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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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DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT
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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DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT
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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PrOPOSED DEVELOPMENT
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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PrOPOSED DEVELOPMENT
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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PrOPOSED DEVELOPMENT
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