Thoughtful intensification through mixed-use design, blending student living, affordable homes, and workspace on a compact urban site.
Ilderton Wharf is a mixed-use development that brings together purpose-built student accommodation, affordable housing and light industrial space on a constrained site in South Bermondsey. Designed by HTA for Fifth State, the project responds to its setting within the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area and future Bakerloo Line Extension corridor. The three buildings work as a unified composition with distinct architectural identities, sharing a robust brick language and layered material detailing. A community-focused ground floor and generous landscape strategy support wellbeing and local engagement, while the project delivers significant housing, social infrastructure, and industrial reprovision.
