Our scheme for Ilderton Road in Southwark was unanimously consented at Planning Committee in October 2022. The proposals will deliver 59 new homes and new workspace on this site within the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area.

The Old Kent Road is seeing multi-billion pound investment, which will deliver new homes, workplaces and public spaces linked to new transport connections including the Bakerloo line extension.

The homes will all benefit from generous layouts, dual aspect living spaces, private and communal amenity spaces including a large rooftop outdoor space with shared allotments, child playspace and spectacular views across London.

We used paper cut models to test and communicate the concept for the constrained and unusually shaped plot.

The columns anchor the three corners of the flat-iron shaped site. Voids behind for balconies create layering and depth in the brickwork and give the building a fine outline.

At ground and first floor level the commercial space is delineated by double height arches echoing the adjacent railway and Christ the King Chapel.

The use of concrete and brick references the heritage of the area and the hand-crafted Victorian railway viaduct, which slices past the site on its way to London Bridge, giving the site its acute triangular shape.

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