The Leamouth Peninsula project will transform a brown-field site into a thriving, fine-grained, arts-inspired riverside community. Leamouth will include 3,000 homes, stores, shops, restaurants, cafés, and an arts facility. New public spaces will include landscaped plazas, cultural venues, communal gardens, and a continuous promenade along the Peninsula perimeter. The project will provide a crucial link between a group of isolated and under-served Docklands neighborhoods.
The original three-dimensional form for the project, which remains primarily intact, came from the desire to take advantage of this peculiar site and landscape setting to create a unique urban environment.
There is no three-dimensional urban form in the immediate area, just the bow in the River Lea and the network of surrounding roads and railway infrastructure, creating essentially an ‘island’ site. This condition required a bold new urban form, one which created its own urban context and a cohesive new urban identity.
The masterplan is a balancing act between natural and man-made landscapes, exposed and enclosed outdoor spaces, public and private amenities and the need for individuality
A proposed link from the peninsula over the rail tracks north of the river into Canning Town creating a ‘24-hour link’ to could support the development.
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