Woolwich Exchange | Woolwich | Approved

6/7 buildings that should be retained being dispensed with here. The mass gentrification of Woolwich continues unabated.

Looks great on the whole but a shame at the last minute they've decided to demolish some Victorian buildings of around 3-4 storeys on New Road instead of incorporate into the scheme. Not even much difference in density and height from those planned to be demolished on New Road and the replacements which look around 4 storeys.

Many other buildings aren't worth keeping and low density.

http://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk...tted-all-existing-buildings-to-be-demolished/

Agree the removal of the Victorian Buildings is unnecessary, all they needed was a tidy up.

As good as it looks this will destroy Woolwich and alienate it's rich diverse culture.

Well is the epitome of the word 'generic'. I wish they wouldn't knock Victorian buildings down.

der muttt said:

Well is the epitome of the word 'generic'. I wish they wouldn't knock Victorian buildings down.

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Agreed. Just another pile of London mid and high rise vernacular excrement. I just know that these buildings will be regretted in the same way 80’s Dockland’s vernacular is now. Like them, the big problem will be that as privately owned, dreary and dated, excrement they will be impossible to get rid of.

Heritage group fights Panter Hudspith’s plans to demolish Woolwich market

Heritage campaigners have objected to a 700-home Panter Hudspith-led scheme that would involve demolition of an innovative 1930s market structure in south-east London

The Twentieth Century Society wants to protect the marketplace near Woolwich Arsenal train station, and believes its roof may be the UK’s earliest surviving example of a ‘lamella system’.

It would be demolished under plans drawn up by Panter Hudspith and Glenn Howells Architects for Spray Street Quarter.

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Continued: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk...30527.article?blocktitle=news&contentID=19086

Kinda sad. Old buildings give so much character to these modern developments, even thought the buildings arent amazing or that noteworthy its the diversity of styles and form and material that add a lot to the area. The modern element with the retained historic streetfront would have created a strong ensemble

It looks really like a high quality development to me, Im sure lots of people will really like living there, but the idea of wiping a whole district clean in one go just doesnt sit right with me and is too reminiscent of 60's slum clearance which destroyed so many communities across the world. I realise comparing it to the shite produced in that era is crazy, dont get me wrong, but gradual and organic change is usually so much more successful

That innovate 1930s market structure, plays host to one of those foods markets which seem to be popping up everywhere. It would seem like chopping your nose off to spite your face.

Which older buildings are we talking about ?

Does anyone know when the Spray Street development will be going in front of the planners? Seems to have been some time since the original application was submitted.

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Those terraces are nothing special. I say knock them down and get a more homogeneous development. I dont think the plans are all that though. It lacks vision - and to compensate and try to create some interest they have jumbled up textures and cladding and scattered the buildings around the site. It doesnt really work for me. Something more akin to the projects in Whitechapel or the new Ruby Square plans would have worked much better on a site like this IMO.

Any update on this project?

The market was listed so back to the drawing board

Great news!

Plans have been approved by Greenwich Council.