Make Architects has submitted plans for a 52-story mixed-use tower on the Isle of Dogs skyscraper—the latest of three skyscrapers by the practice on the east London peninsula. The stepped tower would contain 457 homes—35 percent affordable—as well as an “animated ground plane” with space for shops, cafés, a youth center, and a health center. The high-rise residential scheme would have terraces on the first and second floors and also create new public walkways at ground level. The building is proposed for 4 and 5 Harbour Exchange, a site fronting Millwall Inner Dock just south of Canary Wharf’s South Dock.
A five-story office building on the site would be demolished to make way for Make’s scheme. The practice said the current building was less than 50 percent occupied despite “considerable marketing efforts” over several months. It also said the building did not suit conversion to a residential building for a range of reasons, including deep floor plates, small existing cores, and lack of outdoor space on the site.
The proposed tower would stand near Amory Tower, a 53-story residential building completed by Make in 2020, as well as 225 Marsh Wall, a 48-story tower residential tower also designed by Make which is currently under construction.
Make partner Simon Robins said: ‘One East Point replaces an under-utilized office building with a 52-story stepped, orthogonal tower that will provide 457 new homes including 119 affordable homes.”
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