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Greenwich Peninsula Redevelopment

Cristina Webb and Nathaniel Wooten

ARC 500 London Sustainable Housing

Oct. 21 2009


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Primary Developer: Meridian Delta Limited

Start Date: 2004 (1997 (Millennium Village)

Competition: 2030 (2015 Millennium Village)

Total Acres: 190

Green Space: 48 acres

Homes: 10.000

Affordable Homes: 3.800

Jobs: 29.000

Shops:150

Residential Space: 9.200.000 sq. ft.

Retail Space: 363.000 sq. ft.

Ofce Space: 3.500.000 sq. ft.

Hotel Space: 645.000 sq. ft.

Industrial Space: 194.000 sq. ft.

Key Facts

Central London

Canary wharf

Greenwich Peninsula

Central London

Canary wharf


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History Thepeninsulawasrstinhabitantaspasturelandafteritsdrainingin

the 16th c. Its northern tip, Blackwall Point, now home to the Slice of Reality

exhibition piece, was used up till the early 18 c. as a place to display pirate

corpses as a sign to seamen as they neared London. After the site was passed

up for the construction of major dock works, the advent of the industrial

revolution and the sites ample river frontage exposed it to rapid industrialization.Artillery makers, steel works, oil mills, shipbuilding, and cement and linoleum

production have all existed on the site. Despite the lucrative development of

the peninsula, the southwestern part of the peninsula will remain industrial with

Delta Metals and works making asbestos and Molassine Meal animal feed.

Remains of the peninsulas gas works and wharfs are being preserved today

on the peninsulas western shore as ruins. Beyond the River Thames the site

has generally been cut off from central London. In 1897 the Blackwell Tunnel

opened it up to road access, however pedestrian rail access was not achieved

until 1999 with the opening of the Jubilee Line. The abandonment of the sites

industrial facilities in the late 20 c. opened it up for potential development. In1997onthetherstphaseofdevelopmentbeganwithMillenniumVillage.


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Site Photos


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Site ContextSite Strategy.1

Higher Density on the

east side protecting from

prevailing winds.

Buffer zone betweenresidential and remaining

industrial.

Green corridor between

medium and high density.

Site Strategy.2

Park ribbon wrapping

around Thames River.

Tapered building heights

allow for maximum sun

exposure.


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TheProjecttswellwithwithintheoverallLondonplanandreadily

accepts many of the plans suggestions. At the heart of Greenwich

Peninsula is a major transit center, the community is socially sus-

tainable as a community, and inherent in the plan is the notion of

gradual development. Additionally allowing multiple architects to

design the different buildings promotes architectural innovation and

visual variety.

The peninsula has the land capacity for substantial amounts of

development, which could contribute to the wider regeneration of the

Thames Gateway and east London. The main focus of development

should be at the north of the peninsula around the Dome and the

Jubilee Line station. Here, a dramatic new urban quarter could be

created through high-density development with minimal parkingprovision, using innovative architecture to reinforce a high quality

environment. London Plan pg. 521 5.78

The Greenwich Peninsula can play two important strategic roles.

First, the development of the Dome as a leisure attraction of

internationalsignicance.Secondly,asamajorcontributortomeeting

Londons need for additional housing. Taking this into account, the

planning framework should include plans for more than 7,500 new

homes provided over a 10-to 15-year period. In addition to leisure

facilities focused on the Dome, some commercial developmentto provide a sustainable community and support Londons overall

economic growth should be accommodated on the peninsula. This

should be focused on the Jubilee Line station and should be phased

to recognise the existing public transport constraints. Substantial

commercial development should not be promoted until new

public transport capacity is available. London Plan pg. 521 5.79

London Plan London Plan: East London Development Plan

London Plan: Thames Gateway Plan


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Social SustainabilityGreenwich Peninsula has everything that community needs to

grow and thrive Meridian Delta

GreenwichPeninsulawillinmanywaysactasaself-sufcient

community. The site currently includes a major entertainment and

sports venue, a primary and secondary school, a health care facil-

ity, a sports academy, a central park, a ecological park, a yacht

club, and major tube, bus and ferry terminals. The development

calls for a the movement of the Rathbone School of Design, cre-

ationofnewofces,retail,industryandavarietyofhousingtypes,

and large Eco-Sainsburys

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