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Heatherwick and GRID to add more homes to AHMM Camden O2 masterplan
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Heatherwick and GRID to add more homes to AHMM Camden O2 masterplan

Landsec last week announced it had commissioned two applications to add a further 50 homes to the 608 units approved by Camden Council in March 2023 for phase one of AHMM’s masterplan. The total master plan included 1,800 homes. A. opposite related to 36 percent affordable housing has not changed.

Other changes include more open space, 175 more trees, playgrounds and Private community and cultural building in the park. Heatherwick also works with GRIDHE ground floor, fronts, bbalconies And window detailing.

The amended plan would add one to two floors to AHMM’s approved plans, which include buildings ranging from 10 to 15 stories. This means the plan could reach 17 floors.

Landsec development director Timothy Trillo He said the amended plan would be ‘greener, healthier and more connected’. He added: ‘This design partnership will take a turn complex urban brownfield site into A. developing part Camden transformenglish ONE little used parking, surrounded by stationsinto developing new neighborhood.’

GRID Architects director Mukesh Patel in question: ‘Our aim is to create this new neighborhood of buildings that will bring joy and interest to everyone who will experience them.’

Rejected plans would ‘further entrench’ vision of proposals, Landsec says new urban The neighborhood between Finchley Road and West Hampstead Station. AJ understands that AHMM is no longer actively involved in the project.

AHMM’s plans were: approved last year It follows criticism from some local residents and the area’s Labor MP who said they were concerned the plan did not include enough affordable housing or facilities for local people.

sustainability statement Meanwhile, engineering consultant Buro Happold claimed the center had ‘inefficient and outdated floor plates’ and an ‘inefficient façade’ that did not meet the requirements of modern commercial buildings.

Under a s106 agreement Landsec is obliged to offset the demolition through a one-off payment of £828,000 and £4.6 million to cover the public open space deficit under planning rules.

When completed, the planned project will include approximately 18,500 m² of commercial space and a 278 m² cultural center. AHMM’s plan included 17,410 non-residential spaces, including a cinema replacing Cineworld at the O2 Centre, shops, restaurants and a ‘liquor’. This would be less than half the commercial space currently on the site.

Flattening of the O2 Center It has been earmarked for the final phase of phased construction, meaning it will remain in place for five to seven years.

The Heatherwick Studio GRID scheme will be submitted as a s73 amendment to approved plans.