Whitelaw + Turkington, London

Peninsula Square, Greenwich

After seeng a lecture on public realm by Lindsay Whitelaw at Cityscape I arranged a visit to Whitelaw + Turkington. Everybody was really welcoming and showed me a huge variety of projects which they are currently working on including masterplanning, parks and open space and urban design mainly for commercial and residential areas. One of the largest projects they are working on is Peninsula Square in Greenwich which will be the gateway to te O2. The square will be surroundedby shops, restaurants and cafes with an outdoor performance area and bold paving in concentric patterns. This will create a new public space for London, equivalent in size to Leicester Square. I really liked the diversity of types and scale of work they undertake. I was a bit daunted by how much technical drawing is done for each project!

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