New London Architecture

Industrial Transformation

Proposed

Lease transfer feasibility study of a deep plan industrial building. A 3D masterplan to bring in fresh air and light; social interaction, skills/knowledge sharing through a community 'village green'.

Aukett Swanke were invited to design a transformation of the inner volumes of this 2 storey industrial building with the agility to become an agile mix of uses including workplace / R&D / manufacture / education and leisure options within the confines of perimeter workplace and gantry uses by others. From dark airless caves we drew air and daylight from above by carving out a Manhattan grid of two avenues and three cross streets to create 12 development plots, adding interim CLT floors to double the floor area. This created a truly agile and enticing variety of public and private settings that can accommodate the industrious to the delicate.

Knowledge Networks: London and the Ox-Cam Arc

Knowledge Networks: London and the Ox-Cam Arc

The design transforms the locked-in inner volumes of an air and lightless multi-level industrial building into a three dimensional masterplan of blocks and passages for industrial, workplace, R+D, education and leisure uses. An urban street grid with two avenues and three cross streets was created to bring daylight and air deep into the space. This established twelve independent but connected plots, with two new CLT mezzanine levels between existing concrete and steel floors. A community Village Green enables social gatherings and knowledge exchange between the innovative and entrepreneurial tenants.

Project information

Status

Proposed

Borough

Newham

Size

46670 sq m

Completion

2018


Location

22 Olympic Park Ave, Chobham Manor, London E20 1FA, UK


Team Credits

Project Manager

Savills

Other

Savills Agency

Other

None


Listed by

Aukett Swanke

Last updated on

31/05/2024


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