5th Studio worked with the Greater London Authority to develop and guide a comprehensive public realm framework for London’s Royal Docks which was published in March 2020 – read the document here. 5th Studio has continued to progress the strategies in this document through the production of a series of Design Guides, which will steer the delivery of new public realm across the Royal Docks. With renewed focus and investment, the Mayor’s approval of a £314m Delivery Plan and the arrival of Crossrail, the time has come for major change. The vision for the Royal Docks is of a productive place with the potential to generate 35,000 jobs & 4,000 homes, supported by its status as the capital’s only Enterprise Zone.
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For a generation the Royal Docks has been seen as one of London’s key regeneration sites. Strategically located, the docks – the largest area of impounded water in the world – have so far resisted comprehensive development. The Docks will be developed over time through the work of many hands: an effective public realm framework is critical to ensure overall coherence, with connectivity and public spaces imagined at a scale appropriate to the opportunity. This overall vision will need to be delivered through diverse range of tactics and approaches. The Royal Docks Team – a joint initiative by the Mayor of London and the Mayor of Newham – is leading the development of a Place Framework, working with stakeholders to reimagine the role of the vast water areas, to help plan for public realm improvements and to create a structure for the longer-term asset and water stewardship. 5th Studio’s work is one of three parallel studies – an economic purpose analysis led by Hatch Regeneris, and a Cultural Strategy led by Fluid with the Contemporary Art Society.
Royal Victoria Dock West is well connected by public transport, has few restrictions on activity in the dock water, and has the potential to host a new major cultural institution based within the Docks. It is one of the main places of arrival to the Docks and will become even more significant with the arrival of Crossrail at Custom House. A series of well-connected public spaces at Royal Victoria Dock West, including the dock edge, could support a much more intensive programme of use.
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The water spaces of the Royal Docks are the area’s biggest asset, and main characterising element. The role of the dock water should be re-imagined, to activate the dock edges and bring the water space into public use.
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