Morden Wharf will reinvent the area’s industrial past, creating an urban fabric that integrates industrial logistics with residential, workspaces and retail and community spaces, whilst engaging with the existing community.

The industrial past of the site is at the core of the design approach for the Masterplan, where the gateway to a new community is through SIL land.

We have developed the industrial element where the challenge was to provide a viable commercial solution that allows optimum flexibility, whilst being bold with the design approach to reflect the site’s industrial heritage, and create a cohesive community co-located with the adjacent residential development.

The key was to produce a commercial ecosystem that would allow businesses to grow and develop. The variety of proposed industrial and logistics buildings include the conversion of an existing building that engages with the public realm, a new-build warehouse for a larger single operator, a business incubator for SME, and maker-space facility for small creative industrial businesses, whilst creating a vibrant gateway to the development.

The overall site will be redeveloped as a 1.9 million sqft mixed-use scheme expected to deliver 1,505 homes with 35% affordable. Over 60% of Morden Wharf is dedicated to public realm, including a 3.9-acre riverfront public park to address the shortfall of green space and ecological resource on Greenwich Peninsula.

Wellbeing and sustainability are at the heart of the proposals for a truly mixed-use scheme of residential, commercial and outdoor public space that will create a thriving and productive neighbourhood and a model for the future of urban living. Residential buildings feature vertical green facades that will provide natural screening and improve air quality. Communal allotments and gardens encourage outdoor socialising and learning. A new mobility hub promoting low-carbon transport will connect the neighbourhood to the local area.