Thornton Park
- Client: London Realty
- Architect: Rolfe Judd Architecture
- Contacts: Jan Donovan, John Osborn
- LPA: London Borough of Lambeth
A residential-led, mixed-use scheme that will transform an enclosed, industrial site providing 340 new homes, 41,000 sqm of SME office space in a standalone building and a new public square.
The site has a single access point onto Clapham Common South Side and sits between the Notre Dame Estate and Lambeth College. The scheme also integrates a waste transfer facility withing an underground area near the front of the site to replace the existing light industrial use on the site.
Currently underused, with buildings that are no longer fit for purpose, the site is enclosed and separated from the community. The project opens up the site creating accessible and welcoming spaces surrounded by striking contemporary architecture and beautifully landscaped gardens and walkways.
Six new architecturally stunning buildings, which vary in scale, form and materiality are designed to respond to the surrounding context, whilst maintaining a common contemporary language. The residential units have floor to ceiling glazing, large balconies for terraces and excellent daylight and outlook. A series of landscaped gardens and walkways including a public square will help activate the new pedestrianized street which runs the length of the site. An elegant and subtly curved glass office building marks the entrance to the site while a waste transfer facility which is to be re-provided on-site due to planning constraints, is hidden away at basement level. Flexible office space provides a range of opportunities for local businesses while a ground floor café provides activity to the pedestrianised street and public square.
