Ailsa Wharf Developments, Lindhill and Galliard Homes, London Tower Hamlets Homes
Ailsa Wharf Poplar Riverside Housing
New Residential Buildings in Tower Hamlets, East London, UK – design by Stockwool Architects
8 Dec 2017
Ailsa Wharf, Poplar Riverside Housing
Location: Poplar, East London, England, UK
Design: Stockwool, Architects
Ailsa Wharf Development – Poplar Riverside Housing in London
INDUSTRIAL WASTELAND TO MIXED-USE HUB: GREEN LIGHT FOR STOCKWOOL?S £350M POPLAR HOUSING ZONE SCHEME
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has approved plans by Stockwool for a 785-home regeneration scheme ? the first major project to come forward as part of the Mayor of London?s Poplar Riverside Housing Zone.

images courtesy of architects Ailsa Wharf will regenerate one of the last remaining brownfield sites in Tower Hamlets, transforming a heavily contaminated 2.5ha tract of land next to the River Lea which has laid barren and unused for many years. Situated between a busy urban motorway and the river, the key to unlocking this site has been to change the perception of it, from post-industrial wasteland to new urban quarter. The site has complex land ownership issues which have held back various other attempts to bring it forward since 2003.
Stockwool?s proposals will create a vibrant mixed-use hub of new homes, offices, retail and leisure facilities in 13 buildings varying between 3 and 17 storeys set within significant areas of new public realm.

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