Aldgate Place
A gateway to the City of London
The Aldgate Place development is located at the junction of Whitechapel High Street and Commercial Road. Aldgate has historically been a gateway to the City of London and was the eastern-most gateway through the defensive wall of Londinium, constructed by the Romans in the late 2nd century.
The proposed scheme seeks to rectify the existing condition that is dominated by traffic and creates a permeable mixed-use development that activates the public realm with new pedestrian connections, gathering spaces, retail frontages and residential entrances.
The overall public realm proposal forms a distinct quarter at the heart of Aldgate. The scheme provides a continuous mineral surface stretching from facade to facade uniting the plaza.
A water fountain located at the centre of the project represents the lost rivers below the site and acts as a focal point within Drum Street. A formal line of existing and proposed trees frames the square. The interior of the site is to be planted with informal clumps of trees.
Location_London, UK
Client_Barrat London, British Land
Architect_Allies and Morrison
Type_Public Realm, Mixed-use
Size_2.600m2
Status_Concept design completed, 2014
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