THE LOOK AND FEEL OF SWEETWATER

Our design team has developed a family of The masterplan sets out an urban pattern Family-size houses will include private terraces or housing types that will be attractive to a of streets and courtyards that is well-suited generous balconies. Every home at Sweetwater wide range of people; from young sharers, to to London. The types of homes proposed will be designed to the Lifetime Homes Standard, established families and ‘empty nesters’. enable modern sustainable living, they will be ensuring they meet the changing needs of flexible and adapt to the future needs of an residents. One in ten homes will be designed to evolving community. be wheelchair adaptable.

12 SWEETWATER PLACE LOOKING NORTH SWEETWATER PLACE LOOKING SOUTH The buildings along Sweetwater Place are generally 5 storeys tall with pop-ups stepping to 6 Sweetwater Place is the key north-south spine for vehicles and for fans making their way storeys to provide variation and articulation to the street elevation. A 7 storey pop-up at the to and from the stadium on match days. It connects the communities and park attractions southern junction with Bassett Lane creates a beacon in the sightline of Monier Road Bridge to the south of Sweetwater with the legacy neighbourhoods to the fringes of the Park. to help guide and draw people in. The buildings are set back from the street in a stepping arrangement to create a dynamic street frontage where pockets of green and programmable space will provide respite from the traffic.

13 East Wi c kEast + the look and Feel oF sWeetWater look and FEEl oF sWEEtWatEr: pedestrians enjoying a walk along the Hertford union canal can catch glimpses White Post Lane Approach of the robust building line that will frame canal park. the 26 storey stratford Waterfront development can be seen in the background. sWEE t W at E r

Community Hub/ Library

COMMUNITY Consultation Boards HUB/LIBRARY

CANAL PARK FRONTAGE FROM HERTFORD UNION CANAL WHITE POST LANE Pedestrians enjoying a walk along the Hertford Union Canal will be greeted by the White Post Lane is the main approach to Sweetwater from neighbourhood centre Sweetwater Canal Park, which will be aligned by a series of 5 storey apartment buildings and the overground station. It leads onto Carpenters Road, which is the neighbourhood’s local 16 overlooking the canal. high street where community spaces, workspaces and shops are located. Visitors arriving via this route are welcomed by the library building at the bridge landing.

14 East Wi c kEast + the look and Feel oF sWeetWater the neighbourhood seen from Stratford East Bank and the look and FEEl oF sWEEtWatEr: candy park Walk sWEE t candy park Walk and East green Walk will become liveable streets - car free and verdant communal open space for sweetwater residents that enables improvised play and social interaction. the norm of tarmac, kerbs and hard surfacing will be replaced with soft landscapes and integrated paths. planting will be selected to W provide year-round cover that is well-managed and ensures clear sight lines to at front doors and street entrances. E r

look and FEEl oF sWEEtWatEr: candy park Walk

candy park Walk and East green Walk will become liveable streets - car free and ViEW From tHE QuEEn ElizaBEtH olympic park and tHE verdant communal open space for sweetwater residents that enables improvised East Bank play and social interaction. the norm of tarmac, kerbs and hard surfacing will be replaced with soft landscapes and integrated paths. planting will be selected to the existing river lea canal frontage that was delivered in time for the 2012 provide year-round cover that is well-managed and ensures clear sight lines to olympic games has now reached full maturity, with native planting and a sequence front doors and street entrances. of terraced spaces that connect the river with the upper belvedere level. just beyond lies the sweetwater neighbourhood, producing a backdrop of 5 to 7 storey apartment buildings that frame this river landscape. Consultation Boards

NATURE AND QUALITY OF THE LIVEABLE STREETS VIEW FROM EAST BANK 23 The liveable streets will be car-free spaces that enable improvised play and social The existing River Lea canal frontage that was delivered in time for the 2012 Olympic Games has interaction. We will replace the norm of tarmac, kerbs and hard surfacing with soft now reached full maturity, with trees and native planting creating an edge that connect the river landscapes and integrated paths. We will select the planting to provide year-round cover with the upper level. Just beyond lies the Sweetwater neighbourhood, producing a backdrop of 5 that is well-managed and ensures clear sight lines to front doors and street entrances. to 7 storey apartment buildings that frame this river landscape. Houses and duplexes aligning the liveable streets will have their front doors onto the green space, providing activity, a sense of domesticity and natural surveillance.

15 New residents will have the chance to For those preferring green methods lease a parking space on a short or long of travel, Sweetwater will include term basis. We recognise that we need dedicated safe cycle and pedestrian to transition to lower levels of direct car routes which will tap into the existing ownership and will be facilitating car network of pedestrian and cycle routes share and car club schemes. Provision in the wider area. for blue badge parking will be made alongside electric charging points dotted around the neighbourhood.

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