This competition-winning masterplan converts the former Greenwich District Hospital site into a development which provides much-needed homes for families, creating a welcoming new public realm and introducing a new community focal point to an area blighted by unsympathetic ad hoc development.
The plan and massing of the scheme are designed to mesh with the surrounding urban fabric and extend existing routes through the site. The buildings are arranged to create secure and welcoming residential streets and communal squares that echo traditional street patterns, while the accommodation offered ranges from apartments and maisonettes with balconies and rooftop gardens, to family-focused terraced housing with gardens.
The community focus of the scheme lies in the north-west corner of the site where a generous public square, accessed directly from the Woolwich Road, is fronted by the new Greenwich Centre. This landmark community building provides a new public interface for the London Borough of Greenwich and contains health, leisure, library and council facilities.All buildings are designed to minimise environmental impact and reduce water and energy consumption. The scheme received planning permission in August 2008.
