undertaken by them.
With the assistance of their landscape architects, the firms continuously offer advices on landscape and planting. They have exerted their efforts and expertise in the overall design of quite a lot of Leisure Parks and extend their ideas to aid in enhancing existing Parks and giving structure to novel ones.
Coming back to the Leisure Parks in the UK, Larkswood Leisure Park provides a health club and pool for Greens Health and Fitness, a Health Club and 25 metre swimming pool along with a children’s nursery, restaurant and a pub-restaurant. Likewise, Ramsgate Leisure Park consists of a 10-screen multiplex cinema, a big casino, bingo hall, multiple restaurants, and a 48-bed hotel, including a car parking lot.
A simple, yet bold design of Ashford multiplex has garnered much reputation for it. This 12-screen multiplex has witnessed a three phase development work. There were initially concerns raised by the Environment Agency regarding the likely flooding issues from a nearby stream. But, the Ashford multiplex project went ahead after convincing the agency that the problem could be overcome.
About the Author
Dave J Barlow has been a commercial and retail architect for the last 10 years and worked on numerous retail and leisure parksthroughout the UK. He currently works for Mountford Pigott which is the prestigious architecture firm in the region and offers creative leisure design solutions within the client’s budget.