Overview

St Clement's


London, UK

Project type: Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Location: London, UK
Client: Linden Homes, Galliford Try
Stage: Completed
Programme: 2011–ongoing

St Clement’s Hospital is a former workhouse infirmary in Bow, East London.

The 4.5 acre site, with nineteen buildings of varying age and quality, has been derelict since 2005. In 2012, the Mayor of London decided to establish London’s first ever Community Land Trust on the St Clement’s site.

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This innovative housing scheme has the local community at the heart of it and is delivering permanently low cost homes and creating jobs.
Boris Johnson, former Mayor of London

Galliford Try and Linden Homes, with JTP as architect and masterplanner, were selected as the Greater London Authority’s Development Partner to deliver the redevelopment of St Clement’s Hospital.

Upon appointment, ‘Creating a New Vision for St Clement’s Community Planning Workshops’ were held over two days at Bow Methodist Church, a well known local community space, located near to the site. Over 350 local people took part and were given the opportunity to help develop design solutions for the future of the site.

Project Delivery

  • Opening up of a former walled site, which includes the delivery of a new north-south pedestrian and cycle route through the scheme connecting Mile End Road to Cemetery Park
  • Creating a new front door to Mile End/Bow Road that opens up the site to the local community with a new public pedestrian entrance
  • The refurbishment and restoration of listed buildings and amenity spaces
  • 252 dwellings of which 73 are refurbished buildings
  • A range of community and commercial uses in the front of the site within the John Denham and Bungalow buildings, which face Mile End Road
  • A sequence of public spaces including a new public space to the rear of the John Denham Building, as well as play areas across the site
  • Unanimous approval from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for Detailed Planning Listed Building consent and Conservation Area consent

Awards

Civic Voice Design Awards 2018
Housing Award - Winner
World Habitat Awards 2018
Commended
National Housing Awards 2014
Overall Winner
Best Scheme in Planning
Placemaking Awards 2014
Community-led Placemaking – Commended
Placemaking Awards 2013
Partnership Working – Shortlist

St Clement's was No. 1 in The Guardian's Top Architecture & Design Events of 2017.

Project type: Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Location: London, UK
Client: Linden Homes, Galliford Try
Stage: Completed
Programme: 2011–ongoing
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Project Team
Rebecca Taylor
Rebecca Taylor
Partner
Marcus Adams
Marcus Adams
Managing Partner
Charles Campion
Charles Campion
Partner
Dominic Chapman
Dominic Chapman
Partner
Cindy Dos Santos
Cindy Dos Santos
Associate
Adam Bowie
Adam Bowie
Associate
Natalie Limbrey
Natalie Limbrey
Senior Graphic Designer
Bill Sands
Bill Sands
Head of Visualisation
Website
http://www.lindenhomes.co.uk/community/london/st-clements
Tags
Heritage, Regeneration, High Density, Conservation, Community
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