The development consists of 1350 apartments, including affordable housing, spread over 14 separate buildings and built over several stages. The scheme has also delivered a hotel, restaurant, shops and community facilities including a new health care centre.
Within this new urban quarter, the architecture is expressed through two distinct styles: an ‘international style’ along the riverside, and a design reflecting the new London vernacular on the Wandsworth side. The buildings are arranged along a central spine, with a new open park situated to the west.
The landscaping features a rich diversity of planting and a unique-tidal planting project which has seen the reintroduction of native plant species creating a new home for wildlife. Permeability was a key consideration when designing the scheme, with 65% of the site given over to landscaped public space.
A 300-metre-long riverside walkway facilitates public access to the riverside for the first time since the 18th Century and creates a new series of river-edge habitats for wildlife.
