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PRIMROSE About King’s College London HILL King’s is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious universities: a multi-faculty research-led institution based in the heart of London. King’s is ranked as one of the world’s top 30 universities. It was the Sunday Times UK University of the Year in 2010-11 and is the same newspaper’s Best UK University for Graduate Employment in 2013. REGENT’S PARK Liberty House VICTORIA PARK King’s has more than 25,000 students (of whom more EUSTON RD than 10,000 are postgraduates) and some 6,500 employees. Strand Campus King’s has a particularly distinguished reputation in the BLOOMSBURY humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played BORN HOLBO Intercollegiate Halls L CHANCERY R HO N a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern LANE life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research HIGH WYCH OXFORD STREET LD that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones A and radar. CITY Guy’s WEST END STRAND Campus King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King’s Health Partners. KENSINGTON HYDE GARDENS PARK PICCADILLY ST GREEN ST THOMAS ST JAMES’S WATERLOO RD The College’s strategic plans HOLLAND PARK PARK PARK The College has an ambitious strategy to grow student and

E academic staff numbers by 2016. The growth plans include: C A Wolfson House

• providing quality teaching, learning and sports facilities A

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• providing space for future world leading collaborations B Great Dover Street

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The Canada Water opportunity KING’S ROAD

Stamford Street As a regeneration area, Canada Water can provide King’s with: Brian W Apartments • the potential to create a vibrant university environment OVAL A Canada Creamer L with new infrastructure and facilities W House O Water • a convenient location that is only 10 minutes by tube to R T Central London and to other King’s campuses H Waterloo

• affordability. O BATTERSEA Campus A PARK D

Benefits for Southwark PECKHAM ROAD With King’s as an integral part of Canada Water’s future, the DE local community can benefit in these ways: S CRESPIGNYPARK • housing – adding to the local market and helping CHELSEA E Denmark Hill to address housing shortages M Campus • potential to improve access to educational A CLAPHAM ROAD and recreational facilities H T • direct employment creation – circa 700 new permanent L L DENMARK I jobs, circa 1,500 construction jobs R PECKHAM RYE V E H R I HILL • indirect employment – circa 70 indirect jobs K COMMON R • local expenditure A RUSKIN • car free – The College has no significant requirement M PARK N CLAPHAM E for car parking. D

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Site history and emerging context 1882 1938 Stave Hill

Rotherhithe Underground Regeneration and planning of Canada Water Station Canada Water is undergoing major regeneration. In addition Russia Dock Woodland to the new transport hub, library and adjacent residential development, the Canada Water Action Area Plan (CWAAP) Alfred Salter sets out the vision to transform Canada Water into a vibrant Primary School Site A (Barratt Homes) major town centre with new homes, jobs, shopping, leisure and other activities that will support the existing community Mulberry Business Park and grow the local economy. 1949 1972 Site Site B Quebec Way (Barratt Homes) Industrial Estate Mulberry Business Park is currently allocated for residential, Site Canada Investec Harmsworth Quays employment and community uses in the CWAAP. In 2008, Water Plot E Printworks Site Station Library planning permission was granted for a new development of the Investec 2 Plot C Mulberry site comprising 256 homes and 5,100m of offices in a (Decathlon Site) Canada Water series of buildings of up to 8 storeys. This development was not carried out. The light industrial buildings on the Mulberry site Van Park Site were demolished in 2008 and the site has been vacant since. The adjacent Harmsworth Quays is allocated for offices, with residential and retail uses also being acceptable. 1995 2012 Seven Islands Surrey Quays Surrey Quays Leisure Centre Shopping Centre Leisure Site With the Daily Mail Printworks vacating and King’s interest in Canada Water, the Council is taking the opportunity to review Existing Context the CWAAP and specifically the allocations for the Harmsworth Quay site and those immediately surrounding it, including the Mulberry Business Park. The allocations for these sites will Greenland Dock change as a result of this process.

A university development, including both teaching facilities and student accommodation, could help deliver a level and range of Southwark Park Surrey Docks Watersports Centre Greenland Pier activity, day time uses and vitality beyond those achievable by Rear of Surrey Quays Shopping Centre Existing Site from Stave Hill Thames Clipper Stop conventional residential and office land use mixes. The CWAAP review is considering the potential for new educational uses, Surrey Quays Underground such as those proposed by King’s, to be provided in the area Station in addition to those uses mentioned above.

Aerial photograph The revised CWAAP will be subject to public consultation later in the spring and, following this, new policies agreed for the area. View towards the new Canada Water Library Existing Surrey Quays Leisure Site

Emerging Context

Site A: Glen Howells Architects Site B1: Toronto House, PKS Architects

Surrey Quays Leisure Site, Quebec Way Industrial Estate, Allies and Morrison Architects Alan Camp Architects Canada Water AAP key diagram Illustrative masterplan

King’s vision for Canada Water is to create a town centre with a university environment that promotes regeneration and vitality, mutually beneficial to the College and the local community, that anchors King’s presence and commitment to Canada Water’s long term future and success.

The proposals:

• contribute to day time uses and local economy

• provide new homes and jobs for the local community

• incorporate new facilities including sports, leisure and learning for the College and local community

• broaden opportunities for the local community to access and participate in higher education

• establish a high quality car-free quarter with new public spaces and improved connections.

The proposals for the Mulberry site are the first phase of this vision.

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Leisure / Retail Residential

Masterplan streets and plots diagram Masterplan use organisation diagram

Illustrative view of heart space Illustrative masterplan The Mulberry site

The site was formerly occupied by the Mulberry Business Park.

The light industrial buildings which were built in the 1980s were New streets for improved connectivity for residents and businesses demolished in 2008 and the site has been vacant since this time.

The Mulberry site is the first phase of King’s aspirations for Canada Water.

The proposed accommodation on site will comprise:

• circa 750 student bedrooms and associated social and ancillary spaces

• affordable housing in a range of unit sizes

• flexible work space for approximately 300 King’s staff

• flexible retail space with the potential to accommodate Landscaped street edges retaining existing trees appropriate health centre/retail/cafe spaces to support the student population and the wider community

• high quality public areas providing open spaces within the site

• separate private external amenity spaces for the student and residential accommodation.

Provisional floorspace figures (gross external area)

Student residential 23,000 m2 Affordable housing 3,300 m2 2 Offices 4,500 m New pedestrian connection and public space as focal point for the site Retail/ health centre 1,100 m2

Ground floor plan

Student accommodation arranged as a series of “houses”

Study bedrooms on the upper floors are arranged with shared kitchen/living rooms and stairs to form “houses” Roof plan showing the arrangement of “houses” around courtyard gardens

New office block (orange) and affordable housing (red) Public route

A new public pedestrian route is proposed across the site to connect Albion Channel with future development to the east. The route widens at the centre of the site to form a landscaped public square which is the focal point of the College accommodation. In addition to retail units at ground level, the main entrances to the student residential, office and affordable housing blocks are accessed from this square. We anticipate that the square will become a meeting space for students, staff and local residents with the capacity to accommodate a range of potential functions including temporary markets, play spaces and external seating.

Street view KING’S COLLEGE LONDON CANADA WATER 12 ALLIES AND MORRISON ARCHITECTS Courtyard Garden

As student residential accomodation is accessed from the main entrance on the public square and then via landscaped ground level courtyard gardens. The student residential accommodation is accessed via landscaped, ground level courtyard gardens.

Large recreation rooms, providing flexible space for College and community use, have generous openings enabling activities to spill into the garden space. These recreation rooms additionally have street frontages facing the primary school and Site E providing the potential for separate community entrances. In addition, glimpsed views into the gardens are provided from these streets.

The courtyard continues at first floor level above the student recreation rooms and service area, providing additional landscaped amenity space for students, and separately, for the adjacent residential units.

Lawn Garden Contemplation Garden lying, sunbathing, reading relaxing, thinking, reading

Terrace Garden Lounge Garden eating, celebrating, outdoor meeting socialising, lounging, home from home

Courtyard garden view

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