To rejuvenate the existing retail park at abbey wood and create more natural and landscape public realm links to the surrounding business parks and MOD offices, the existing southern portion of the site was re-planned with the demolition of an existing full depth retail store to allow for a development of a 32,000sq.ft ASDA store with cafe.
A collection of A3 restaurant units were established to enclose two sides of a large public realm area, that can be used for a multitude of events as well as providing external dining to A3 unit and a tensile fabric covered break-out space, for the employees and visitor of the park to enjoy.
The first floor of one of the restaurant blocks was designed to allow for the location of a crèche or other recreational tenant.
An artistic commission was granted to create a feature of the rear and side elevation of the unit that greets approaching visitors to the park and the use of dichroic glass fins were used to bring vibrancy and interest to the large elevation, along with screen printed glass encapsulating local views of the area.