York Central

York , United Kingdom | 2016-

York Central is one of the largest brownfield sites in northern England and when complete will provide up to 2,500 homes and up to 120,000m2 of office, leisure, and retail space. Gustafson Porter + Bowman have embraced the sites’ railway heritage and utilised this language to create a new contemporary setting for public events, amenity spaces for people and habitats for wildlife. Its major landscaped feature is its linear park that will include a steam train ride, a sequence of water gardens, and a new landscaped entrance to the rear of the National Railway Museum. Additionally, a tree lined road, pedestrian boulevard, and ‘pocket-parks’, that terminate in a Square which can be used as a performance space, are important features.