British studio RSHP has received planning consent to build cylindrical housing blocks within Victorian gas holders at the Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks in London.
RSHP's plans to redevelop the gasworks will include refurbishing the Grade II-listed gas holder frames, which date back to the 1870s, and building residential buildings within and around them.
RSHP has received planning consent to redevelop the Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks site in London
The redevelopment, which was approved by the London Borough of Newham's Strategic Development Committee, will reopen the site the the public after being inaccessible for 150 years.
"RSHP's design for the 23-acre Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks site, home of the biggest collection of Victorian gas holders anywhere in the world, unlocks one of the most technically complex regeneration areas in the Lower Lea Valley," said the studio. Cylindrical housing will be built within the Victorian gas holders
"The experience of being close to these majestic structures, inaccessible for so long and which sit centre-stage within this unique mixed-use development, will now be available to all," added RSHP associate partner Andy Bryce.
"The proposal will create a lasting and meaningful legacy for Londoners that extends far beyond the site."
Taller residential towers will be built on the edges of the Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks site
Two building typologies will be built on the brownfield site. Seven gas holder buildings rising from four to...