Archetech Issue 39 2018 | Page 6

The Harris Academy, a local co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, situated next door, will also benefit from a new Sports England standard ‘4-Court’ Sports Hall facility worth £2.5m. This will be shared with the wider community, encouraging good sporting habits and healthy lifestyles. An additional £350,000 financial contribution to the academy will provide increased teaching space, general improvements and maintenance. Trees planted at the academy fronting on to Battersea Park Road will further enhance the environment. This is as part of West Eleven giving back to the local community and priding itself as being a listening developer. The public will also benefit from over 50 metres of beautifully landscaped street frontage along this busy pedestrian route, creating a green space for all the community to enjoy, with space to walk, sit and play. They will also enjoy an enhanced pedestrian environment through the widening of pavements, with increased natural surveillance promoting enhanced safety and security in the area. Chris Wilkinson, Lead Architect and Co-owner of Jo Cowen Architects comments, “As a practice, we always aspire to enhance and promote each site for its own merit, and The View does exactly that, through its relationship to the public realm, its carefully proportioned facades and its quality of interior space. Every apartment is designed to provide spectacular dual aspect views, promoting wellness in the home through high quality natural light and outlook. We are very much looking forward to seeing the scheme completed and experiencing the spectacular views that the scheme will provide.” Will Herrmann, CEO and Founder of West Eleven adds, “Yet again myself and Jo Cowen Architects have pushed our creativity and bravery to its limits. We’ve gone tall, bigger, better and more community led. This is not only a landmark for the Battersea Park skyline, but a landmark in what West Eleven aims to achieve moving forwards.” THIS IS NOT ONLY A LANDMARK FOR THE BATTERSEA PARK SKYLINE, BUT A LANDMARK IN WHAT WEST ELEVEN AIMS TO ACHIEVE MOVING FORWARDS