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Plumstead Power Station Feasibility

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Plumstead Power Station Feasibility

A feasibility, market testing study and concept design to bring an iconic grade II listed power station back into use as a viable industrial employment site to support the future economic growth of Plumstead.

Client
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Location
Size
3000 m2
Project dates
Feasibility: December 2019 – April 2020 Concept Design: May 2020 – September 2020
Services provided
Architecture Feasibility & Concept Design (RIBA St0-2)
Design team

  • Architecture00 (Lead Consultant)

  • LDA Design (Landscape Design)

  • Webb Yates (Civil, Structural & Services Engineering)

  • BWA (Building Economist)

  • Urban Flow (Transport Planning)

  • Donald Insall Associates (Historic Buildings Consultancy)

  • Bidwells (Property Consultancy)

Project type
Feasibility & StrategyRefit & Reuse
Use type
Retail & Workspace

Studio Weave were appointed alongside lead consultant Architecture00 to develop proposals for Plumstead Power Station, following successful collaborations on other strategic studies such as TfL Small Change, Big Impact and Hull Learning Without Borders. The project is part of a wider programme of investments and projects across the town centre supported by the Mayor of London’s Good Growth funding. Our scope included conceptualising the role of the power station in the wider ecosystem objective of rejuvenating the local cultural offer and local economy, for existing and incoming communities.

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The study brought together an appraisal of the existing condition, business planning and market testing to explore a series of scenarios compatible with the retention of industrial use. The definition of scenarios recognised both the need for: community and cultural space capable of hosting a range of activities and events; as well as economic diversity and employment opportunities - in the context of the wider regeneration surrounding the site.

The concept design proposes: retention and refurbishment of the power station structural shell; phased construction of permanent building fabric subdivisions; and installation of adaptable and demountable light-weight interventions within.

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