| Project type: | New Urban Quarter |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Client: | Linden Homes (Eastern), Galliford Try, Thames Valley Housing, Fizzy Living |
| Stage: | On-site |
| Programme: | 2011–ongoing |
The complex 2.5 ha GLA owned site at Brunel Street Works, measuring 0.5 km long and only 25-70m wide, is a narrow area of ‘left over’ land between transport infrastructure.
The site is bounded by the DLR and Jubilee line to the west and Silvertown Way, including part of Britain’s first flyover to the east, which has severed the site from Canning Town.
Brunel Street Works sits within a strategic location in the context of the Canning Town and Custom House wider regeneration Masterplan, which aims to redevelop and expand the town centre and deliver new housing.
JTP organised and ran a Community Planning Weekend in April 2015 with the participation of local residents and stakeholders, to create a shared Vision for the site.
The local community took part in workshops, walkabouts and hands-on planning groups to consider key issues and opportunities for the site and its relationship to the wider Canning Town and Custom House Regeneration Area.
Topics discussed included how the new development can benefit the existing community including the public access to and through the site, provision of community facilities and art spaces, opportunities for green landscaping in and around the development and how to integrate new residents into the Canning Town community.
Following the public workshops, the JTP team analysed and summarised the outcomes and created an illustrated Vision for the site, which was reported back to the community on Wednesday 29 April 2015 at St Luke's Community Centre. The Community Planning Weekend was followed by two update events in June and November 2015, and a pre-submission exhibition in October 2016.
JTP also worked closely and collaboratively with Newham’s Design Review Panel, and had regular reviews with the GLA throughout the process. JTP also led the collaborative masterplan design process with other architects Grid and Cartwright Pickard, and landscape architects Fabrik, ensuring a cohesive design solution.
Project Delivery
- 975 homes split evenly between affordable, PRS and market sale, creating variety to cater for different needs, from studios to family duplexes
- The proposals will re-establish Silvertown Way as an active street with a new frontage defining the western edge
- The ground floor of this new frontage is activated by a wide range of mixed uses including cafes, a hotel, restaurants, a food store and employment space for the emerging creative sectors
- Four distinct context-driven character areas create continued interest and variety along Silvertown Way and provide four new public spaces for residents and the local community, connected by enhanced public realm
- Each of the four buildings takes inspiration from the site’s history and proximity to the Thames Iron Works & Ship Building Company, and to the construction site of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s first iron ship
- Roof terraces, podium gardens and balconies provide high quality communal and private amenity space for residents
- Significant improvements to the public transport interchange and upgraded cycle route
Awards
Planning & Placemaking Awards 2018
Award for Excellence in Placemaking at High Densities – Shortlisted
Best use of publicly-owned land and/or property in placemaking – Shortlisted
Planning & Placemaking Awards 2017
Best Housing Scheme (500 homes or more) – Shortlisted
| Project type: | New Urban Quarter |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Client: | Linden Homes (Eastern), Galliford Try, Thames Valley Housing, Fizzy Living |
| Stage: | On-site |
| Programme: | 2011–ongoing |
