Prompted by unstable market conditions, locally and globally, this 2 hectare scheme future proofs itself against the vagaries of the market through intrinsic flexibility and adaptability.

The buildings are designed to suit a number of use classes – from residential to commercial to retail. This long-term view, safe-guarding future flexibility, creates a scheme that is sustainable in the broadest sense.

To ensure the £180m proposal remains architecturally, as well as economically, contextual the history of the Walsall's man-made landscape of quarries, canals and bridges was mined for cues in the design of a new network or urban and civic spaces.

Strategic diagrams

View of landmark tower from motorway