Portlands Place East Village, The new build-to-rent scheme – named Portlands Place – completes the primary axis of East Village – an anchor within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park masterplan. Designed by Hawkins\Brown and constructed by Mace, it provides 524 homes with a focus on communal spaces and social interaction within a brightly colored facade that distinguishes it from its neighbors.
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The latest design thinking has been employed to provide a socially unified building, with shared amenities, workspaces, bars, and cafes that foster interaction between residents, encouraging people to put down roots in this new part of London.
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The two towers – at 26 and 31 stories – and two ten-story pavilions are merged into a single interconnected development through a double-height inhabited sky bridge. It provides generous space for shared living including lounges, communal dining rooms, a cinema room, wellness studio, along with room for informal working and meeting. These spaces open out onto extensive roof gardens that provide fantastic views across London and the Olympic Park.
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Built using High Rise Solutions (HRS), Mace’s specialized MMC system, it was possible to reach a momentum of installing a floor per week – thereby reducing vehicle movement by 40% and significantly reducing environmental disruption, noise, and pollution.
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The ground floor of the tallest tower contains the super-lobby, where the concierge and building management come together at a hotel-style front reception desk. There is also an automated e-commerce delivery and collection facility. Co-working space can be found on the ground floor of the western block.
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The building’s pre-cast facade is in keeping with the established architecture of East Village, but the vibrant color scheme and colored glass balconies are a provocative departure from the background colors of the rest of the Athletes’ Village. The different color schemes on the two towers reflect their different contexts; the greens and blues picking up the colors of the wildflowers in the park and the orange and reds reflect the emerging urban scene of Stratford city.
Project Info
Architects: Hawkins\Brown
Country: United Kingdom, Stratford
Area: 57090 m²
Year: 2022
Photographs: Simon Kennedy, Ruth Ward, Adrian Lambert, Jack Hobhouse
Manufacturers AutoDesk, Vanceva, cove.tool, Deba, FP McCann, Glutz, Haecker, Integrated Doorsets, Metal Yapi: AutoDesk
Amenity Design: ID:SR
Services Engineers: Hurley Palmer Flatt, Chapman BDSP
Landscape Architects: Townshend, HED
Cdm Principal Designer: Orsa Projects
Investment Client: Qatari Diar, Delancey
Operator Client: Get Living
Cost Management: Arcadis
Facade Consultant: Inhabit
Fire Consultant: BB7
Approved Inspector: Butler & Young
