This project sought to revitalise Peckham Rye though a series of phased elements across Peckham Rye Common and Peckham Rye Park:

• Phase 1 – Establishment of a new car park
• Phase 2 – Creation of anew playground and associated landscape works on the site of the existing car park
• Phase 3 – Construction of new changing rooms, canteen/kitchen, store, plant and play room facilities with associated landscaping works
• Phase 4 – Demolition of existing portacabins, PoW hut and tarmacadam playgrounds and landscape works to return the area to the common

Energy efficiency, low carbon and sustainability measures have been considered important on this project by the London Borough of Southwark and through consultation with Building Control and planning, a sustainability brief has been identified identifying minimum best practice targets, as well as aspirational targets that go beyond latest best practice.

Neilcott used a cross laminated timber structure which among other benefits helped to bring down costs due to the exposed structural timber reducing finishing costs and being energy efficient. The development incorporates a number of energy saving technologies and the design increases the building skin’s thermal robustness.

The changing rooms are located to have direct access to the pitches, and are accessed from a wide lobby. A more secure building provides ancillary sports facilities; accessible and official’s changing and lockers for both the children’s teams and adults teams. A new bio-digester is provided in order to avoid raising the building and installing new drainage across the site. The landscape design has evolved to link the new development to the wider park setting and be sympathetic to the park’s heritage.