Phase 1, Earlsdon Park
Coventry
MCD Coventry
Earlsdon Park is a high quality mixed use development located near to the city centre fronting the Butts Road. It is a 10-storey commercial building providing approx 84,000sqft office space, 8,400sqft ground floor retail/café space and a 500 space multistory carpark which forms a podium acting as external terrace for the office floors above.
The building sits adjacent to the locally listed 1930’s former Technical College which still houses an art deco two storey 650 seat theatre. A new pedestrian street has been formed between these two buildings linking the public frontage of the Butts Road through to a landscaped courtyard beyond. Within the building the ground floor retail element of the scheme engages with this new street, and a double height colonnade provides a sense of enclosure, definition and shelter.
Internally the office space wraps around a central atrium which allows natural light and ventilation deep into the building. The atrium also facilitates heat recovery and helps to heat or cool the building as necessary.
This key feature forms an integral part of the sustainable strategy which lies at the centre of the design and has contributed to the building’s BREEAM Excellent rating.Other sustainable features include a ground source heat pump, night time purging and rainwater harvesting.
