STATUS
IN CONSTRUCTION
Landsec’s redevelopment of Red Lion Court, Bankside recently received planning permission to create a green office cluster in Southwark. The new Red Lion Court will bring 230,000 sq ft of Grade A offices, retail and open public space to the banks of the River Thames, adjacent to Borough Yards. The BIG-designed building will provide access to outdoor spaces on every floor, an extensive communal roof terrace and unfettered views over the river into the City.
Over 45% of the site will be publicly accessible, including an expanded Thames Path, a pocket park and community garden plus affordable office space, flexible retail, a bike repair centre and wellness centre. The building is designed to be net-zero in both construction and operation. The completed building will be fully electric and target WELL Core Platinum and BREEAM ‘Outstanding’.
The building is arranged, in massing terms, as a series of ‘jumping blocks’ of differing sizes that lift in the middle, freeing up the ground plane and creating a series of new, enhanced urban public spaces. In aggregate, the mass delivers a transformative overall building form that responds to the different scales of its surroundings.
At ground level, the lifted mass provides nearly 45% of the site devoted to public realm including two new, generous publicly accessible spaces linked together by the building’s lobby. At the north a new Bankside Square is created adjacent to the Grade II listed Anchor Pub, enhancing its setting. At the west, in conjunction with the neighboring Former Financial Times Building, a centralized, tranquil Pocket Park is created in association with a new north-south route through the Site.
Sustainability aspirations for Red Lion Court include BREEAM ‘Outstanding’, operational energy performance aligned with NABERS UK 5 stars, a commitment to offset all embodied carbon emissions at completion, in addition to GLA offsets. A Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment (RICS 2017) has been carried out.
Bjarke Ingels Andreas Klok Pedersen Oliver Thomas Anna Leticia Loch Goncalves Anna Natalia Krzyzanowska Anton Olof Malte Ling Andy Young Cadence Merrie Bayley Cadence Merrie Bayley Carl Pettersson Carmen Simone Chris Falla Claire Thomas Spiller David Vieira Agostinho Dermot Martin Horgan George Edward Entwistle Harry George Andrews Jason Chee Han Chia Lauren Connell Falla Lorenzo Maccacaro Luciana Bondio Michela Cardia Mike Yin Ming Cheong Naysan John Foroudi Parinaz Kadkhodayi-Kholghi Pedro Sepulveda Nunes Stefan Plugaru Tom Cameron Hunter Vid Znidarsic Vishmi Anuttara Jayawardene Hittige William Campion Christina Ødegaard Grytten Théo Hamy Ania Agnieszka Podlaszewska Jakob Freek Engstrom Federico Fauli Anna Pavlou Abdelkhaleq Yaghmour Cheryl Wan Xuan Cheah Su Demir Su Demir Gulru Arvas Amber Collinson Gloria Wong Leticia Fochesatto Yue Xu Zhenni Litri Liao Kay Sasiprapakul Mariana Puzko Romina Gomez Menendez Bethany Hird Peter Jones Evelyn Thorpe
COLLABORATORS
AKT II
Hilson Moran
Gardiner & Theobald
CPC
Gerald Eve
Tavernor Consultancy
Kanda Consulting
Arup
Momentum
R.P.M.
Five at Heart
Astute Fire
Hoare Lea
D2E
