Public Realm

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“Our public realm projects are developed with a focus on flood resilience, integrating advanced research to address the challenges living with dynamic water. We protect vital commercial assets, whilst finding opportunities for vibrant public spaces, balancing the dynamic nature of water with the need for flexible, accessible environments that invite engagement which address our current and future climate concerns."

WATER

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 Our master plans make space for water. Rather than looking to a future of ever-escalating flood defences, our award-winning schemes are based on aquatic frameworks, the harmonisation of blue and green landscapes and proven engineering technology.

 Our vision knows no bounds in creating cultural and leisure legacies for the future, in reinventing historical assets and in delivering new communities which thrive in, take meaning from and, indeed give back to, the rivers, seas and lakes of our world. 

 The long-term goal is to design communities that function as normal, preserving continuity
of daily life during both droughts and floods. Our intention, through our research and built work is that we can demonstrate that the future is already here.

‘We lobby Government for policy change.’

Our Planning strategies make space for water and our buildings offer flood resilience and future adaptability. The practice envisages large communities that are holistically planned to be better prepared for flooding and climate change. Dwellings will be low carbon and organized around multifunctional landscapes that will helpcontrol surface water flooding or act as a large flood storage area. 

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Baca Architects designs places where water is the public realm. By harnessing the principles of the Long Term Initiative for Flood Risk Environments and combining these with a deep instinct for placemaking and pioneering integrity, we enable clients to capitalise on swathes of redundant waterfront, to transform their towns and cities into business and leisure destinations and create modern places to live which re sustainable, zero carbon and mitigate climate change.

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When we design a network of waterways, they take on a visible role in our cities and neighbourhoods and provide watermarks (in place of landmarks) and a means of way-finding, respite along a journey and visual variety, which are all ingredients of a good masterplan.

 Our understanding of water landscapes, or hydroscapes, that contain and interact with the water cycle is fundamental to designing with water and tackling flood risk. Water is the lifeblood of landscape. It should not be harnessed, not flushed away or culverted. 

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