Carpenters Estate wins a prestigious Pineapple Award for Future Place for its masterplan

We are delighted to announce that the Carpenters Estate Masterplan has scooped the prestigious Pineapple Award for Future Place! This recognition is a testament to the power of genuine co-creation led by Populo Living and the London Borough of Newham.

Announced at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London 2 April, The Pineapples are the awards ceremony organised by The Developer to celebrate outstanding places and the impact they have on people.

The Pineapple for Future Place was judged by Richard Coppell, Group Development Director, Urban&Civic; Julian Tollast, Head of Masterplanning and Design, Quintain and Nicola McLachlan, Architect / Director, Collective Architecture, who commented that the Carpenters Estate masterplan carefully considered the existing population, with a long-term view for ways to establish a thriving community for the future. There is simultaneously an ambitious plan, coupled with an ethos to avoid displacing people.

Populo is proud of its work on the estate, as the Carpenters Estate Masterplan has been genuinely shaped by the community and for the community. Countless workshops, resident consultations, and thoughtful conversations have been used to create a vision for the future that puts the existing residents at the heart of change. 

Our residents have helped define everything from the layout of intimate mews streets and communal courtyards to the integration of green spaces, commercial hubs, and community spaces, ensuring that the original streetscape is retrained, along with two of the three landmark towers.

This co-designed masterplan delivers:

• 2,000+ new and replacement homes at 50% for social rent
• Green spaces, community facilities, vibrant commercial spaces
• A collaborative journey from day one
   

  

A huge thank goes to Newham for trusting us to deliver on this special project, which puts Community Wealth Building at the centre of change. Also, a big thank you to our incredible partners make:good, Tibbalds, Metropolitan Workshop LLP, Proctor & Matthews Architects, LDA Design, Mott MacDonald, CampbellReith, XCO2, Jan Kattein Architects.
 
Well done to the other projects shortlisted in this category, including The Earls Court Masterplan, Central Docks Liverpool Waters, Waterloo Station Masterplan, Campbell Parkin Milton Keynes and Hartree in Cambridge.