Potential development opportunities Cinema site Peckham Rye

A Sense of Peckham - creating the vision
Laura Jagota, Urban Design MA, Leeds Metropolitan University
Peckham Rye Station
Potential development opportunities
Examples of shared space
The arcade in front of Peckham Rye Station hides
the listed building. The development proposals
aim to create views from Rye Lane to the station
building. A new public space will be created
infront.
Oxford Circus
style crossing
Mixed use
development inc
retail and residential
- opportunity for tall
building up to 15
storeys
The use of the area around Holly Grove will also
be encouraged to create another pedestrian node
away from Rye Lane. Shared space, provision
for outside markets stalls and a new indoor
market entrance will encourage pedestrian use
and reduce street clutter on Rye Lane. The green
space will also be improved with a new entrance
and community growing areas.
Move bus
stop
An example of how the new
entrances for the indoor market
could look.
Create pedestrian
node / stopping
point
Cinema site
The development of the old cinema site will provide a new public square and an oasis for pedestrians
away from the busy Rye Lane. The public space will be lined on either side by active retail frontages
and could include public art and street trees.
A new building will house the Peckham cinema and a new arts and entertainment centre. This could
include community exhibition or performance space and community meeting rooms. There is also
potential to accommodate residential space and a community garden or green roof.
Improved pedestrian
access from Rye Lane
to residential due to
new building layout.
Surface car park for arts
centre. Underground parking
for residential.
New public square
lined by retail and
opportunities for
outside eating space.
Frontage improvement
New / improved
pedestrian access
Redeveloping the retail in
front of the station will open
up views and provide an
oasis away from Rye Lane.
A new pedestrian crossing
from the station and traffic
calming will improve
pedestrian safety.
Shared space using the same paving
materials as those outside the station
to provide a visual link. This, together
with artistic lighting under the bridge will
encourage pedestrians to walk through the
tunnel and use the space.
Traffic calming
along Rye Lane
Indoor market
development
Shared
space
Improved
green space
inc community
growing
Community arts
/ entertainment
development
A new building
incorporating cinema
and community arts /
exhibition space. There
is also potential to
include residential use.
Artistic
lighting
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Improved retail
and public square
Removing the building, currently Iceland,
will help to improve pedestrian movement
along Rye Lane and into the space. This
will be helped by removing excessive street
clutter, such as bollards and barriers, and
providing space for market stalls off Rye
Lane, but visible from it.
Inspiration for building design
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Survey/EDINA supplied service
Movement around Peckham is often difficult due to congested,
narrow and cluttered pavements. Creating pedestrian nodes
along Rye Lane where pedestrians can pause will be a positive
contribution to the shopping experience. Nodes can be created
where new development takes place at Aylesham Shopping
Centre, the cinema site and the arcade at Peckham Rye Train
Station.
View
to new
cinema
building
The creation of pedestrian nodes will also be complemented by
traffic calming, which will slow down the large volume of buses.
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Community gardens
New entranceway
for indoor market
Space for market
stalls visible from
Rye Lane, without
cluttering Rye Lane
The green space at Holly Grove could be used for community
growing. The space could be transformed by introducing more
colour and a decorative entranceway
Current pedestrian access
could remain, with artistic
lighting to improve
safety.
Market stalls
replace current
building to
provide more
space on Rye
Lane and
improve lines of
sight through the
tunnel
Reduce clutter
and remove
bollards and
barriers
Artistic lighting through tunnel
Shared space
extends from
Peckham Rye
Station
Traffic calming
Artistic bridge lighting
Lighting under the
railway bridges will
make them more
inviting and feel
safer to pedestrians.
It can also act as a
point of interest and
add to the vibrancy
of Peckham. At
Brooklyn Bridge the
lighting is also used
to direct pedestrians.
The illustration shows how the new cinema and arts centre
could look from Rye Lane.
The cinema would be housed on the ground floors, with a
taller section of the building, up to 10 storeys high, at the
back of the site, above the cinema.
Taller part of
the building
accommodates
community arts,
performance space
and green roof
Outdoor
space potential
for outside
eating or
public art
New cinema
building
Retail lines
the public
square