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the history of textile, paper and tobacco industry visible, instead there was a brick built shed plus asbestos roof. It is bound to the north and west by a Network Rail ‘eco corridor’, the river to the east, and a recycling plant to the south. Sunday Mills has a relatively large
quotient of affordable studios, with 109 of the units (35%) provided at discounted rents, something later co-living schemes will not be able to offer given recent London Plan policy. Starting at only £182 per week, a key part of the development’s success is that it enables workers who have found it impossible to live in London, to be located 20 minutes from Oxford Circus, or much closer to workplaces in the local area. The architects looked to make the most
of the riverside setting, and to maximise local connections; adding a new pedestrian bridge to Earlsfield, but also making some of the shared spaces within the project flexible for community use. The scheme also includes the extension of theWandle Trail cycle route into nearby Merton; this is hoped to be created in 2025.
Briefing Discovering an absence of planning
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policies for the emerging concept of co- living, whereby tenants share some facilities but have their own space, the architects undertook initial pre-application meetings with the client in 2018, promoting this as the way forward for the site. These meetings including touring the Old Oak co-living scheme designed by PLP. Following these discussions, a brief was established, and the scheme was submitted for planning in March 2019 and was approved at committee in July 2019. Ed Sharland from Assael pays tribute to the client for giving them “a lot of freedom” in addressing the brief. “They trusted us, and were a progressive brand that were keen to do something a bit more interesting.”
Community engagement included a Community Investment Programme (CIP) initiated early on by the client team, and appended to the Section 106 in the approved scheme, with the aim to deliver a “shared vision” with the local community. Assael Architecture says this is “demonstrably influencing the building operation,” manifested in partnerships with community groups like a local food bank, river cleanups, a theatre company, and a
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The building is the first large-scale co-living project in the Borough, providing 315 self- contained studios powered by low-carbon technologies
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