Kidbrooke Village provides some 4,400 new homes set on either side of a new 100ha park. Townshend Landscape Architects developed the design of the ‘Hub’, a village centre, and several new residential blocks with semi-private first floor level podium gardens set internally within each block, along with the surrounding streetscape. The village Hub lies close to Kidbrooke railway station towards the north of the site. This includes a new public square surrounded by retail and cafes. The practice also developed designs and refurbishments for the adjacent Kidbrooke Park with an attenuation pond teeming with wildlife.
In addition, Townshend Landscape Architects were commissioned to develop a landscape strategy for the site, monitoring the overall design quality for the whole site and to deliver several phases. In order to achieve this the practice was involved in extensive consultation with a wide range of design bodies then overseeing the work of a series of participating practices.