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REFERENCES

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HOME

 

Millenium Mills title image: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Millennium_Mills

Interactive map: Google Maps

 

SITE APPRAISAL

 

LOCATION

Zoom in on initial map: https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2019/11/17/plans-are-in-to-renovate-millennium-mills-and-build-1000-homes/  

Zoom in image: https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/36056257-royal-victoria-dock  

Transport connections map: Google Maps

Roads image: Google Maps

Pedestrian crossing image: Google Maps

Connections to Britannia Village: my own

Royal Wharf green space: https://www.londontown.com/NearByHotels/Hotels/139984/Directory/Hotels-near-Royal+Wharf+Park

Royal Victoria Dock: https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/36056257-royal-victoria-dock

Services connections map: Google Maps

 

COMMUNITY

Collage from top (clockwise)

https://www.communityledhousing.london/bridging-the-gap-newham/  

https://www.newham.gov.uk/news/article/251/newham-stands-united-in-solidarity-with-sri-lanka-and-our-sri-lankan-community  

https://www.abdullahaid.org.uk/projects/united-kingdom/ncp/

https://www.newham.gov.uk/health-adult-social-care/community-neighbourhood-link-workers   

https://www.newhamscp.org.uk/community/

https://www.royaldocks.london/articles/newham-youth-map-explores-the-borough-through-young-peoples-eyes

https://mobile.twitter.com/newhamcommunity

Socio economic table: my own – created from 2011 census information found at gov.uk

Economic priorities table: https://www.newham.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Newham-Resident-Insight-v2.pdf

Overall priorities table: https://www.newham.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Newham-Resident-Insight-v2.pdf

 

SITE HISTORY

1855: https://royaldocks.london/the-place  

1981: https://thelondoncolumn.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/emptydock-lc1.jpg  

Strategic Plan: https://alondoninheritance.com/london-history/london-docklands-a-1976-strategic-plan/  

ARUP’s vision: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/ahmm-and-arups-1-5bn-silvertown-vision-agreed    

Millenium Mills: https://willjennings.info/Book-chapter-Jean-Michel-Jarman-The-Last-of-Docklands

Silo D: https://adamxphotos.com/2014/07/27/explore-70-silo-d-of-millennium-mills-london-pleasure-gardens-london-june-2014/    

Aerial view for map: https://www.webbaviation.co.uk/aerial/picture.php?/10702

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PLANNING HISTORY

1976 Strategic Plan https://alondoninheritance.com/london-history/london-docklands-a-1976-strategic-plan/  

1983 Peoples Plan: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+docklands+people%27s+plan&rlz=1C1CHZN_enGB972GB973&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8893agtL0AhUXi1wKHa8HBnEQ_AUoBHoECAEQBg&biw=1517&bih=666&dpr=0.9#imgrc=36BCRI0k-ELpgM  

2016 opportunity area framework: https://twitter.com/andrewwood17/status/994604092671524865

2015 Silvertown Partnership:  https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/property-news/silvertown-quays-building-on-ps3-5bn-project-due-to-start-almost-20-years-after-plans-first-drawn-up-a135511.html

 

CASE STUDIES

 

GUNWHARF QUAYS

The Old Customs House Building: https://www.strongisland.co/2016/05/12/the-old-customs-house-at-gunwharf-quays/  

Portsmouth location map: https://www.postcodearea.co.uk/postaltowns/portsmouth/  

Historical aerial photo: https://gunwharf-quays.com/history-gunwharf-quays

Spinnaker Tower: https://peytonsview.org/2020/09/23/spinnaker-tower/

The Mary Rose Museum: https://gunwharf-quays.com/leisure/things-to-do-in-portsmouth  

 

COIN STREET

OXO Tower: https://southbanklondon.com/node/1919   

Location map: https://coinstreet.org/nursery  

Aeriel city block view: https://coinstreet.org/about-us/our-story  

Resident opposition: https://medium.com/@willjennings80/coin-street-community-builders-e2bc940c4d81  

Residential block: https://www.haworthtompkins.com/work/iroko-housing  

Cross section of community facilities: 4 https://coinstreet.org/about-us/our-developments/doon-street-development

 

I’LLE DE NANTES

Building façade: https://artesemfronteiras.com/esculturas-vivas-e-gigantes-de-la-machine/  

Location map: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/33495590948907221/  

Ariel view: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/nantes-aerial-panoramic-view-france-gm1096975982-294560035  

Historical image: https://agile-city.com/agile-city-research/cultural-regeneration-from-heavy-to-poetic-machinery-in-nantes-france/  

New attractions: https://agile-city.com/agile-city-research/cultural-regeneration-from-heavy-to-poetic-machinery-in-nantes-france/

New waterfront public realm: https://agile-city.com/agile-city-research/cultural-regeneration-from-heavy-to-poetic-machinery-in-nantes-france/

 

CONCEPT

 

VISION

Abstract rendering of open public space: https://www.priorandpartners.com/silvertown-masterplan?lightbox=dataItem-k52co3m51

Battersea Power Station: https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united-kingdom/stories/2021/06/battersea-power-station

I’lle De Nantes festival: https://www.brittanytourism.com/matching-what-i-want/culture-and-heritage/brittanys-main-events/le-voyage-a-nantes/

Dublin regenerated docklands: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/attracting-a-new-generation-to-the-dublin-docklands-1.1987639

Coin Street residential block: https://www.haworthtompkins.com/work/iroko-housing    

Inclusive growth model: https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Community-Planning/An-Update-on-Our-Community-Plan

 

MASTER PLAN

Master plan: my own - SketchUp over DigiMap

Proposed massing plan: SketchUp over DigiMap

Britannia Village: https://www.google.com/search?q=britannia+village+london+housing&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiti4DogtX0AhULxhoKHX5TDmcQ2-

Coin Street housing: https://www.atelierten.com/projects/coin-street-housing/  

Timber balconies: https://www.archdaily.com/877049/penda-designs-modular-timber-tower-inspired-by-habitat-67-for-toronto/59836786b22e38994f000131-penda-designs-modular-timber-tower-inspired-by-habitat-67-for-toronto-image  

Dublin regenerated docklands: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/attracting-a-new-generation-to-the-dublin-docklands-1.1987639  

Accordia Cambridge: https://www.alisonbrooksarchitects.com/project/accordia/

Proposed green/blue network: SketchUp over DigiMap

Green corridor: https://www.theparksalliance.org/  

Millennium Mills master plan rendering: https://pollardthomasedwards.co.uk/projects/index/silvertown-quays/  

Night time park event: https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/regents-park-open-air-theatre-announces-moreoutdoor-events-111407968/

Cycle lane: https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/turkey-to-expand-bicycle-lane-network/news

Walkable streets: https://heartoflondonbid.london/charing-cross-road/

 

IMPLEMENTATION

 

PHASING

All images my own – generated from SketchUp.

 

MEANWHIE USES

Moodboard – clockwise from top left

Sunflower field as attraction/ for remediation: https://landlab.wustl.edu/projects/sunflower/

Young girl with sunflowers: https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/18642527.sunflower-field-near-truro-cornwall-raises-cash-sowenna/

Floating allotments: https://www.behance.net/gallery/3781456/Plant-it-Green

Temporary pop-up restaurant: https://worldarchitecture.org/article-links/epzme/overtreders_w_designed_a_zerowaste_and_timeless_popup_restaurant_for_2018_lowlands_festival.html

Potted trees: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/538250592951823316/

Market pavilions: https://inhabitat.com/va-tech-architecture-students-complete-prefabricated-covington-farmers-market/buildlab-2/

Outdoor fitness enthusiasts: https://www.playdale.co.uk/outdoor-gym-equipment-for-parks/

Round deck platforms: https://www.pinterest.nz/pin/542683823851508394/

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SILO D

 

INTRODUCTION 

Silo D: https://adamxphotos.com/2014/07/27/explore-70-silo-d-of-millennium-mills-london

Site aerial view: https://www.webbaviation.co.uk/aerial/picture.php?/10702

Silo D photos – clockwise from top left

Silo D image 1: https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/millennium-mills-london-august-2018.114291/  

Silo D image 2: https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/millennium-mills-london-august-2018.114291/    

Silo D image 3: https://adamxphotos.com/2014/07/27/explore-70-silo-d-of-millennium-mills-london-pleasure-gardens-london-june-2014/

Silo D image 4: https://adamxphotos.com/2014/07/27/explore-70-silo-d-of-millennium-mills-london-pleasure-gardens-london-june-2014/

Building community wealth: https://longreads.tni.org/public-finance-chapter-5

 

DESIGN

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LAND USE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD STRUCTURE

Land use plan: my own – created in SketchUp

Community group: https://www.royaldocks.london/articles/newham-youth-map-explores-the-borough-through-young-peoples-eyes

Waterfront café in Boston: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/best-waterfront-restaurant-patios-boston/  

The Good Hotel: https://curateanddisplay.co.uk/good-hotel-london-the-floating-hotel-with-a-social-cause/

 

GREEN AND BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE

Master plan: my own – created in SketchUp

Nante Waterfront green network: https://agile-city.com/agile-city-research/cultural-regeneration-from-heavy-to-poetic-machinery-in-nantes-france/

Blue network lido: https://100architects.com/project/suprematist-pool/

Render of Silo D: my own – created in SketchUp

 

TOWNSCAPE AND PUBLIC REALM

Townscape render: my own – created in SketchUp

Public realm sketch: https://www.fletcherpriest.com/news-and-events/silvertown-quays-wins-planning  

Colourful pedestrian crossing: https://glostext.gloucestershire.gov.uk/documents/s65318/2020-09-21%20-%20COSC%20-%20Rainbow%20Crossings.pdf

 

CHARACTER AND BUILT FORM

Light up heritage structures: https://www.archiscene.net/mixed-use/three-kings-tank/  

Battersea Power Station viewing pod: https://www.dezeen.com/tag/battersea-power-station/

Silo D floors diagram: https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/millennium-mills-london-august-2018.114291/

Waterfront cafe rendering: my own - created in SketchUp

 

LISTED BUILDINGS AND HERITAGE

Silo D rear view: my own – created in SketchUp

Mary Rose Museum: https://gunwharf-quays.com/leisure/things-to-do-in-portsmouth     

 

SILO D MEANWHILE USES

Millennium Mills internal disrepair: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Millennium_Mills

Night time projection: https://www.dominionprint.com/how-to-pull-off-projection-on-buildings-that-leave-an-impact/

Before I die interactive art: https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/66493-before-i-die-cbd-edition

Pop up restaurant: https://worldarchitecture.org/article-

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IMPLEMENTATION

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FINANCE AND FUNDING

Enterprise Zones: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-than-15500-jobs-created-across-enterprise-zones

Lottery Heritage Fund: http://www.disabilityhistoryscotland.co.uk/major-news-disability-history-scotland-wins-heritage-lottery-fund-support/

Coin Street development: https://coinstreet.org/about-us/our-story

Community land trust diagram: https://www.palmettoclt.org/clts-101

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IMPACTS OF FUNDING

Grants are good: https://www.dsc.org.uk/grantsforgood/

Silo D and Millennium Mills: https://adamxphotos.com/2014/07/27/explore-70-silo-d-of-millennium-mills-london

Ground source heat pump: http://www.sonicdrilling.com/geothermal_site/PowerPoint/How%20a%20Ground%20Source%20Heat%20Pump%20Works%20for%20Commercial%20Buildings.pdf

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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local artists: https://www.verdenews.com/news/2020/jul/21/artist-couple-sets-old-town-cottonwood/

Apprenticeship creation: https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2015/03/17/New-hospitality-apprenticeship-standards-approved

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REGENERATION BENEFITS

Open public space render: my own – created in SketchUp

Newham food bank: https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/shameful-video-shows-enormous-queue-19876834

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GOVERNANCE

Phasing plan: my own - created in Illustrator

Community owned land: https://www.palmettoclt.org/clts-101

Before I die community participation: https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/66493-before-i-die-cbd-edition

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Author
Becky Wakelin

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