Underwater car park for marina makeover

摘要

While organic juice bars,vintage clothes shops and nightclubs dominate the lively seaside town of Brighton, the mood is much more contemplative at the nearby marina, where restaurants and an attractive boardwalk overlook up to 1,600 yachts gently rocking in the harbour's still waters. Brighton Marina is one of the largest in Europe and, soon after opening in 1978, was the catalyst for retail and residential development. In more recent years, however, the area has lost some of its prestige due to the hulking masses of a new leisure complex and a nine-storey car park dominating views to the west.A£200m regeneration aims to restore some of the former glitz, beginning with phase one: the £41.5m West Quay Development. This seeks to establish a new, higher-spec waterfront that will screen off the leisure complex's garish casino and fast food restaurant. Construction began in January this year.