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57090 m²
Year:
2022
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Text description from the architects. The new rental project, called Portlands Place, completes the main axis of East Village – an anchor point in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park masterplan. Designed by Hawkins\Brown and built by Mace, the project offers 524 apartments with an emphasis on communal spaces and social interaction within a colourful façade that sets it apart from its neighbours.
Cutting-edge design concepts have been implemented to create a socially unified building with shared facilities, workspaces, bars and cafes, encouraging interaction between residents and encouraging people to put down roots in this new part of London.
The two towers – 26 and 31 storeys high – and two ten-storey pavilions are joined together by a double-height habitable skybridge to form a single, interconnected building. It offers generous space for communal living, including lounges, communal dining rooms, a cinema room, a wellness studio, and space for informal working and meetings. These spaces open onto extensive roof gardens that offer fantastic views over London and the Olympic Park.
By using High Rise Solutions (HRS), Mace’s dedicated MMC system, it was possible to achieve a dynamic of 1 floor per week – reducing vehicle traffic by 40% and significantly reducing environmental disruption, noise and pollution.
The ground floor of the tallest tower houses the super lobby, where the concierge and building management converge at a hotel-style reception. There is also an automated e-commerce delivery and collection facility. The ground floor of the western block houses co-working spaces.
The building’s precast facade is in keeping with the established architecture of the East Village, but the vibrant color scheme and colored glass balconies represent a provocative departure from the background colors of the rest of the Athletes’ Village. The different color schemes of the two towers reflect their different contexts; the greens and blues pick up the colors of the wildflowers in the park, and the oranges and reds reflect the evolving urban scene of the City of Stratford.
