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Convoys wharf development: The objective is to better understand the…
Convoys wharf development: The objective is to better understand the existing proposal in order to build upon the strengths and weaknesses of the new development with our own intervention
Strengths
The site was derelict for 14 years so it presented a good space to develop the proposed project to create a more vibrant waterfront
Deptford is a "cultural hub" colonised by artists. This development has the ability to capitalise on its cultural strengths
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270 metre long jetty that will serve as London's first "island park"connected to canary wharf - mooring boats , good for business
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Preserving the history of the area : New landscaped areas referencing the history and legacy of Sir John Evelyn, together with his ideas expressed in his gardens at Sayes Court and the history, materiality and function of the site as a historic shipyard and dock.
Aims to develop a sense of place an identity by creating a vibrant waterfront with the creation of 3500 new homes shops and businesses
weaknesses
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Creating such high cost housing will also reflect on businesses - will the shops and commercial business be afforable for those less well off?
Jobs confined to construction, hospitality and retail
two storey parking - creating inhospitable streetscape in place where no retail outlets are proposed
transport problems: only 10% use of riverboat, large number of parking spaces so congestion during rush hour, no expansion of train stations so congestion at stations, only one bus stop on site.
Incidentally, many of the green areas shown on the plan drawing are actually raised private gardens inside the perimeters of the luxury housing blocks, so the only really green public areas on the whole site are three pedestrian corridors and the existing Sayes Court Garden. Another misleading part of their presentation.
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Threats
Three high rise towers up to 46 storeys to attract only "well off" Londoners and Not accommodating for those who are less well off
1700 parking spaces, potentially creating an enormous strain on Evelyn Street, Lower Road and Creek Road
L&Q largest and most awful housing association in South London. Could potentially charge 80% market rent for the affordable homes in their portfolio
people from Evelyn ward have been excluded from recent
job opportunities (in construction) this may occur again despite the claim that many construction jobs will be created as a result of this development
Not much attention paid to the rich history of the site with Lenox project (boat project) not being rebuilt at the original site, on the east of the site in the protected Dry Double Dock, close to Greenwich. A "Double Dry Dock Park" is planned here instead and the Lenox project will instead be built more to the west so it can't be built according to the original plans
Opportunities (It is surrounded by a lot of social housing and it could do with more employment space. It should not be just an island with its back turned to Deptford - these proposals do not really feel like part of London)
existing projects
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Deptford station and project: transformation of old railway yard into public piazza with retail, restaurants, bars, cafes, workspaces, craft spaces etc (2008)
Deptford project cafe: disused rail carriage converted into a cafe 
Deptford TV: an open collaborative platform that allows artists, filmmakers and people living and working around Deptford to store, share, re-edit and redistribute the documentation of the process of urban regeneration of this area of London. It operates through the use of free and open source software, which ensures the users continued control over the production and distribution infrastructure
Alternatives project: bring together makers and thinkers in different fields to work on sustainable cultural alternatives; through conferences, workshops and publications we challenge the one-dimensional status quo of imbalance between producers and consumers, promote critical thinking and radical use of cellular and distributed technologies - both in grassroots and in corporate
settings.