'Hope Rise' Bristol

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'Hope Rise', Bristol

Details

Location: Chalks Road Car Park, St George, Bristol

Client: Bristol City Council

Contract: Full Turnkey Package (from design to completion)

Type of Construction: MMC Construction

Status: Construction Completed

Year: 2020

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In January 2021, residents moved into the first Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) development of its kind to be completed in the UK.

The award-winning Hope Rise in Bristol presented 11 affordable and low-carbon, modern design apartments which were installed as a permanent living space for young workers and vulnerable households. The ZED PODS ground-breaking concept, where environment-friendly homes are erected on steel frame stilts, has changed the way we think about land use in our fight to overcome the social housing crisis in the UK.

This development, built on a council-owned car park on Chalk Road in the St George district of Bristol, shines a light on the opportunity to create similar community living spaces nationwide, using the very latest precision technology.

Site Location

'Hope Rise', Bristol

This project was conceived with the experience of young people at the centre. The zero-carbon design of the ZED PODS, the selection of the site in St George, the affordability mix and the wrap around support of the YMCA, have all been envisioned and ensured through the development process as integral aspects of the scheme.

'Hope Rise', Bristol

The success of this development in forming a healthy, sustainable, self-managing community in which individual young people thrive, can only be evaluated through the experience of the residents.

'Hope Rise', Bristol

It’s zero carbon housing in a social housing setting, which is what all the big builders say you can’t do and we’ve proved you can do it.

'Hope Rise', Bristol

“It is proposed that the artwork should reflect the name of the new development ‘HOPE RISE’ as these homes have been designed and are being delivered to give the new residents a sense of ‘hope’.” Artwork Brief, Bristol Housing Festival

'Hope Rise', Bristol

Hope Rise is a development the Bristol Hosing Festival has championed in Bristol, in the expectation that this housing model (both the ZED POD technology and the involvement of the YMCA in creating a supportive community), has the potential to be replicated elsewhere in the city and beyond.

'Hope Rise', Bristol

The success of this development in forming a healthy, sustainable, self-managing community in which individual young people thrive, can only be evaluated through the experience of the residents.

'Hope Rise', Bristol

It’s zero carbon housing in a social housing setting, which is what all the big builders say you can’t do and we’ve proved you can do it.

'Hope Rise', Bristol