parkgate road

Park Gate Road

Site Location2.01

The site occupies a prominent corner position on the north side of Park Gate road in close proximity to Battersea Bridge road. The site is clearly visible from several key viewpoints and is seen in the foreground of many larger contemporary buildings. Park Gate road has along its length many different building types and uses including restaurants and bars, as does the adjacent Battersea Bridge road. To the north of the site is an area of industrial buildings that have over time been developed into a number of different uses. Most notably, the Royal College of Art Sculpture School, which sits at the rear of the site. To the South a range of four and five storey flats largely dominate. Radstock Street borders the site on the east elevation with a petrol station on the opposite side. Further along, a series of re-developed three and four storey shops and offices. To the west are the neighbouring buildings that form the parade as one heads towards Bat-tersea Bridge road. The immediate neighbour has recently been developed for the use of the sculpture school

2.0 Site Location and Context, OS Map

Park Gate Road

Howie Street

Battersea Bridge Road

Radstock Street1113

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Elcho Street

11-13 Park Gate Road, London

Sculpture school

Shape Architecture11-13 Park Gate Road, London

2.0 Site Location and Context

Park Gate Rd

Battersea Bridge

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Park Gate Rd

Battersea Bridge

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Key View along

Park Gate Rd

Bus routes

Key view

Main aspect ofblock

Petrol station

Sculpture school

Rear gardens

Sun fromsouth

Main aspect ofblock

Battersea Bridge

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Park Gate Rd

Planning Design Report

January 2008


prepared by Shape Architecture Ltd


3.0 Proposals


Mix of use3.02

The proposed development is a mix of office space and residential units. Offices are located on the lower two floors with four distinct internal spaces. Four number two bed apartments are located over the upper floors and divided along the same basis. Such a mix provides for the building’s con-tinual use and occupation throughout the day, evening and at weekends. It would therefore be a valuable addition to the area. This mix is repeated along Park Gate road and the surrounding area. It is anticipated that the nature of the proposal allied to the wide and diverse provision of bars, restaurants and shops would attract a young professional couple. The provision of local transport and the proximity of other local facilities should further assist this.

Natural light

Natural light

Flat Entrance

Office Entrance

Windows overlook garage

Core-ten steel wall to rear

Roof terrace

Windows overlook road

Front office entrance

Windows overlook road

Sensitive facade to rear

View from terrace over road

Overlooking

Each elevation has been configured to minimise any overlooking of neigh-bouring properties. The site itself is such that there are very few issues of overlooking in any instance. It is only the west elevation where a series of back gardens to the neighbouring properties are located. In this instance the west elevation ahs very few openings in it. Being the side of the build-ing where the bathrooms and WC’s are located at each floor level. The north elevation conceived as a solid panel with three small openings. The south and east elevations have a greater amount of openings and the south east corner the most. Each of these elevations gives onto the adjacent roads with only commercial property opposite or where residential this is set quite some distance away and any overlooking is not possible. A roof terrace provides an amenity space for the flats. The limited overlooking from it is as described before. A number of such roof terraces exist along Park Gate Road.

Office

Office

Office

Office

Flat

Flat

Flat

Flat

Ground

First

Second

Third + roof access

Entrance toflats

Internal circulation between offices

Stair access to flats




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Park Gate Rd Elevation to Radstock Street

The site is presently configured as two buildings: numbers eleven and thirteen Park Gate road. Number 13 has most recently traded as a fish and chip shop, but is now empty. Both buildings are built tight to the pavement with a limited backyard to the rear. The entrance to number 13’s shop front is via a recessed section of the elevation on the corner. The elevations are formed in masonry and are two storey’s high. Number 13 is currently in some state of disrepair when viewed through the shop frontage. A mis-match of materials and elements at the rear are also visually unappealing as is the longer view into the rear of the adjacent gardens and outbuildings.

The site is arguably increasingly at odds with the scale of development around it in the immediate and wider area. In this setting it occupies a very prominent site and is a notable element in any view of the surrounding larger and more contemporary buildings. It is these views of the site and its parade in the wider context that set the context.

Existing building2.02

2.0 Views of site

View of site from junction of Park Gate Road and Radstock Street


View along Park Gate Road towards junction with Battersea Bridge Road

View of site from Radstock Street View along Radstock Street with site on left hand side.

View of rear of site from Radstock Street View of rear/side existing wall on right hand side facing gar-dens to backs of neighbours’ buildings. The sculpture school is




11-13 Park Gate Road5 Park Gate Road1 Park Gate Rd 3 Park Gate Road57 Battersea Bridge Road 7-9 Park Gate Road

Park Gate Rd Elevation to Radstock Street

The site is presently configured as two buildings: numbers eleven and thirteen Park Gate road. Number 13 has most recently traded as a fish and chip shop, but is now empty. Both buildings are built tight to the pavement with a limited backyard to the rear. The entrance to number 13’s shop front is via a recessed section of the elevation on the corner. The elevations are formed in masonry and are two storey’s high. Number 13 is currently in some state of disrepair when viewed through the shop frontage. A mis-match of materials and elements at the rear are also visually unappealing as is the longer view into the rear of the adjacent gardens and outbuildings.

The site is arguably increasingly at odds with the scale of development around it in the immediate and wider area. In this setting it occupies a very prominent site and is a notable element in any view of the surrounding larger and more contemporary buildings. It is these views of the site and its parade in the wider context that set the context.

Existing building2.02

2.0 Views of site




View of site from Radstock Street View along Radstock Street with site on left hand side.

View of rear of site from Radstock Street View of rear/side existing wall on right hand side facing gar-dens to backs of neighbours’ buildings. The sculpture school is


3.0 Proposals

Cladding, articulation and materials3.03

The proposed development will incorporate a range of materials of the very highest quality and durability. Each is determined by the context of the elevation. The ground floor wraps around the south and east elevations in two materials. To the south a bespoke system of glazed bands set within horizontal metal plates reflect the shop frontage. As the building turns the corner a fair faced concrete wall is constructed as the industrial backdrop is more apparent. Against this a counterpoint of an elegant glass wall to the vertical circulation is made. Within this glazed recess a steel staircase rises. This sits between the two fair face concrete walls that wrap into the building, all of which is enlivened through the play of sunlight and shadow and then at night with lighting. As the elevation turns onto the north façade it sits opposite the edge of the industrial buildings and itself is formed as a solid steel plate with several small windows let into it for views over the rooftops. This sculptural wall of corten steel will be articulated in the pat-terning of the steel and is set away from the building by a continuous light well. The elevation then turns onto the west elevation giving onto the back gardens and outbuildings of the neighbouring buildings. The immediate neighbour is in use by the Sculpture School. This elevation is formed at the lower levels in brick as a garden wall and has set within it very few windows. Sitting over the ground floor treatment is a continuous ban of clerestory glazing at the exposed south and east elevations. This divides the more lightweight construction of the upper floors from the lower floor.

The facades to the upper floors are created in a high specification framed system whereby mullions have set within them glass to varying degrees of opacity or cladding panels or else cladding panels are taken over the front of the mullions. In this system a unified and diverse series of facades are created. The point at which most glass infill is used is the south east corner as this provides the best aspect for the occupants. Here the opacity of the glass will be varied to add interest to the space within and privacy to the occupiers.

Exposed concrete wall Coloured glazing system

Timber cladding Core-ten steel

2.0 Context




View of building located at corner of Battersea Bridge Rd and Park Gate Rd.

View along Park Gate Road looking east.

View of business centre located on Park Gate Road.

Contemporary top floor residential addition on Park Gate Road

View of ‘Albion’ contemporary riverside development just a short walk to the north of the site.

View of Meadbank, a post war housing estate, located on other side of Park Gate Road to the proposed development.

View along Park Gate Road looking west. Site is located beyond petrol station.

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mix of ofce space

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