temple quarter case study

• advantages of developing brownfield sites

  -existing buildings can be put to a range of uses

  -the land is often disused or in a state of dereliction

  -reduces urban sprawl

  -improves the urban environment (using unsightly areas)

  -sites are often in urban areas, so reduces car use
• disadvantages of developing brownfield sites

  - Expensive to build on - old buildings may need demolishing

  - Sites may be contaminated from previous industrial use
• why did temple quarter need regeneration?

  -run down

  - gave a bad impression to visitors (often the first area seen by them)

  - former industrial area rarely used
• features of regeneration in temple quarter

  - improved access from in and around bristol

  - electrification of london- bristol railway line

  - Temple studios (new technical and digital enterprises)

  - Paintworks (mixed use development)

  - Glass wharf (new office development)

  - Engine shed (renovated historic building for high tech, creative, low carbon sector companies)

  - new bridge across river avon (giving access to bristol arena)

  - enterprise zone status (incentives for businesses such as low rent and low business tax)

  - bristol arena being built
• temple quarter regeneration is an

  urban regeneration project
• four separate areas of temple quarter

  - Temple meads city gateway (mainly the station. cut off by dual carriageway)

  - temple quay (former industrial area)

  - avon riverside (old industrial buildings. green spaces created by demolishing old diesel depot)

  - silverthorne lane (remains of bristol ironworks and gasworks. hard to access due to historic railway arches)