The Residential sector is as broad ranging as it is complex. We have worked on everything from major residential led mixed-use developments to regeneration schemes.
Learn moreFabrix receives permission for community-centred student accommodation in London
The project will redevelop a largely derelict 1980s office building, emphasising sustainability and a mixed-use approach.
This is a Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) led scheme with the capacity to house 283 students, as well as provide functions that serve the area鈥檚 diverse communities. The proposals include 23 new affordable homes, all of which will be available for social rent, a 2,626 sq ft community kitchen managed in concert with local charity Pembroke House. Multiple high-street retail units have also been proposed, as well as a 6,240 sq ft public courtyard and garden designed to facilitate connection between the new and existing communities.
The development 鈥� based in 182-202 Walworth Road in the London Borough of Southwark 鈥� will reuse as many materials as possible, including the concrete frame of the 60m-long former building on site which will be remodelled to reduce the total carbon output of the project. The site will also receive extensive greening to deliver a net biodiversity gain of 142.5%.
Gardiner & Theobald is providing Project Management services.
We are delighted to have had the opportunity to work with Fabrix and a first-class project team on the 182-202 Walworth Road project, our second with Fabrix to have secured resolution to grant planning consent this year. The development responds purposefully to the local site context whilst positively promoting engagement between the new residents and those that already live and work nearby. It does all this whilst reusing much of the structure of the existing building 鈥� a demonstration of Fabrix and the team鈥檚 commitment to reducing the whole-life carbon impact of the development.Daniel Webster
Partner, G&T
The project is informed by substantial engagement with residents and planners to ensure the scheme addresses local needs, with most of the proposed ground floor being dedicated to community and public-facing uses.
The 0.34-hectare site is adjacent to a major high street. Fabrix acquired the site in 2022 with planning consent in place to demolish the 45,000 sq ft building for a new development of 54 residential units with multiple ground floor retail units.
"The kitchen is the heart of any home and by making a Community Kitchen and new public courtyard garden central to our proposal, we want to roll out the welcome mat and celebrate the role that food and nature play in bringing communities together. Throughout this planning application we鈥檝e prioritised dialogue with local people and used their insights to shape an environmentally sustainable scheme that will build meaningful connections between Walworth's existing communities and its new residents.鈥�Debbie Whitfield
Director of impact, Fabrix