22-storey scheme opposite Shard will be lifted above landscaped public realm
Foster & Partners has submitted plans for a 22-storey development in the shadow of the Shard.
Developer CIT said the stepped 46,200sq m 鈥漺orkplace and commercial hub鈥� will be a net-zero carbon office.
Colechurch House will replace a 1960s building on a 0.69ha site on Tooley Street at the southern end of London Bridge.
Fosters鈥� design proposes jacking up the building to create a 鈥減ark鈥� at ground level, reminiscent of Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners鈥� Cheesegrater on the other side of the River Thames. CIT鈥檚 development managing director, Steve Riddell, said more than 85% of the site would be dedicated to 鈥減ublic open space鈥� including three landscaped squares with seats and event spaces surrounded by kiosks and art installations.
The scheme would also remove a footbridge over Tooley Street which the developer said would improve views of Southwark Cathedral.
Luke Fox, head of studio at Foster & Partners, described it as a pivotal site adding: 鈥淭he project is about people and the planet, creating a new landscaped public realm over most of the ground level that opens views to surrounding historic fabric and provides a vibrant mix of uses, while also offering flexible office spaces that are underpinned by biophilia.鈥�
The scheme will contain office space including 鈥渁ffordable鈥� workspace for the local community, shops, a high-level restaurant, a social enterprise caf茅 and a new home for Southwark Playhouse.
It will be topped by passive ventilation 鈥渃himneys鈥� that pull fresh air into the offices below, allowing occupiers to naturally ventilate their office spaces for the majority of the year.
The workspaces will incorporate winter gardens towards the east and west on each level. The vegetation travels up through the winter gardens to a roof terrace, creating breakout spaces for the offices below.
Environmentally responsive fa莽ades incorporate solar shading, ventilation, light shelves, water catchments and photovoltaics.
CIT and Foster & Partners previously worked together on More London near Tower Bridge which was one of London鈥檚 earliest developments cooled by borehole.
Others working on the scheme include QS Arcadis, construction consultant Mace and structural engineer AKT II.
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