At 156m, Marsh Wall will be the tallest student living building in the world when it completes.
Marsh Wall is a technically challenging project. Rising to 48 storeys from a tight, split-level, triangular site, Marsh Wall will provide 1,068 student beds, 2,500m² of amenity space and a generous roof garden with views over the Thames and the Canary Wharf skyline.
The surrounding public realm will be enhanced by a much-needed public path linking Cuba Street and Marsh Wall and a cleverly designed pocket park, part of a wider strategy to enhance permeability and biodiversity on the Isle of Dogs.
Tide is the developer and main contractor on the scheme, and collaborated closely with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to guide it through the planning process.
The planning officer’s report highlighted the sustainability credentials of Tide’s volumetric delivery, pointing out that it will result in an 80% reduction in site waste, and that 99% of any waste produced onsite will be diverted from landfill, and in the Vision factory 99% will be recycled or used for energy recovery.
Marsh Wall truly showcases both the sustainability and the flexibility of the Vision Volumetric system, allowing us to have design freedom while benefiting from the off-site approach.
Designed by award-winning practice EPR Architects, Marsh Wall further demonstrates the power of volumetric technology to deliver buildings of the highest architectural quality. Vertical bands of light-bronze aluminium extend the full 48 storeys of the main facade, before resolving in a distinctive crowning motif. The horizontal articulation varies in depth to provide solar shading on each level while a white glazed-terracotta infill creates an undulating pattern around the building, transitioning to dark bronze around the continuous plinth.
