08 Jun Elephant Park nominated for The Pineapples and Building London Planning Awards
Elephant Park has been nominated in The Pineapple Awards and the Building London Planning Awards.
Lendlease’s development has been nominated for “Place in Progress” and “Public Space” in The Pineapples along with a shortlisting for Elephant Stores in the “Activation: Re Store” category. The Pineapples – the fruit is a traditional symbol of welcome in UK architecture – celebrate making places where people thrive with an emphasis on the social and environmental impact of a project’s design and development.
Elephant Park, half-way through its timeline, is described as having “delivered 1,784 new homes, an energy centre supplying net-zero-carbon heat and hot water to the residents and businesses, with additional capacity for a further 1,000 properties outside the development’s boundary, 32 new retail units for cafes, shops, restaurants and fitness operators, and a brand new two-acre park at the heart of the masterplan”.
The Park is described as a “stunning two-acre green oasis including community space with expansive lawns, mature London plane trees, Elephant Springs, a landmark water playscape, and pedestrian walkways nestled among naturalistic planting”.
Elephant Stores, a joint project between Lendlease and MARK London, “is a home grown, two-year, multi-use meanwhile space at Elephant Park – a place to eat, drink, socialise, work, shop…brought to life by three hyperlocal entrepreneurs: Café/bar Little Louie, SoLo Craft Fair and Fix Your Cycle”.
Shortlisted built projects are visited by at least one judge, who assesses the quality of these places using methodology developed with the Design Council and shaped using the 12 principles of public space by the Gehl Institute and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The prize-giving party is on 6 July at Boxpark Wembley
In the Building London Planning Awards, Elephant Park is up for “Best Mixed-Use Scheme” and “Best Project for Sustainable Planning” categories.
These awards now in their 18th year celebrate outstanding town planning and creative development from across London’s built environment sector. Winners will be announced live at an awards ceremony in June.
Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe CBE, said: ”The pandemic has changed the way Londoners live, work and enjoy the time they spend in the city. The shortlisted schemes – many of which include desperately needed, genuinely affordable homes and modern workspaces — have shown innovation and creativity, responding to the changing needs of Londoners with the design and flair that a world class city deserves. They illustrate the key role the built environment has to play in helping us to meet the Mayor’s ambition to build a better London for everyone – a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners.”