Deptford Lounge Launch
Deptford Lounge has a wealth of opportunities for anyone in SE8 who wants to do more, think more and be more.
In Deptford Lounge you can borrow a book, use a computer, play sport, learn a new skill, meet with like-minded people, organise community activities, access council services, have a coffee and a cake and lots more.
Deptford Lounge is part of a development that also includes a state-of-the-art primary school, occupied by Tidemill Academy, with which the community shares space and facilities, and Resolution Studios, consisting of 38 affordable apartments with nine studios for local businesses and an exhibition space.
Deptford Lounge presents a dramatic backdrop to Giffin Square through the use of a gold-coloured perforated copper skin, a translucent envelope which literally wraps together the many co-located facilities.
Tidemill Academy, in contrast, has an intimate cloistered feel, with large oak-framed sliding doors and cladding enclosing the courtyard playspace. Classrooms wrap around a large courtyard garden, and school facilities shared with the community, including a rooftop sports pitch, are located within the adjacent Deptford Lounge building.
The complex has been designed with separate access points from Deptford Lounge and the school. This enables the school to have sole use of the shared facilities during the school day, while out of school hours the shared facilities form an integral part of the Deptford Lounge and are open to the whole community.
Deptford Lounge opens on one side onto Giffin Square, a renovated public open space and to the other side sits Wavelengths pool.
“Deptford Lounge is the jewel in the crown of the regeneration of Deptford,” said Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham. “This is a fantastic public space with first-class facilities, which is already proving popular with the community. Together with new homes, new artists' units and gallery space, and new parking facilities the complex will strengthen the local economy, improve business opportunities, and build upon Deptford’s reputation for artistic excellence.”
The Albany will manage the launch of Deptford Lounge in partnership with Lewisham Council and will develop a programme of cultural activities for the building.
Deptford Lounge, 9 Giffin Street, London SE8 4RJ
Partners involved in the project include: Pollard Thomas Edwards architects, Tidemill Academy, L&Q Group, Galliford Try, Atkins, the Albany.
