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Rick Roberts Way Masterplan London 2020–2021

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), London Borough of Newham (LBN) and St William commissioned a multidisciplinary Design Team to develop an Urban Design and Landscape Framework for the Rick Roberts Way sites.

The Design Team comprising Henley Halebrown, 5th Studio, JCLA, Max Fordham and Price & Myers cover the fields of Architecture, Urban design, Public realm and landscape, Sustainability, Energy & Utilities and Civil & Transport Engineering.

The sites comprise three parcels of land across a 4.3ha linear site, owned by LLDC, LBN and the National Grid. Together the site aims to deliver a target of 750 homes, a secondary school with a sixth form, and 1.2ha of open space.

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Collage of the historic context (circa. 1800-1900)
The Channelsea Creek and Gas Works
The aspiration is to create a ‘15-minute city’ by providing residents of Rick Roberts Way with access to amenities and employment
Plan of guiding aspirations for route hierarchy (not to scale)
Plan of guiding aspirations for urban and landscape structure (not to scale)
Plan summarising the guiding aspirations (not to scale)
LLDC Mixed-use Residential Site and cross section from Greenway through to RRW showing courts and gardens
Neighbourhood Spaces – Communal Routes
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Illustrative massing study example option
Illustrative 3D massing model in context example option
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Illustrative massing study example option
Illustrative 3D massing model in context example option
Open-sided courtyard blocks are orientated towards the Greenway. Each courtyard benefits from long south-west views and aspect towards the Greenway
A finer grained approach. The terraced blocks are joined along RRW to maintain a level of solidity and protection from traffic. Communal gardens and green streets benefit from long south-west views
Illustrative school site plan example option. The taller school volume is located here to mark the entrance to the school and to terminate the view from the residential Home Zone.
Illustrative school site plan example option. A diagonal composition of school building volumes. This layout defines its external spaces as courts and precincts and shows the
Illustrative site plan example option. A series of faceted free-standing volumes sitting within a landscape setting. Height is concentrated away from Abbey Lane and towards the middle of the site
Illustrative site plan example option. Order and orientation to the Greenway. These off-set, contoured, blocks permit long views through the site, maintain good overlooking distances, passive surveillance, whilst capturing long undulating communal landscapes between them

architects Henley Halebrown

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