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Barking Riverside

This is a project by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists and it is located at London, United Kingdom. Project's program: 11,000 houses, 22.000 m2 shops and leisure, 2000 m2 health care, 1 secondary school, 2 primary schools. There are nineteen images for Barking Riverside.

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Project details

Project name: Barking Riverside
Location: London, United Kingdom
Program: 11,000 houses, 22.000 m2 shops and leisure, 2000 m2 health care, 1 secondary school, 2 primary schools
Area: Site area: 180 ha
Year: Construction start: 2006 • Completion: 2026
More details: Average density: 117 dw/ha
Client: Barking Riverside Ltd. (English Partnerships, Bellway Homes)
Project by: Maxwan Architects+Urbanists
Team: Design team: Rients Dijkstra, Hiroki Matsuura, Paul Gerretsen, Jason Hilgefort, Thomas Stellmach with Martijn Anhalt, Verena Balz, Artur Borejszo , Anna Borzyszkowska, Klaas Hofman, Tom Jonckers ,Lucas Lou, Joao Mendes, Ali Saad, Kris Schaasberg, Claudia Strahl, Milica Topalovic, Harm te Velde, Petar Zaklanovic
Others: Landscape: Karres + Brands landscape architects

Project images

Designer's statement

Barking Riverside will house 25.000 people and will be built within the next 20 years on one of the largest underdeveloped sites in Greater London. The breathtaking site on the northern bank of the river Thames lies at the heart of the Thames Gateway Development, not far from Canary Wharf and the Lower Lea Valley (site of the 2012 Olympics). The design provides 11.000 homes, urban facilities (shops, bars, restaurants, recreation, sports), schools, a large new park, a number of squares, ecological values, an animated riverfront and 2000 new jobs.

Accessibility to the river will be one of features adding extra value to the new occupants and the inhabitants of the adjoining borough. The master plan describes in detail the structure and furnishing of the urban space, also explaining the plan’s development within the next 20 years.