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This was a group consultancy project completed in a module under Professor Matthew Carmona with input from Urban Design Skills and LB Tower Hamlets.

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Isle of Dogs:A sustainable waterside heart for East

London

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A Vision for the Isle of Dogs

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Three Simple Principles

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Green open spacesenvironmental interventions energy

& Red new civic spacessocial and private enterprisesocial economy

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Three Scales of Intervention

Connections between the Isle to the rest of London

Connections between the different areas within the Isle

Connections within the different areas of the Isle

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Analysis - SWOT

Strengths• Thames• Docks• Location• Green Space• Transit Infrastructure

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Analysis - SWOT

Weaknesses• Privatised Space• Dead Waterfronts• Deserted Streets• Inward Facing Development• Isolated by Thames &

Motorways• Disconnected Grid• Poor Social & Civic

Infrastructure

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Opportunities• Crossrail & Wood Wharf• Redevelopment of Docks• Successful Surrounding Areas• Scale of Redevelopment &

Environmental Systems Development

• Thames Gateway

Analysis - SWOT

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Threats• Commercial, Retail &

Residential Development Pressure

• Credit Crunch & Canary Wharf• Climate Change & Thames• Aggressive Housing Goals

Threaten Area Vitality

Analysis - SWOT

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Masterplan

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• Thames Path: riverside walk along all the Isle with wilder ecosystems to the south

• Water Transit: network of ex-dock basins connected to the river to be used by a Boat Rapid Transit network

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• Millwall Docks and Inner Docks: dockside pedestriansiation through areas of civic, commercial residential use; integration of wetland ecosystems in some areas and micro-climate areas

• Dockside leisure activities: connections between Canary Wharf, other water basins and the Thames through leisure activities such as sailing, rowing, swimming

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• Canals and Locks: network of canals increasing permeability and linking to river via new locks

• Swales and Reed Beds: network of swales and wetter reed bed areas for greater environmental impacts such as flood resilience, ecosystem maintenance, water supply to green network

• Encourage reduction in water use: integrated grey water network, encouraging water harvesting, & district level education

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environmental interventions

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Green - high scale

• Boulevards– Traffic calming– Pedestrian ways– Cycle ways– Linear development– Greenery

• Green network– Green spine – Victoria to Greenwich

– Aspen way boulevard– Connecting green spaces

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• Waste, water and energy system – closing loops– Biofueled CHP– Recycling infrastructure

• Local job opportunities and training

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Green - low scale

• Tree planting trusts e.g. Trees for

London.• Allotments• Local food initiatives• Healthy bodies

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• Community Connections– Promoting pedestrian and

bicycling as travel modes, and • Bridges

– Three new pedestrian and bicycle bridges to connect the Isle to Canada Water, North Greenwich Peninsula, and Greenwich.

• Boulevards– To connect the neighbourhoods of

the Isle to one another and points beyond, to reduce automobile dominance, two new boulevards will be created, forming a North-South axis from Greenwich to All Saints DLR, and East-West from Canning Town to Mile End Park.

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• Festivals– The Isle should develop two major

festivals to attract international and London wide audiences and encourage participation of the diverse communities of the Isle.

• Connecting Canary Wharf– A series of connections will be

made to provide rights of way East-West & North-South through the Canary Wharf Estate along existing private lanes.

• Millwall Dock Redevelopment– Two significant new public squares

are to be built on either side of the Inner Millwall Dock, to house a number of civic buildings as well as commercial use, including dedicated local business space.

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• Changing the rhythm of Manchester Road: Village Centres

• Detail of centre form and content to be designed through formulation of town centre design codes

• Housing codes as part of delivery

DLR/Bus stop combining cycle storage

Shared surface /public space including natural green space

Active frontages addressing the public realm

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Waterfront

Development of docksPedestrian tidal bridges

Canals and swales

Water Strategy

Green Boulevard

Aspen Way boulevard

ESCO set-up

New CHP and waste network

Green network, Tree planting and development of allotments

New Civic Plazas

New Land Trust set-up

Development of housing codes, village codes and environment codesVillage centres and highstreet

Set-up of local Trusts/cooperatives

New Market

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Funding and DeliveryMAIN (FUNDING) PARTNERSLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets

Homes and Communities Agency (Thames Gateway Regeneration Programme)

Transport for LondonGreater London Authority

London Development AgencyCanary Wharf Group plc

Port of London Authority

CREATION OF DEVELOPMENT TRUST•Counterweight to Canary Wharf Group

•Company limited by guarantee with charitable status•Funding procurer, distributor and manager for

environmental and community projects

MANAGING ASSETS•Planning permission granted providing

developers endow Trust with a portion of land for community purposes – affordable

workspace and retail units, leasing workspace to local residents, providing and maintaining community facilities and public

spaces.•Any rental income then fed back into community developments and projects

ENCOURAGING GRASSROOTS ACTION

•Promoting resident involvement, local democracy and active citizenship – help

and support provided for small local groups and projects

•Maintenance of community meeting places

NURTURING AND PROTECTING A LOCAL ECONOMY

•Trust land assets would help to facilitate this•Measures could include extension of local rate relief to

independent operators and creative use of S.106 – making retail developers reserve units for local businesses

•Model based on Paris’ Local Urbanism Plan – restriction on shop changes of use Tower Hamlets could use Millwall Docks

and Crosshabour as a test area for this•S.106 stipulations regarding trainees and staff percentages

MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY

•Coordinatin of all renewable infrastructure projects - tidal, wind, solar and biogas

CREATION OF TOWN CODE •A way of bringing together stakeholders to create a vision for the Island while at

the same time ensuring that new development contributes to the public

realm.

FUNCTIONS

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Thank You.

Isle of Dogs:A sustainable waterside heart for East London