Creekside Village Residences

Creekside Village Residences

Creekside Village Residences

Creekside Village Residences

Creekside Village Residences

Creekside Village Residences

Creekside Village Residences

Creekside Village Residences

Creekside Village Residences is a proposal to design penthouse residences within a mixed use development on the banks of the River Thames in the Creekside district of East London, UK. The top four floors of each of three proposed triangular residential buildings varying in height from 11 to 24 stories were organized into three typological options, the Penthouse, the Loft and the Brownstone, taking cues from New York standards of luxury living. An option dubbed the Puzzle was the arrangement we were given from the base building architect which consisted of single story and duplex units arranged around each triangular footprint in an interlocking pattern. This scheme served as the basis to compare our proposals which responded to the clients brief of providing a New York type living experience. No content with decorating the interiors of the Puzzle, our proposal fundamentally rearranges the layouts. The Penthouse sets back the interior space to provide full façade length balconies at the perimeter of each unit as one might find on Park Avenue across the street from central Park. The Loft provides long clean single story volumes similar to those in Soho or Tribeca. The Brownstone uses the Upper East Side typology to create three and four story units, each with a roof deck. The proposal goes so far as to alter the building envelope to create architectural solutions to the interior design brief.