Gehl Architects in London
View towards Sugar House Lane area
Gehl Architects, “world-famous Danish street-planners” according to bdonline.co.uk, have been hired by Ikeas development arm, Landprop, to help with a regeneration scheme in Londons East End. “Gehl Architects will work on all public spaces, as well as residential, retail and industrial land.” writes bdonline.co.uk.
The development is in Stratford, at Sugar House Lane, in close proximity to the Olympic legacy area. The site is a former industrial site that has been declared a conservation area in 2008. The area has a lot of qualities in terms if both history, scale and location. But it also carries with it a lot of challenges, not least some of the harsh surroundings with major traffic arteries running along it on more sides. From Gehl Architects the project has been lead by Louise Grassov, assisted by Henning Thomsen, Sofie Kvist and Rasmus Frisk.
Major traffic arteries surround the site
A former industrial area filled with good scale and building qualities
Opportunities to tie in to existing non-motorized infrastructure
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