aec Confidential Client | We were retained to assist in improving the land use yield for this planned community, while maintaining required fire access and on-site resident experience. Two primary residential enclaves were designed on either side of a reduced yardage golf course, along with a destination spa and commercial zone. Project site located in the Louguanzhen area, southwest of central Xi’an (Shaanxi Province).
GLOBAL PLAYERS BRIEF | Wirral, England
Wirral Waters megaproject is expected to be the site of significant building starting in 2018.
The Wirral Waters scheme is a 4.5 billion plan for redeveloping 500 acres of the Birckenhead Dockland, on the Wirral Peninsula (England). It is centered on the Wirral Dock system on the banks of the River Mersey overlooking Liverpool’s world-class, city waterfront. Birckenhead is best known as a seaport and a center for shipbuilding, along with allied industries.
Wirral Waters will transform the derelict docks in Birkenhead into a world class waterfront that is alive with activity both on land and in the water.
It is the largest regeneration (redevelopment) project underway in the UK.
In November 2010, the project received a full Government approval. The scheme was presented to the public in September 2006, after 18 months of design. When first presented, scheme sponsor Peel Holdings estimated that if approved, full realization of the project might take 30 years. Wirral Waters is a sister program of the Liverpool Waters project. A project of Peel Holdings.
Western Adventures LLC | Market and financial feasibility study for guest ranch in repurposed ranching property, along with due diligence regarding BLM and other associated long-term rights and ground leases with 3rd-parties. Work included rapid conceptual design and prototyping for the various guest facilities to be included.
aec Confidential Client | Ideation and initial layout for snowtubing hill using all-weather Snowflex® artificial snow material. Second phase of development to include a second all-weather facility, a Glice® synthetic ice skating rink and path. Illustration work shown here is a product of aec’s Rapid Prototyping Unit, combining feasibility results with preliminary project scaling, layout, and overall guest experiential design – created to assist Ownership group in confirming design intent and project budgets.
The project is inspired by the outdoor artificial Snowflex Tubing Park at Wolfe Mountain (Branson, Missouri), a 400-FT slope with a simultaneous capacity of eight snow tubes to make a run. The Wolfe Mountain facility uses Briton Engineering’s (West Yorkshire, UK) Snowflex snow sports surfacing product.