The brief for this competition was to deliver an iconic retail statement in the heart of Nottingham’s Eastside with a new Tesco store
and associated mixed‐use opening up significant potential for Eastside City regeneration area and Nottingham.
Architecturally it offered an exciting opportunity to create an exceptional design at the centre of one of the most important current urban regeneration projects in the UK. Economically it was positioned to act as a major catalyst for the wider development still to come forward in Eastside.
As the first scheme to commence on‐site, the proposed Tesco store was to act as an architectural standard bearer for the wider development to be delivered in Eastside.
MJP was keen to use this opportunity to take a different approach to the design of a large supermarket and to bring forward a new generation of retail-led sustainable development.