Sisk breaks ground at Battersea riverside: design and sustainability notes for engineers
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Sisk has broken ground on Prospect Place South at Battersea Power Station, a brownfield riverside scheme delivering around 300 homes, 65,000 sq ft of commercial space, a 15,000 sq ft community hub and a 600-space cycle hub across two Gehry Partners-designed blocks, Rosewood House and Hayworth House. Gehry’s design targets a reduced carbon footprint with green roofs specified to secure at least a 10% biodiversity net gain, while construction is expected to create 400 jobs, 20% locally sourced, ahead of completion in 2030. Masterplanner Studio Egret West will submit a revised plan this month for the remaining 16 acres, enabling up to 3.2 million sq ft of additional residential, commercial, cultural and leisure floorspace.
Technical Brief
- Prospect Place South’s two blocks complete the pedestrianised Electric Boulevard high street frontage and urban grain.
- Rosewood House and Hayworth House extend the existing Gehry-designed Prospect Place ensemble, maintaining architectural continuity on the riverfront.
- Battersea Power Station Development Company retains client/developer role, with Sisk appointed as sole main contractor.
- Green roofs are explicitly tied to delivering at least a 10% biodiversity net gain on-site.
- Local labour targets build on 7,500 jobs already created across earlier Battersea Power Station phases.
- Construction is one component of a 42‑acre estate, with roughly half the overall regeneration already delivered.
- Studio Egret West is reworking Rafael Viñoly’s 15‑year‑old masterplan to reflect changed workspace and lifestyle demand.
- Remaining 16 acres are masterplanned for up to 3.2 million sq ft of additional mixed-use floorspace.
- Existing neighbourhood context already includes over 2,200 homes, ~800,000 sq ft offices and 170+ retail/leisure units.
Our Take
Studio Egret West’s role on Prospect Place South follows its separate commission to rework Rafael Viñoly’s masterplan for the final 16 acres of the 42-acre Battersea Power Station site, signalling continuity of design intent across the remaining 3.2 million sq ft of planned mixed-use space.
With a minimum 10% biodiversity net gain target and a 600-space bike hub, Prospect Place South sits at the more ambitious end of London schemes in our infrastructure database, where many brownfield redevelopments reference biodiversity and active travel but rarely quantify them so explicitly.
The creation of around 400 construction jobs with a 20% local workforce target is notable given the recent employment tribunal claim involving Battersea Power Station Development Company’s former chief executive, and suggests the developer is keen to foreground social value and local hiring commitments as the project enters its next phase.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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