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Over the past year, Conrad Phoenix has been
consulting with the community and Southwark Council as regards
the scheme design for Site C at Canada Water. In this period,
the team has shared some of the aims and aspirations of the
scheme and invited comments and feedback to the initial ideas
through this website and other channels.
As part of the ongoing consultation process, comments received have been fed back into the design process and over the last few months, the following design changes have been made to the scheme:
Main amends to the scheme – a summary
- The density of the scheme has been reduced, with the total number of residential units reduced from 800 to around 640
- The proportion of three bedroom units has been increased
- The maximum building height has been
reduced to 10 floors (30 metres)
- Improvements have been made to the landscaping scheme, with all servicing now located underground
Other changes made following feedback relate to the following aspects:
- Surrey Quays Road frontage: the
design of the buildings has been broken up along the
Surrey Quays Road, more trees have been planted and the
community space and Decathlon unit will have window displays
onto the road, thereby making the frontage more secure
and vibrant
- Service entrances on the Surrey Quays
Road: all servicing for the entire development will now
be from the basement, enabling more green space for the
development to be opened up
- External building treatments: a greater
variety of colour, detail, texture and materials will
be used on the building exteriors, sympathetic to the surrounding
environment
- Public realm and amenity space:
the design of the public open spaces will reflect the
history of the site and will include a heritage trail.
Additional private amenity space for residents has been
created to contain a children’s play area and recreation
opportunities
- Synergy with the British Land/ Canada
Quays proposals: buildings along the Canada Water frontage
and on either side of Albion Channel have been designed
to be of similar scale and mass. There will be a natural
flow between the public spaces of sites A/B and site C.
Materials, planting, site furniture, lighting and the location
of sculpture and interpretive information will be compatible
and co-ordinated between the sites
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