Urban Splash Competition 2007

Urban Splash lavished a competition for proposals to regenerate a derelict pier of Weston-super-Mare.

Darling Associates proposed a development of 50 sea view apartments cut into the hillside overlooking the pier, which fronted the funding for renovating the pier to its original splendor and for a new spa retreat built on the end of the headland. The main building provides new Public Park on the roof, with a series of retreatment rooms and therapy pools below, looking out into the severn estuary. A necklace of accommodation pods drift from the building, accessible by walkways, which provide different experience and levels of seclusion.