Camley Street: Building the Infrastructure for the AI-Driven Science Economy
Lateral are delighted to confirm that, together with Ballymore and Camden Council, the partnership has submitted the planning application for the Camley Street redevelopment — a project that will redefine how science and technology live within the city.
At its core, Camley Street is being built for the next frontier of innovation — where artificial intelligence and the life sciences converge to accelerate discovery and transform urban economies. The building is designed as a hyper-flexible, technically robust asset that can adapt to the new operating models emerging across AI-bio, deeptech, and data-driven R&D.
In this new landscape, laboratories are no longer isolated spaces for experiment — they’re engines of computation, collaboration, and creativity. Camley Street responds to this shift by embedding innovation into the everyday fabric of the city: workspace, living space, and civic space united around shared purpose.
“Camley Street is a chance to show how cities can integrate science and technology into the everyday – not behind closed doors, but in places where people live, work and gather. We believe urbanising science brings real responsibility, but also enormous opportunity. That’s why we’ve designed a building that not only provides affordable lab space and supports early-stage ventures, but also opens up to the public through The Mixer – a space for learning, collaboration and community.
With our STEM For Life initiative, we’re laying the groundwork for longer-term partnerships that inspire the next generation and connect Camden’s communities to the future of innovation.”
— Rob Beacroft, Co-Founder, Lateral
The project forms part of Lateral’s wider mission to urbanise the innovation ecosystem — delivering places that bridge computation and biology, academia and industry, research and community.