350 Homes with Life Science and Affordable Workspace on a Constrained Triangular Site Beside a Railway Viaduct
Studio Woodroffe Papa, with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Architecture 00, has developed the vision for an ambitious mixed-use neighbourhood on a constrained site between Agar Grove, Elm Village, the future Camden High-Line and the railway. The proposals will deliver around 350 new homes - 50% affordable, on land where there are currently none - and a job-rich mix of employment uses supporting around 1,000 jobs, three times the number currently on site.
SWP’s work from RIBA Stages 0–2, culminating in a detailed and comprehensive Stage 2 document, focused on the northern end of the site: 46 genuinely affordable homes and 1,400 m² of affordable creative and maker workspace. This area presented significant challenges. The site is a thin 0.5-hectare triangle that drops approximately 3 metres from end to end, with adjacent rail lines to the east, a rail viaduct at the southern end, and integration to the west with the ongoing transformation of the Agar Grove Estate.
The wider neighbourhood proposes shops and cafés, light industrial space for manufacturers, makers and creative workers, alongside laboratories and office space designed to accommodate growing economic sectors. Priorities throughout have included genuinely affordable homes, improvements to the quality and safety of the environment, and new green and open spaces.
The scheme has been developed to meet local planning policy, including the Camley Street Neighbourhood Plan, and to support an inclusive economy — delivering affordable workspace for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises, creating jobs at a range of skill levels, and providing light industrial space that offers existing tenants a route back to Camley Street.
- Camley Street
- UK, London
- Client
- London Borough of Camden
- Programme
- 350 homes\
20,000 m2 affordable creative workspace, light industrial space, resarch facilities, offices and amenities.\
Site area: 1.5 ha\
workscope: Commision\
Status: Ongoing\
Team: Studio Woodroffe Papa\ Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios\ Architecture 00
350 Homes with Life Science and Affordable Workspace on a Constrained Triangular Site Beside a Railway Viaduct
