The building combines energy efficiency and high design standards. Greenwich Peninsula master plan is being prepared by UK’s leading architects, Terry Farrell and Partners and has already received Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) ‘Excellent’ rating of over 76%, and is one of the most energy-efficient commercial buildings in the UK.
The new commercial district, viewed as the largest mixed-use regeneration scheme in UK, has been designed to offer tenants a ‘New View of London’. 14 Pier Walk is being seen as a benchmark for the rest of the new commercial district and indeed the Greenwich Peninsula scheme as a whole.
Greenwich Peninsula is a highly constrained development site bearing the scars of a diverse industrial history. Covering 74 hectares with 2.5 km of riverside, its comprehensive regeneration marks one of the largest planning applications ever submitted in London and presented significant challenges to the design team.
The immense scale of the project envisages 10,000 homes for 25,000 residents, 27,000 jobs, a leisure and entertainment destination centered around a new 26,000 capacity arena, and enhanced community and transport facilities. A series of distinctive urban districts will be created including four new residential neighborhoods, an office and retail district structured around the bus and tube interchange, five public parks and twelve public squares.
The commercial district under development will combine sustainability, quality of design, connectivity, waterfront location, retail, food and drink outlets and open green space, all alongside the world’s most popular entertainment venue, ‘The O2’.
The GBP5 billion ($8 billion) regeneration of 190 acres of Greenwich Peninsula led by estate specialist, Lend Lease and UK’s property group, Quintain working in collaboration with UK’s single, national housing and regeneration agency, Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) marks a true public private partnership.
The scheme will create a thriving new riverside community for London over the next 15 years.
