Varcoe Road Housing, Southwark
The site layout and massing reinforces the north-south urban grain of Varcoe Road and continues the lines of Pocket Living’s adjacent new housing to the north. A landscaped mews-like Lane is created along the east boundary to access the residential lobbies and commercial space.
Mixed-use 74 home scheme, 35% affordable, on a constrained site creating new car-free public realm and commercial space to suit Southwark’s Bakerloo Line extension Old Kent Road (OKR) Opportunity Area Action Plan. Flats are tenure blind & pepper-potted; exceeding London space standards with generous balconies and a communal roof terrace. All 3-bed & 2-bed homes are dual aspect.
“This particularly challenging and constrained site has required all of Benedetti Architects’ considerable skill, ingenuity and commitment in navigating the Council’s meandering feedback and policy amendments to achieve this high-quality much-needed housing, in line with the emerging Old Kent Road masterplan.”
- S Gertner - Director, End Game Capital (SE Offices) Limited
CLIENT
End Game Capital (SE Offices) Limited
COST
£21 million estimated
STATUS
Current - Planning Application
TEAM
Benedetti Architects
Interpolitian
Akera Engineers
DSA Engineers
TPP Transport Consultants