Design and Access

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DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT

A GATEWAY TO THE PENINSULA

EDEM MAKANTASIS :UP707998


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CONTENT

1. INTrODUCTION

2. EXISTING LOCATION

3. SITE CONTEXT

4. SITE PHOTOS

5. SITE HISTOrY

6. PrOPOSED DEVELOPMENT CLIEN & BrIEF

7. PrOPOSED DEVELOPMENT ACCESS

8. PrOPOSED DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPE

9. PrOPOSED DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN

10. PrOPOSED DEVELOPMENT DESIGN

11. rEFFErENCES


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INTrODUCTION

This document should be read along with the

Group proposal regarding the Greenwich Peninsula

Masterplan. The Project within this Design and access

document depends highly on the overall changes and

proposions of the previously menoned document

otherwise it may not be fully understood.


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EXISTING LOCATION

The Site is located northeast of the Royal Naval College along

the banks of the river Thames. It can be accessed by walking

5-10 minutes from the College or by taking the Trafalgar Rd

towards east and then taking the Christchurch way north

unl the street leads to Maurious Rd. The Site is surrounded

by houses south and east, by the river from the west and by

industrial areas north.

It should be noted that the surrounding areas north to the

site are going to be dierent based on the proposal for thePeninsula Group Masterplan.


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SITE CONTEXT

The Site is surrounded by big warehouses from the north as

well as some famous pubs located southwest along the river.

The Power staon and the jee located a on the way to

the Royal Naval College cannot be missed as their presence

idenes the industrial identy of the whole area.


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SITE PHOTOS


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SITE HISTOrY

The Site is close the Enderby Wharf and share the same

history as part of the industrializaon of Greenwich.

It has a history of more than 150 years of producon of

submarine communicaon cables and associated equipment,

and is one of the most important sites in the history of

submarine communicaons.


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PrOPOSED DEVELOPMENT

CLIENT & BrIEF

The Client University of Greenwich Drama Department allong

with the Communies of the surrounding areas are in need

of a new Cultural outpost that will redine the identy of the

site and the surrounding areas and at the same me provide

with the proposed buildings a new Gateway to the Proposed

Ecology Park that is going to be placed as part of the Overall

Urban strategic Plan.

The new Proposal will expand the Educaonal character of

the University of Greenwich Theatrical School towards thenewly redesigned Peninsula by providing new Facilies which

will cover the needs of the Department.

Furthermore, in order to enhance the intenon of providing

a new cultural identy to the site, three Theatres of dierent

capacity and for dierent uses are going to be introduced.

The rst one will be become the new Theatre that will be

used by theatrical companies that used to collaborate with

the Greenwich Theatre.

The Second one will be a exible theatre hat will be used

mostly by the University for smaller projects.The third one will be a small external amphitheatre that will

take advantage of the beauful surroundings.


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ACCESS

Access to the development can be achieved by foot and car.

Depending on the starng point of the journey one can follow

paths, streets and the new Greenwich walkway.

1.Arriving from Royal Naval College

There are two ways to access the site by foot. You can either

take the walkway along the thames which will lead you

straight to the site, or you can walk from Trafalgra Rd and on

Christchurch way turn le and go straight unll the end of the

street.

2.Arriving by Car

From trafalgar to Christchurch way again unll the end of the

road.

3. Arriving by foot from the North Greenwich Staon.

You can either walk for 20 minutes along the new walkway or

you can cut through the ecology park towards the southwest

corner of the Park


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LANDSCAPE

The main Change in the Landscape is going to be north of the

site on the Ecology park which is going to include reclaimed

by natura buildings, meadows and the elevated walkway.

The Development is going to invade the park and at the same

me include parts of the park within the site and interact

with it.


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SITE PLAN


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DESIGN


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REFFERENCES

SOURCES:

Wikipedia.org

hp://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/

http://www.thestage.co.uk853blog.com

IMAGES:

Pg 5: Fig.1http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/

EnderbysWharf/SCLGreenwichMercuryL.jpg Fig2. http://greenwichpeninsulahistory.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/cable-gear-at-enderby-wharf.jpg

Fig3 http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/EnderbysWharf/EnderbysMap.gif

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