Student accommodation and co-living will predominate in 23-storey development
Plans to build 1,448 homes in south-east London have been approved by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Developer Re:shape’s £425m scheme would comprise 930 purpose-built student beds (PBSA), 425 co-living studios, 93 residential homes, of which 40% will be for affordable tenures.
The scheme, located near the new Woolwich Elizabeth line station and designed by DLA Architecture, includes six buildings, stepped in height and rising up to 23 storeys.
It includes new public realm improvements, as well as community space and commercial floorspace.
“Electric Works shows what is possible when ambition, design intelligence and social purpose come together,” said Jermaine Browne, co-founder of Re:shape.
“Our mission is to take complex, long-stalled sites and turn them into neighbourhoods with opportunity at their heart - including fully policy-compliant affordable housing and community-led placemaking that deliver genuine long-term social impact and value.”
The historic Electric Works building, after which the scheme is to be named, will be retained and restored as a “civic anchor”. The building, which served as offices for the Electricity Department based on Powis Street, will be used as a community space.
The project team also includes Studio Bosk as landscape architect, Whitby Wood as structural engineer, and Applied Energy as M&E engineer.
“The historic Electric Works building has been integral to shaping the placemaking so that the series of squares and pedestrian routes work together with the narrative-led architecture to create homes that reference the special character of this part of Woolwich,” said Chris Levett, director at DLA Architecture.
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