Abbey Wood Station, Crossrail Integration Study
CARL Client: Transport for London + Design for London YLE ROAD Collaborators: Marks Barfield, Arups, Jones Lang Lasalle
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The area around Abbey Wood station suffers from ABBEY ROAD LESNES significant socio-economic deprivation which is paralleled BOSTALL by problems within the urban fabric; a legacy of its
BOSTALL HILL colonisation by a series of utopian social housing projects WOOLWICH ROAD ABBEY WOOD QUARTERS including the Thamesmead Estate which has created monocultures of housing, physical severance, and an excess of low quality public space. The arrival of Crossrail, with Abbey Wood becoming the south eastern terminus of 'WIDER' CATCHMENT: the line presents an opportunity to radically change the + 15 MINS WALK / BUS CONNECTIONS perception and quality of the area.
5th Studio were commissioned as part of a multi- CORE CATCHMENT AREA: disciplinary team to investigate the integration and impact 15 MIN WALK of the new Crossrail station. 5th Studio’s role was to thamesmeadthamest esmmmeeadadad prepare an urban design framework and public realm strategy for the station catchment area to ensure that the benefits are maximised for existing and new residents responsive to both the existing problems within the urban
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DLR plumsteadplumstelumstead Our work on the project encompasses both public realm woolwich arsenal belvederebe vedere woolwich strategies – within the immediate environs of the station, erith and further afield – as well as an exploration of the development opportunities within the area. erith
AREAS OF INFLUENCE
Above Description of the wider catchment area of the station – and the four distinctive ‘quarters’ in the immediate vicinity of the station.
Below Diagrammatic overview of the interchange strategy – the station acts as a bridge to overcome the urban severance created by the rail tracks. Right Dark-coloured paving demarcates the station approach and is used to suppress the impact of vehicles on the quality of the pedestrian environment.
Left Screen-printed glazing, incorporating a pattern of silver birch trunks - and backlit to serve as a source of light - is used to transform the flyover and undercroft spaces.
Right A combination of tree-planting and low-level ‘heathland’ planting of is used to give the spaces an intensified landscape quality, and to deal with a variety of edge conditions.
Below Adjacent development opportunities and public realm interventions combine to create an elevated station square which radically alters the nature of the existing flyover.