• Stage 1 board

Camden Highline

In 2020 Camden Highline held an international open competition to reimagine the 1.2km strip of disused railway running between King’s Cross and Camden Town in North London as an urban park. We were very proud to be one of the five finalist teams taken through to the second stage of the competition.

The preparation of our submission with our extraordinary team was absorbing and stimulating. Inspiring discussion across disciplinary boundaries lead to an interconnected eco-centric design approach that we hoped to evolve and grow for the long-term. Our approach was set within the context of interconnected global emergencies – biodiversity, health and climate change, alongside local action that nurtures community capacity and ecological resilience.

Team

Architect: Feilden Fowles
Landscape: J & L Gibbons
Planning consultant, structural & civil engineers: Arup
Sustainability consultant: Max Fordham
Heritage consultant: Sarah Couch Historic Landscapes
Inclusive co-design strategist: JA Projects
Business & Land govenance modelling: Shared Assets
Lighting design: Michael Grubb Studio
Horticultural specialist: Robbie Blackhall-Miles
Cost consultant: Fanshawe
Graphic design & wayfinding: A Practice for Everyday Life
Biodiversity: The Ecology Consultancy
CDM advisors: Goddards Consulting

Selected press

November 2020, Merlin Fulcher, ‘Exclusive: Finalists in Camden Highline competition named‘, Architects’ Journal

Development