Plans include 50% affordable housing delivered in partnership with Places for People
Camden Council has approved plans for a £1bn film quarter masterplan including 485 new homes.
The project, designed by SPPARC and developed by real estate firm Yoo Capital, aims to create a leading film and TV production campus.
Located in Kentish Town, it will feature 11 purpose-built sound stages production and post-production facilities, creative workspace and specialist education.
Unlike conventional film production layouts, studios will be arranged vertically to optimise land use.
The scheme will also deliver 485 homes, of which 243 (50%) will be designated affordable and delivered in partnership with Places for People.
Architect Broadway Malyan was involved with the design of the housing component of the scheme, which the design team for the masterplan also included Spacehub handling landscapes and Atelier Ten on sustainability.
“Camden Film Quarter reimagines what a modern urban district can be,” said Trevor Morriss, principal at SPPARC.
“Rather than separating industry, education, housing and public life, the masterplan brings them together in a highly connected and walkable neighbourhood.
“The design opens up a previously inaccessible industrial estate, creates new parks and public spaces, improves connections across the area and establishes a distinctive new destination for Camden.
“The stacked studio arrangement is a new typology for London. This approach creates the space to deliver a complete neighbourhood that includes housing, education and a rigorous green landscape rather than a single-use enclave.”
The Grade II-listed Kentish Town police Station will be retained and reused as part of the scheme.
Andrew Usher, group managing director of developments at Places for People, said: “Camden Film Quarter is set to become an important new neighbourhood for north London and the next chapter in PfP’s placemaking journey.
”London is facing a housing crisis that demands bold action and genuine commitment, and we believe this development is exactly the kind of response the capital needs.
”Delivering 485 high-quality homes, with 50% designated as affordable, will make a real and positive difference to people’s lives and help address the acute shortage of genuinely affordable housing in inner London.”
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