Abercrombie s Legacy and the Olympic Legacy

LLDC asked the people From 2008 to 2011 there were: 59 roadshows, including 16 mobile exhibitions 65 technical workshops - from dedicated days to week-long events; topics: design, housing, social infrastructure, transport, environmental sustainability, parklands and public realm 20 community workshop 80 youth sessions, including two week long periods with 7-11 year olds 253 outreach events 8 specific equalities sessions engagement continues on a neighbourhood by neighbourhood basis

Neighbourhood unit Abercrombie = 6,000-10,000 people Chobham Manor + East Village = 3250 units = ~ 8,500 people East Wick + Sweetwater = 1500 units = ~6,000 people Density Abercrombie = aver. 340 people/ha LCS = aver. 300 people/ha The idea of community life is the big human factor which planners have detected and which underlies all their planning.

Land Uses Shops will be prevented from straggling at random through every street; there will be a small shopping centre in each neighbourhood and a larger central one in each community, away from the traffic routes and with such amenities as car parks. Circumstances will combine to provide the most convenient and agreeable conditions of employment near to their homes. A condition which will be remedied is the mixture of houses and small factories...industry will be confined to suitable locations, where it will not have a detrimental effect on living conditions.

Westfield: a large shopping centre!

East Wick and Chobham Manor: shops and other employment uses line streets

Hackney Wick and Fish Island: 610 artists studios; up to 6 artists per studio a major creative hub

icity, Waterden Road

Hackney Wick

Hackney Wick Ground floor Upper floors

Housing standards and typologies

Housing standards and typologies The new houses are to be planned so as to ensure varied and attractive lay-outs, with tree-lined streets and squares. A good house, with all the amenities necessary for a full and healthy life, is a primary social need for everyone and must be a primary objective. Each family will have to have a dwelling commensurate with its size i.e. A family of 4 shall have a livingroom, parents bedroom and 1 child/bedroom once the children are older than 10 years old Houses with gardens for families; flats for small families and individuals. The small houses have their own gardens, but give no land for public gardens and require longer roads. The flats give plenty of open space for public gardens and allotments. The spacing and the way the terraces and blocks face is worked so that sunlight and fresh air can reach the lowest floors in all buildings, whatever their heights.

Chobham Manor: houses on tree-lined streets with more than primary amenities

Dwellings catering to diverse household size - Lifetime Neighbourhoods

Sunlight and fresh air

Roads

Roads Transport is a human, and can be a humane, service...the main road is freed from continuous intersections, the shops are set back on special approach roads. NOTE: contradiction proposed to eliminate raised rail viaducts but to introduce raised roads

Connecting to East London s vibrant communities Roads facilitate connections to East London s vibrant communities

Connecting A12... to East London s vibrant communities

Making great roads and streets at grade

Streets: integration

The Wider Network: Cycle routes East London Green Grid

Open space

102 hectares of Metropolitan Open Space Abercrombie 'Standards of Open Space' : for every thousand city inhabitants there should be at least four acres {1.6ha} of open space available. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: 2.5ha per 1,000 inhabitants (within a 5-minute walk).

London squares The domestic square is a peculiarly British invention, well suited to our temperament and way of living...the squares should be open to full public use... It is suggested that the tradition of the domestic square should be developed. There will be twentieth century recreations of the character of London squares... Such squares would form communal gardens for adults with play centres for the children and be part of the allocation of one-third acre for amenity open space per 1,000 population. In the central business areas they would take the form of rest gardens for lunchhour use.

Chobham Manor: series of squares connect to parkland

Chobham Manor/East Village: linear greens

Chobham Manor: communal gardens for all ages

Combining rest with culture It has been proved by experience that the value of an open space is increased if special attractions of an architectural, historical, amusement or cultural nature are included, e.g., the botanical gardens and greenhouses at Kew; Ken Wood House; Greenwich Observatory and Museum; Open-air Theatre and Zoological Gardens at Regent s Park; Hampton Court, etc. Such attractions combine the advantages of open-air recreation with a stimulation of the mind in new channels quite different from those followed on working days. Parks, in particular the larger ones, should not all be regarded simply as places where one can rest or take part in physical activities in pleasant surroundings. Ideal sites can be found within them for libraries, museums, art and exhibition galleries, theatres, special children s facilities, etc.

North Park: visitor centre and destination playground 35

South Park: outdoor rooms support physical activity

South Park: providing architectural interest, historical interpretation, amusement and culture 37

Co-ordination of open spaces into a park system Among the larger areas of open space, within and outside the County boundary, which call for co-ordination into green wedges leading towards the Green Belt, are the following: St. James s Park, Hyde Park, Holland Park, Ladbroke Grove, Wormwood Scrubs, Greenford. Regent s Park, Primrose Hill, Hampstead Heath, Mill Hill. Clissold Park, northwards. Victoria Park, Hackney Marshes, Lea Valley. The Marshes between Becontree and the river. Greenwich Park, Shooter s Hill, Abbey Woods, Plumstead Marshes. Greenwich Park, Blackheath, Kidbrooke Aerodrome, Grove Park, Mottingham, Foots Cray, with branches to Avery Hill Park, Shooter s Hill, and to Sundridge Park, Chislehurst. Peckham Rye, Ladywell Recreation Ground, Beckenham Place Park, Hayes Common. Ruskin Park, Dulwich Park, Crystal Palace, West Wickham. Clapham Common, Wandsworth Common, Mitcham Common, Croydon Aerodrome. Morden, Nonsuch, Chessington. Barnes Common, Putney Heath, Wimbledon Common, Richmond Park, Hampton Court, Bushey Park (these comprise the Thames-side recreational area).

A connected park system along the length of the Lower Lea Valley

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