West India Docks Road

Despite its proximity to Canary Wharf, the immediate context consists of medium to low buildings. Therefore, the proposed building form consists of interlocking volumes, all sympathetic to the context in terms of scale and orientation. This approach makes it possible to create a tall building, which maximizes the potential, of this tight urban location.

The lower form, which contains residential and hotel functions, forms a podium block that relates to the height and scale of the surrounding context, and provides for active use on the first floor.

The hotel fronts West India Dock Road and rises to an L-shaped bookend at the farthest point from Salter Street, naturally protecting and sheltering the generous landscape garden on Level 7, a central communal recreation and play space for children.

The secondary subordinate form lies behind the bookend, provides further residential apartments and steps down to the podium. These upper residential apartments have a glass facade consisting of clear and opaque glazing, which compliments and contrasts with the solidity of the facade of the podium. A combination of winter gardens and Juliet balconies provide the animation of the facade.

The facades consist of various façade types. In the low-rise are mainly curtain walls, also there are windows placed in precast concrete elements. Furthermore, some terraces with balustrades and rain screen cladding. The high-rise mainly consists of unitized facade and also precast concrete elements with windows placed inside.