The Royal Arsenal, founded by Henry VIII, was one of the world's largest military-naval-industrial sites in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Arsenal was closed in the 1980s, and the London Development Agency (LDA) is now working with Berkeley Homes and other partners to bring the site back into use, taking full advantage of new transport infrastructure.

 

Design for London is working within the LDA Land & Development team on all design quality aspects of the development. We have helped shape the current development scenario and masterplan and pushed forward links with the Arsenal site and the wider town centre.

 

22 buildings are listed on the 31-hectare site, a large number remaining undeveloped. Over the last decade 1,250 homes, 350,000 sq ft of light industrial premises and two museums have been constructed. A planning consent has now been granted for the final phase which will create an additional 3,700 homes, a Crossrail Station and a new park, as well as leisure and retail uses.

 

Allies and Morrison, working with Townshend Landscape Architects, are the masterplanners for the Arsenal site and the development above the Crossrail station being designed by Weston Williamson. Building 10 includes 470 residential units, retail and office space, and is currently under construction.

 

The next building to start on site, designed by Munkenbeck + Marshall Architects, includes 300 units and was submitted for planning late last year.

DFL is also exploring ways of repaving the historic Number 1 Street in natural stone and creating a shared surface as well as enhanced streetscape elements.

 

Partners: London Development Agency, Berkeley Homes, London Borough of Greenwich, Transport for London, Cross London Rail Links