A mixed-use, mainly residential scheme new build. 550 residential units in 11 buildings. Hotel, offices, retail, 800 underground car spaces. Complex Urban Regeneration Scheme on highly sensitive Thameside in West London.
The buildings are warehouse form, of a scale appropriate to the waterside contest. By establishing a strong base form with commercial use at ground floor level, it is possible to create interest at skyline level, with a visually lightweight upper storey and interesting roof form.
The building vocabulary reflects the waterside context with projecting balconies and terraces. The palette of materials - stock brickwork, steel windows, teak balconies, curved aluminium roofs - are responsive to both and also be sympathetic to the architecture of Peerless Pumps listed building.
The Urban Design objectives were to reconnect Brentford to the waterside and create high quality pedestrian priority spaces.
