The Tree House
Southwark, London

KEY FACTS
  • Client: Lendlease

  • Project Cost: Undisclosed

  • Status: Completed 2021

  • Category: Public

AWARDS
  • RIBA London 2024 | Winner

  • Civic Trust 2024 | Highly Commended

  • Dezeen Civic Building 2023 | Shortlisted

  • Architects Journal 2023 | Shortlisted

  • Structural Timber Project of the Year 2022 | Finalist

  • Structural Timber Retail & Leisure 2022 | Finalist

  • NLA 2022 | Shortlisted

  • NLA 2021 | Shortlisted

“The team at Bell Phillips has helped bring our vision to life by designing a memorable space that provides the community with somewhere to host events, relax with a coffee, meet friends or just sit and watch the world go by.”

— Kristy Lansdown, Project Director, Lendlease

Elephant Park is at the heart of a £2.3 billion regeneration led by Lendlease, which will create 3000 new homes and establish one of London’s best new open spaces. This new pavilion for Lendlease is the centrepiece of the new park, accommodating WCs, food and beverage kiosks, a new community space and a viewing terrace.

The triangular pavilion is formed by three volumes bound together by an oversailing roof terrace centred on an existing mature London plane tree afforded the benefits of shade, elevated views across the park, and the opportunity to circulate beneath the tree’s canopy. The pavilion is designed to create a seamless flow between park and pavilion, blurring boundaries between inside and outside, enclosure and exposure 
 
Sustainability and consideration of embodied energy has been a key consideration of the design. The structure has been designed in cross-laminated timber (CLT) with sustainably-sourced timber cladding and bamboo decking resulting in a building with exceptionally low embodied energy. 


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