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Canning Town

 

This residential tower design was for an invited competition in Canning Town, east London. The location is challenging due to the lack of coherent urban grain surrounding the site and the proximity of the A13 flyover and a high tension pylon.

 

The brief required 250-300 one, two and three bed units, with 30% affordable. The proposal puts all the units in a single 50 storey tower with 6 apartments per floor (eg. 4 x two bed and 2 x one bed). The larger units had dual aspects and all the apartments featured continuous winter gardens along their full facade length, acting as a buffer zone between inside and out.

 

Location:  Barking Road, London

Status:  Competition

 

Team:  William Conway, Florian Ballan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Site plan
- Site plan
View from south
- View from south
View from south west
- View from south west
View from north
- View from north
Lobby view
- Lobby view
Skyline view
- Skyline view
Facade view
- Facade view
Winter garden
- Winter garden
Living space
- Living space
One bed apartment
- One bed apartment
Two bed apartment
- Two bed apartment
One bed apartment
- One bed apartment
Ground floor plan
- Ground floor plan
Typical floor plan
- Typical floor plan
Winter garden plan
- Winter garden plan
Facade section
- Facade section
Elevation detail
- Elevation detail
West elevation
- West elevation
South elevation
- South elevation