Construction work at Borough Yards started in July.
The scheme, which received planning permission in March 2017, and is due for completion in 2020, will feature five mixed-use buildings including Grade A workspace, retail, gallery, restaurants, cinema and creative spaces. The high-quality public realm scheme will restore and reinvent the lost medieval street pattern of the area adjacent to the world-famous food destination Borough Market.
Restoring and rejuvenating an important part of south London’s Victorian railway heritage, the landmark scheme will also re-purpose 8,500sqm of existing railway arches. SPPARC’s design weaves together historic fabric with contemporary architecture and new public spaces to open up the site to its Bankside context and bring new pedestrian permeability and amenities to the area.
Trevor Morriss, Principal at SPPARC, commented: “Borough Yards will become a new cultural destination that reflects the work/play balance of modern London."
In addition, the project will see the complete redevelopment of former wine-tasting venue Vinopolis and neighbouring sites fronting the pedestrian paths linking Tate Modern with Borough Market, the newly reconfigured London Bridge station and The Shard.
The proposal incorporates retained façades of forgotten warehouses which will be sensitively blended into the new Borough Yards district, providing elevations to two, six storey office buildings.
Borough Yards is just one of many SPPARC projects in Southwark, including the Music Box, Native Bankside, 87 Newington Causeway, Ilderton Road and Verney Road.