Architect replaced Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands on landmark site after public inquiry
Pilbrow & Partners has won planning for a £500m redevelopment of the art deco former London Fire Brigade headquarters on the Albert Embankment in central London.
The mixed-use project for developer U&I will see three blocks of flats of up to 26 storeys built behind the grade II-listed Thames-side building which was the heart of the brigade’s firefighting operation during the Blitz.
该地块有着漫长而有争议的规划历史，此前Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands为Native Land设计的混合用途方案被Lambeth委员会否决，并在2013年被公共调查否决，原因是其对邻近物业采光的影响。该计划将在紧邻河边的建筑后面的两层高达15层的楼板中建造265套公寓，其中7%是“负担得起的”。
Pilbrow’s proposals, for a joint venture between U&I and the London Fire Brigade, will create 443 new homes in point blocks, alongside shops, open spaces and 100,000sq ft of workspace in a lower-rise central building and 200 hotel bedrooms. Some 40% of the flats will be “affordable”. Both schemes involved adding at least one attic storey to the 1937 fire station.
The consented proposals will include a new fire station for Lambeth and a new home for the London Fire Brigade museum, both in the listed building.
Karen McCormick of U&I said the museum would “provide a world-class collection which tells the story of firefighting, from the Great Fire of London to the present day”.
整个项目是由Foster & Partners、Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners和David Walker Architects设计的伯克利住宅的三个开发项目中的几个门。卡鲁索·圣约翰为达米安·赫斯特设计的2016年斯特林奖新港街画廊距此几分钟的路程。
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Pilbrow & Partners was set up in 2013 by PLP co-founder Fred Pilbrow. He said: “We have worked closely with U&I and the London Fire Brigade to deliver a design that restores and carefully integrates the listed buildings and historic existing spaces, while revitalising the public realm, animated by ground-floor shops and cafes.
“该方案中的一个新的中心广场将商业街的原始用途改造为一个活跃的社区中心，并将成为新住宅、工作空间和公共基础设施的焦点，在这个具有战略重要性的再生基地创造一个充满活力的新社区。””
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