More Towers Planned For Stratford

More Towers Planned For Stratford

These two towers are part of a new plan by architects at the Metropolitan Workshop for a development on the River Lea in the southern end of Stratford in London called Ailsa Waterside.

Near the 2012 Olympic site in the Borough of Newham, it has been designed for Sylvania Holdings and the Neptune Group who are exploring the feasibility for 800 new homes in this £200 million project laid out on the river-side.

As well as the 56,000 square metres of residential space there will also be some 40,000 square metres of mixed use space, presumably the bulk of which will be leisure and retail. The 7 blocks will also have outdoor space between them and green roofs.

Just about the whole area of nearby Stratford is set to change radically over the coming years as the authorities grapple with the issue of providing enough housing for London's burgeoning population by building on just about every piece of brown-field land they can find.

There have already been many schemes proposed in the area including Stratford City, and by our count there are at least 11 residential towers over 15 floors either under construction, officially proposed, or approved for the area.

With the tallest of this new set of buildings at about 35 floors they will add substantially to the count that is already rivalling the Isle of Dogs in the development stakes and show that the planned towers for Stratford are getting taller, a great example of height inflation at work and mirroring the commercial realities on the ground.

It was only three years ago that the tallest was Stratford Gate, at a mere 88 metres and 24 floors. Now with 150 Stratford High Street and Alisa Waterside, the height levels are being pushed as architects seek to maximise density in what is becoming an ever more appealing area of the London property market.

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