Wickside

This complex mixed-use project includes 10,000 ft² of commercial space and 470 homes of mixed tenure. 50% of the homes are affordable, with a third of those offered at social rent. A linear park runs along the canal, with 30 rooftop gardens for residents and one public rooftop, all slowly emerging. As buildings complete and spaces open up, over the next year or two Wickside  will steadily become a lived-in neighbourhood.

The project received planning approval in May 2018, with Ash Sakula working in collaboration with BUJ Architects. The masterplan brings together housing, commercial, and community uses, combining old and new buildings into a varied and walkable streetscape. Early in the process, we coined the phrase: Wickside is not one place but many. The aim was always to create a place people come to for one reason and stay for another, a layered, evolving part of Hackney Wick.

Wickside was Overall Winner in the 2017 New London Architecture Awards.

The video above communicates our early vision for Wickside. The film created a narrative and a brief for the project, and helped all stakeholders unite behind a shared vision for the area's development.