The project is currently under construction, and features a new curving central canal (re-connecting two historic waterways) provides recreational opportunities and wetlands. Gardens and main structures radiate as "fingers" from the canal. This kind of connections with the existing urban fabric sets the new plan apart from the former estate which was based on an internalized plan. A new tram line with a stop adjacent to New Islington will further connect the neighborhood to the city center.
Most of the square footage will be a residential: a mix of apartments, lofts, terraced houses; and a mix of private rent, owner occupied, social rent and shared ownership. But the mix of uses is key and includes commercial space (office, shop, restaurant), a school, clinic, public open space, and wildlife habitat (wet woodland, damp grassland, wetlands and reedbeds).
A range of architectural firms have been engaged to design the various structures within the plan, with Alsop designing one of the proposed residential buildings.
Screenshots from the New Islington website (below):
