Bell Phillips Selected Work by Bell Phillips

Selected Works

Contents About us... 4 Uplifting 6 Progressive 8 Respectful 10 A new destination in King’s Cross

A progressive school building with a nod to the past

A minimalist stair in a converted Victorian schoolhouse

A sensitive addition to a historic South London park

Intervening in a historic post-industrial setting

Contemporary homes in the Lisson Grove Conservation Area

New homes on a celebrated modernist housing estate

Enhanced ways of working on Oxford’s science and innovation campus

Reinvigorating a vibrant Central London quarter

Celebrating arboricultural legacy in South London

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Low energy homes on brownfield sites

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Gardensity: Localised, integrated food production

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Comprehensive estate regeneration in West London

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Community-built genuinely-affordable homes 138 Prototype housing for older residents

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A new mixed-use district in Gothenburg

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Finding place in a challenging context

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About us... Founded

2004

Located

Wapping, London

Team

35 strong

Awards Architect of the Year | Winner 2023 Architecture Today | Winner 2023 Civic Trust | Winner 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 RIBA National | Winner 2016, 2022 Housing Design | Winner 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022 New London | Winner 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 Clients Argent, Lendlease, Peabody, 17 London Boroughs including Southwark, Westminster and Tower Hamlets, Get Living, Igloo, Backhouse, Be First, Pegasus Life, Pocket Living, British Land, The Skinners’ School, Kent College Canterbury, Dartford Grammar, Empiric Student Housing Frameworks Notting Hill Genesis, Southwark, Bloom, Clarion, Catalyst Peabody, Perfect Circle, L&Q, GLA A+U Panel

Uplifting We create places people love We believe in the power of architecture to provide sustainable and inspiring places that everyone should thrive and benefit from. Our strong social and moral purpose drives us to use our expertise as architects to make a tangible impact on people’s quality of life.

Progressive We build for the future Our design approach is progressive, responsive to the changing world, continuously evolving but always underpinned by our commitment to create a better life for everyone in society. We create beautifully crafted architecture that responds positively to its surroundings, that challenges convention and creates future legacy.

Respectful Community, collaborators and the planet We pride ourselves on our proactive and enthusiastic approach to build constructive relationships with everyone we have the pleasure to meet. We strive to make the process enjoyable and lead each project with a sensitive ear and collaborative mindset because we believe people make places.

A new destination in King’s Cross Gasholder Park Gasholder No.8 is a Victorian gasholder, constructed during the 1950s from cast and wrought iron, that was once one of 23 gasometers that dominated the King’s Cross skyline as part of the Pancras Gasworks. The gasholder was decommissioned in 2000 and subsequently listed. As part of the King’s Cross Central Masterplan, Gasholder No.8 was dismantled, refurbished, relocated and remodelled as a new pocket park on a new site adjacent to the Regent’s Canal alongside the Gasholder Triplets which have been remodelled as apartments. In 2008 we won a design competition to remodel the Grade II listed Gasholder No. 8 as a new public space in the heart of King’s Cross. The proposal frames a central garden with a stunning mirror-polished stainless steel colonnade within the Victorian gasholder guideframe. The new structure provides a more intimate and contemporary counterpoint to the vast historic structure. This fragile industrial icon was dismantled and removed from its site in King’s Cross and transported to Yorkshire where it underwent repairs, refurbishment and repainting. On completion it was carefully re-erected in a more prominent position adjacent to the Regent’s Canal. In conjunction with Argent, Arup, Shepley and BAM Nuttall, we developed a detailed methodology for the dismantling, repair and re-erection of this incredible structure.

A new destination in King’s Cross

Gasholder Park Within this imposing guideframe now sits the mirror-finished canopy which like a kaleidoscope, dramatically reflects the colours of adjacent planting, buildings, people and activity. The delicate canopy is barely visible from a distance, allowing the guideframe to dominate, but from close-up takes on a kaleidoscopic quality, dramatically animated by the reflected colours, textures and activity of adjacent planting, buildings, trains and people. The new structure, encircled with planting by Dan Pearson, offers an intimate, calm and secluded space to escape the busy life of the city. By night, the colonnade is dramatically illuminated, with vertical blades of cool white light extending up the edges of the columns. On the hour an eclipse passes from east to west across the light installation, briefly dimming the lights to total darkness before returning to full brightness. These two structures now coexist, with the old reclaiming its place on the north London skyline while the new provides a peaceful, intimate public park within the everchanging urban context of King’s Cross.

Project

Gasholder Park

Location

King’s Cross, London

Client

King’s Cross Central Ltd Partners / Argent

“It’s simplicity at its best. The location and the serenity of this new small park adds an invaluable asset to the growing community” RIBA Awards judging citation

A progressive school building with a nod to the past The Mitchell Building The Skinners’ School is a highly respected grammar school in Royal Tunbridge Wells which is expanding to accommodate a growing number of pupils. We were appointed to design a new 3-storey building in a key location on the public frontage, between two of the original Victorian buildings on the site. The new building contains a sixth-form centre, English department and library. The design was developed from a careful analysis of the Gothic revival style of the original school buildings and comprises a design which uses a matching brick with a strong emphasis on verticality and repetition, in a similar manner to the existing buttressed hall. The result is an architecture which is both highly contemporary and respectful of its historic context. Like its Victorian neighbours, the building is designed to last 100 years. The quality and detail of the brickwork ensure it sits perfectly in its context, as a symbol of 21st century education in a historic setting that will continue to provide great spaces for learning for generations to come.

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The Mitchel Building

Location

Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Client

The Skinners’ School

A progressive school building with a nod to the past The Mitchell Building The building centred on creating uplifting, stimulating spaces to learn, grow and promote wellbeing in harmony with the surroundings. Sustainability permeated every step of the design process. Natural, biophilic materials are used throughout with marmoleum flooring, timber cladding, wood-wool acoustic panels and carpets made from recycled fishing nets. Not only does this provide a beautiful aesthetic but studies also show that the use of natural materials can improve performance, improve mood and lower blood pressure essential for learning environments. Passive daylighting and natural ventilation was prioritised with all classrooms being double or triple aspect, hugely reducing reliance on artificial lighting and air conditioning, whilst exposed concrete soffits regulate the internal temperature and give generous floor to ceiling heights.

Thrutone fibre cement slate roof tiles

Red brick with colour matched mortar, Brookmill Blend by Traditional Brick & Stone

Hand laid bricks at 45 degrees

Bespoke double masonry support angles by IG Lintels

Timber aluminium composite window system, Velfac 200 Energy

Brick piers hand laid at 45 degrees

Brick special sill with hydrophobic masonry coating Brick slip soldier course as part of IG Lintel masonry support system

“... the architectural design of a wonderful building that is imaginative, practical, in sympathy with surrounding buildings but also striking in its C21st contrast and pleasingly sustainable.” Edward Wesson, Headmaster & Paul Johnston, Bursar

A minimalist stair in a converted Victorian schoolhouse Lansdowne Drive This slimline folded staircase was designed for a private client in Hackney. It connects the ground and mezzanine floors of a studio flat within a historic Victorian schoolhouse, with its minimal design increasing the sense of space and adding a sculpted, elegant form that forms a focal point for the space. Alternative material coatings were exhaustively researched to identify a finish that had the depth, texture, richness of colour and tone to complement the existing building. A 6mm steel sheet was folded and welded before being finished using the innovative process of spraying atomised brass directly on to the steel. The brass finish compliments with the rough existing brickwork to create a dynamic meeting of old and new.

Project

Lansdowne Drive

Location

London Fields, Hackney

Client

Private

Project Cost Undisclosed Status Completed 2016

A sensitive addition to a historic South London park Southwark Park Pavilion As part of a larger masterplan this new building sees existing park facilities; café, offices and WC’s, consolidated into a single pavilion in a prominent central location overlooking the boating lake. The original brief set by Southwark Council envisaged an extension to the existing CGP Art Gallery, however we challenged this assumption and instead proposed a standalone building that would result in a distinctive building on a more advantageous site overlooking the lake. The design draws on the history of the park and refers to the notable listed former church building at Dilston Grove which was the first in situ concrete building in the UK. The plan has been generated through consideration of the three key views towards the lake, the ‘Oval’ green space and the playground. This results in a tripartite plan which has been stretched and articulated to follow the curves of the existing paths, lake edge and trees. The building is clad in white bricks, with generous openings to allow expansive views in all three directions.

Project

Southwark Park Pavilion

Location

Bermondsey, London

Client

Southwark Council

Project Cost Undisclosed Status Completed 2019 Awards New London Award 2021 | Winner AJ Award 2021 | Shortlisted Dezeen Award 2021 | Longlisted

“It’s the mark of a good piece of architecture when the building in question, despite being new, feels like it’s always been there.” Jason Sayer, Wallpaper, 2020

Intervening in a historic postindustrial setting Granary Square Pavilion Granary Square Pavilion incorporates a retail unit, public WCs and public access lift connecting Granary Square to Lower Stable Street on a prominent site opposite the Granary Building and Thomas Heatherwick’s new retail complex at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross. The roof of the pavilion extends the public space of Granary Square completing the western corner of the space. The pavilion completes Granary Square, extending the public realm across its roof, whilst presenting an active frontage to the adjacent Goods Yard Ramp and Lower Stable Street. The pavilion seeks to be an understated, contemporary, yet high quality, addition to King’s Cross that engages with, but doesn’t compete with, its surrounding context. The pavilion has a decorative cast iron façade that extends up to the form a balustrade to Granary Square. The pattern of the cast iron is inspired by the molecular structure of coal referencing the site’s industrial heritage. The pavilion is one of three public realm interventions we have added at King’s Cross together with Gasholder Park and Jellicoe Gardens.

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Granary Square Pavilion

Location

Plaistow, Newham

Client

King’s Cross Central Ltd Partners / Argent

Project Cost Undisclosed Status Completed 2019 Awards Civic Trust Award 2021 | Winner New London Award 2020 | Winner

Contemporary homes in the Lisson Grove Conservation Area Cosway Street Located in the Lisson Grove conservation area adjacent to the Grade 2* listed Christ Church, this residential scheme proposes 51 new apartments and penthouses arranged around a landscaped communal garden, alongside two family terraced houses on Ashmill Street. Taking inspiration from the surrounding late Victorian and Georgian terraces and Christ Church, the design reinstates the historic street frontage thereby reinforcing the character of the conservation area. Facades of fluted brick facades that subtly vary in dimension and tone of brick reflect the rhythms and proportions of the surrounding streets in a design that is contemporary yet rooted in its context. The dwellings are designed to be open plan to maximise daylight to all spaces with high ceilings and generous living space throughout. The project, for Westminster City Council, is part of the Church Street Masterplan. The building is currently under construction and is due to be completed in 2022.

Contemporary homes in the Lisson Grove Conservation Area Cosway Street The fluted brick facades are designed to be contemporary response to the rhythms, proportions, tones and colours of the surrounding Victorian and Georgian buildings. The fluted motif is inspired by the fluted columns of the adjacent Grade II* Listed Christ Church. The studies below demonstrate how the brick flutes vary on the different elevations in response to the adjacent buildings giving the proposed building both consistency and sensitivity.

Cosway Street

Shroton Street

Bell Street

Project

Cosway Street

Location

Marylebone, London

Client

Westminster City Council

Project Cost Undisclosed Status Under construction Awards Housing Design Awards 2019 | Winner

New homes on a celebrated modernist housing estate Orwell House This is one of five projects undertaken for Tower Hamlets to provide new housing on sites across the borough, comprising 135 affordable homes on infill sites within existing estates. Three of these developments are now completed, with a fourth currently under construction. Orwell House, located on Lubetkin’s Dorset Estate in Hoxton, incorporates 20 new council homes for social rent. The wedge-shaped building overlooks the adjacent Ravenscroft Park with a rooftop terrace offering communal amenity space with panoramic views. The wedge-shaped building has GRC panels that echo the tone and chequerboard pattern of the existing estate.

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Orwell House

Location

Bethnal Green, London

Client

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Project Cost Undisclosed Status Completed 2020 Awards

ew London Award 2021 | Shortlisted N AJ Award 2021 | Shortlisted Housing Design Award 2021 | Shortlisted

The pink glass-reinforced concrete (GRC) balcony screens of the new building take inspiration from Lubetkin’s experiments in employing weaving patterns to soften the impact of large facades that are utilised on the adjacent buildings. The tone of the GRC relates to the colours of the surrounding estate whilst complementing the trees and planting of the adjoining Ravenscroft Park.

The facetted chequerboard design of the screen adds depth, light and shade, giving life to the elevation as the light changes throughout the day. The facetted screen embeds the new building in the context of the surrounding estate whilst allowing the new building to be a striking contemporary addition.

Clay facing brick, Vandersanden Antro

Steel support frame

Red-pigmented, glass reinforced concrete panel

Concrete paving slabs

Timber aluminium composite window system, Rationel auraPlus

Galvanised steel, zigzag format balustrade

Exposed concrete soffit, with Keim mineral paint finish

Enhanced ways of working on Oxford’s science and innovation campus Harwell Hide Harwell Campus is a science, technology and innovation campus with close ties to Oxford University. The hides provide tranquil workspaces overlooking an existing lagoon. Each pavilion is clad in angled facets of timber cladding and mirrored glass with each offering a distinct working environment. To reduce the impact on the ecology of the site the structure of the Hides will touch the ground very lightly in localised areas, with no major excavation or earthworks, and there will be no hard paved paths or vehicle access. The pavilions have been constructed offsite using crosslaminated timber (CLT) to reduce the impact on the ecology of the site. The use of timber cladding and CLT minimises the embodied carbon, whilst natural passive ventilation and woodburning stoves minimise energy in use. The Hides have been arranged to minimise the impact on the site’s ecology, trees and planting and the landscape design will reinforce and enhance the existing flora.

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Harwell Hide

Location

Harwell, Oxfordshire

Client

Harwell Campus

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status Completed 2022 Awards

British Council of Offices Award 2022 | Finalist

Reinvigorating a vibrant Central London quarter Sites A, B & C, Church Street Westminster City Council on Church Street comprising 1,100 mixed-tenure homes, public realm, a library, retail, workspace and infrastructure supporting the market. We have obtained detailed consent for the first of the three plots comprising over 400 homes, a library, public realm, retail space and infrastructure supporting the market with outline consent for the other two plots. Economic, environmental and social sustainability are key to the proposals. The design seeks to provide resilience to the local area through the support of the street market and provision of affordable retail and workspace. New public amenity space, a new library and community space will contribute to social cohesion whilst existing residents will be given the opportunity to return to a new home providing that the existing community stays in place. The homes are designed to be low energy to address fuel poverty incorporating high levels of insulation and airtightness, triple-glazed windows, PVs, air-source heat pumps and MVHR. Over 90% of dwellings are designed to be dual aspect.

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Reinvigorating a vibrant Central London quarter all children (0-15) (%)

14.7 18.9 20.0 22.5

working people (16-64) (%)

63.2 63.8 68.6 73.9

older people (65+) (%)

11.4 13.8 17.8

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Sites A, B & C, Church Street

Location

Edgware Road, London

Client

Westminster City Council

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status Hybrid planning consent

BAME (%)

14.5 38.3 40.2 61.7

first Awards english is N ew language London Award 202312.9 |4.4 of no oneShortlisted in household 22.4 27.2 (%)

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employment rate (16-24) (%)

dependant children (0-18) in out-of-work-households (%)

15.4 16.3 18.4 34.5

17.6 24.1 25.9 55.8

households open rented space private (%) (%)

16.7 24.8 7.6 25.1 28.6 39.7 39.1

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older people (65+) (%)

48.7 66.1 69.2 71.2

England 414 London 5,293 Westminster 10,286

population density households (person per owned sq km) (%)

all children (0-15) (%)

BAME (%)

Church St 16.8 29,750 30.6 48.2 63.5

14.7 18.9 20.0 22.5

14.5 38.3 40.2 61.7

households social rented (%)

working people (16-64) (%)

63.8 68.6 73.9

english is first language of no one in household (%)

11.4 13.8 17.8

4.4 12.9 22.4 27.2

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Reinvigorating a vibrant Central London quarter Sites A, B & C, Church Street Sustainable design has been considered as a central part of the design process from the start, working closely with the energy consultant to deliver on the client’s ambition of a net zero carbon scheme. • 100% of homes are dual aspect with all flats and circulation areas having a view of green space • 50% of homes are affordable tenure and all existing residents are re-provided with new homes in the new development • High levels of airtightness and insulation ensure the scheme achieves the Passivhaus standard of 15kWh/m2.yr heating demand • An innovative ambient loop energy system will provide low carbon heating and cooling ensuring that the LETI EUI target of 35kWh/m2 is met to deliver a net zero carbon development • A new garden street helps deliver an urban greening factor exceeding 0.4 • Community assets such as the Church Street market and library have been prioritised to ensure continuity of service throughout construction

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Celebrating arboricultural legacy in South London The Tree House Elephant Park is at the heart of a £2.3 billion regeneration led by Lendlease, which will create 3000 new homes and establish one of London’s best new open spaces. This new pavilion for Lendlease is the centrepiece of the new park, accommodating WCs, food and beverage kiosks, a new community space and a viewing terrace. The triangular pavilion is formed by three volumes bound together by an oversailing roof terrace centred on an existing mature London plane tree afforded the benefits of shade, elevated views across the park, and the opportunity to circulate beneath the tree’s canopy. The pavilion is designed to create a seamless flow between park and pavilion, blurring boundaries between inside and outside, enclosure and exposure. Sustainability and consideration of embodied energy has been a key consideration of the design. The structure has been designed in crosslaminated timber (CLT) with sustainablysourced timber cladding and bamboo decking resulting in a building with exceptionally low embodied energy.

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The Tree House

Location

Elephant Park, Elephant & Castle, Southwark

Client

Lendlease

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status Completed 2022 Awards

Civic Trust Awards 2024 | Regional Finalist Dezeen Awards 2023 | Shortlisted AJ Awards 2023 | Shortlisted New London Award 2021 | Shortlisted

Low energy homes on brownfield sites Ealing Passivhaus Construction has commenced on 134 mixed-tenure homes across six redundant and underused brownfield sites in Ealing for Ealing Council. The six developments, of varying types and scales, will include 70% affordable homes with 73 at London Affordable Rents. The homes have been designed to Passivhaus standards to reduce energy consumption, address fuel poverty and meet Ealing Council’s commitment to deliver net zero carbon homes. The Passivhaus standards for the building fabric and the use of MVHR, PVs and air-source heat pumps will see a 61% improvement on Part L for a typical flat.

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Ealing Passivhaus

Location

Multiple sites, Ealing

Client

London Borough of Ealing

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status

Planning consent granted

Awards

Inside Housing Development Award 2021 | Shortlisted

Low energy homes on brownfield sites Ealing Passivhaus The energy and sustainability strategy for the sites meet Ealing’s net zero requirements by minimising energy demand, maximising energy efficiency and including onsite renewable energy generation. • The buildings’ orientation and window design was carefully considered to balance heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer • The buildings have low form factor, very high levels of insulation, high performance windows and excellent airtightness to reduce carbon emissions • Most of the dwellings are dual-aspect for passive ventilation with brise-soleil added to prevent overheating in summer • All six sites achieve on-site reductions on Part L greater than 70% with some sites exceeding 80% improvement • Exposed concrete soffits in living areas increase building thermal mass to reduce overheating and give a greater sense of space • Common details and materials are used across the six sites to create economies of scale, reducing capital cost and allowing for efficient lifecycle maintenance • We worked closely with a Passivhaus consultant from an early stage of the design process to ensure that the design followed good passive design principles and that the building envelope was designed to achieve high levels of airtightness and insulation and reduce cold bridges.

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Gardensity: Localised, integrated food production Meridian Water Gardensity is a vision for a zero-carbon community for Meridian Water in Enfield. Underpinned by Garden City principles the vision seeks to address the challenges of the urban environment by creating a resilient and healthy community structured around an integrated local food system. Gardensity will empower the community to live more sustainable and healthy lifestyles by providing locally grown food, minimising energy use, reducing transportation and changing attitudes to consumption, creating a stronger and more stable community in the process. The proposal, developed in conjunction with Grow Tottenham, Susan Parham, Webb Yates, Hoare Lea, Human City, Arcadis and Savills comprises a resilient and sustainable urban community centred on food production at different scales. The integration of homes with food production results in a more sustainable community, with outstanding external amenity space, a greater sense of community, opportunities for education and a heightened relationship with nature where nurturing and growth are central to the shared ethos.

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Project

Meridian Water

Location

Meridian Water, Enfield

Client

Enfield Council

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status Research / Design Code

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Gardensity: Localised, integrated food production Meridian Water A typical urban block proposes large family dual-aspect scissor flats with generous gardens that can be used for growing and which provide excellent amenity. Communal allotments on the roof together with urban gardening and markets on the ground floor make for a self-sustaining community. The ethos is extended to the public realm to create a network of edible and biodiverse routes throughout the development. This allows residents to benefit at different levels of participation, from passive observer and consumer to full blown grower whether it be as part of a community garden, personal grower or even an urban farmer. The design seeks to deliver the vision at an appropriate scale and density to make optimum use of sites to deliver much-needed homes. The study will inform the design guide for the Meridian Water masterplan and will establish principles that underpin the plot designs.

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MERIDIAN MARKETS

MERIDIAN FOODS MERIDIAN MAKERS

Comprehensive estate regeneration in West London Convent Way Estate

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Comprehensive estate regeneration in West London Convent Way Estate The proposals for the Convent Way Estate feature a landscape-led masterplan, that creates a sustainable neighbourhood providing up to 967 new homes built to Passivhaus standards (resulting in 69% improvement on Part L), generous public realm and shared amenity connected via a green and blue ecological loop, a new local retail and community heart, and improved connectivity through the creation of a new neighbourhood lane. Beginning with Phase A, which has been submitted as a detailed design proposal, 117 affordable homes will be introduced to the estate, providing existing residents with a seamless transition and the opportunity to stay within their community as the subsequent phases begin. With 85% of the resident ballot favouring the regeneration, the estate will transform in phases to ensure that existing residents will only move once into a new home. Each phase of the development has been designed in direct response to discussions with residents during a series of successful consultations and will provide a range of homes to meet different needs alongside new parks and play to ensure easy access for all.

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“What we have put together is remarkable and will have a huge impact on our society and community. Being part of it for me has been a badge of honour and something I am happy to be part of.” Ahmed Mohammed, current resident

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Comprehensive estate regeneration in West London Convent Way Estate The landscape-led approach for Convent Way has used the Metropolitan Green Belt as a catalyst to create distinct neighbourhoods that are positioned around a series of attractive green communal spaces and connected by a high-quality public realm. In order to improve pedestrian connections and equality of access, Convent Way was transformed. A shared cycle and pedestrian footway and safe crossings were added to create links to the currently poorly used public Green Belt park to the south. A new neighbourhood lane was incorporated, improving permeability for all residents to the new high quality parks and play spaces. Supporting Hounslow’s climate emergency declaration, the scheme addresses fuel poverty within the estate reducing operational carbon by 69% compared with Building Regulations. All homes are to be designed to Passivhaus standard and certification. The design will achieve net-zero carbon and has to aligned its energy targets with the RIBA 2030 climate challenge. Embodied carbon targets have been established for the development that will improve with each phase.

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Communitybuilt genuinelyaffordable homes Marklake Court This development of 27 new flats and maisonettes on the site of existing garages on Weston Street, SE1 represents an entirely new ground-up approach to affordable housing delivery. Residents on the Kipling Estate, frustrated by overcrowding within existing homes and the lack of new affordable housing in the local area, identified an underutilised garage site, established a community benefit society (Leathermarket CBS), obtained funding and formulated a brief. The brief itself was borne out of a housing needs study undertaken across the estate that would see under-occupying older residents moving into the new building, thereby establishing a ‘chain of benefit’ as larger dwellings become released for families. The design was shaped through extensive local consultation, undertaken over more than a year. Every aspect of the design, from the overall massing, through to flat layouts, materials, finishes and window sizes have been developed through close discussion with the local community. Particular consideration has been placed on developing a strong sense of community with a roof terrace, communal garden and generous communal entrances designed to encourage social interaction between residents.

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Marklake Court

Location

London Bridge, Southwark

Client

Leathermarket Community Benefit Society

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status RIBA Stage Awards

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Prototype housing for older residents

Greenwich Housing The Housing Services Department at Royal Borough of Greenwich identified an acute need for affordable, single storey dwellings for people over 60 years of age. This is due to an increasingly aged population and a general insufficient supply of available housing which is specifically designed to cater for this user group. In parallel to this, the Council owns many small garage sites around the Borough which are not well used, or even semi derelict in some instances. Some of these sites have a tendency to attract anti-social behaviour, and none of them provide a positive contribution to the townscape. With these two issues in mind, the Council was granted funding to construct new dwellings on six small sites across the Borough. We developed a prototype single storey house that can be arranged in alternative layouts on different sites throughout the Borough. A monopitch roof with extensive glazing provides a good quality of height, space and natural light regardless of orientation. The additional height provided by this roof form allows the houses to sit comfortably within different urban situations and provides a generous double height space internally.

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Greenwich Housing

Location

Multiple sites, Greenwich

Client

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status Completed 2015 Awards

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“It is good to see a local authority commission housing directly, and to such a high standard that demonstrates an intelligent, holistic mind-set raising the quality of streetscape through contemporary design” Civic Trust Awards Programme

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A new mixed-use district in Gothenburg District Bearing The site is a factory complex in the north of Gothenburg, comprising a series of beautiful industrial buildings alongside the river Savean. It was originally built in phases during the first half of the 20th century and has been a focus for the working and cultural life of many people in the area, but the ball bearing factory has now been replaced by more modern facilities nearby. We have worked closely with Stena Fastigheter and Gothenburg City Council to develop a place-making vision for the future of the site, together with a framework to set out how this can be achieved. This work has been informed by researching the best examples of industrial regeneration projects in Europe, in parallel with a detailed assessment of the site’s history, fabric and context. The development includes around a thousand new homes, a linear park alongside the river, and renovation of the most interesting existing buildings to provide workspace, cultural, retail and education facilities. The intention is to breathe new life into the site by revealing the history and character of the factory complex, making it an exciting new destination, and playing a pivotal role in the regeneration of northern Gothenburg.

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District Bearing

Location

Gothenburg, Sweden

Client

Stena Fastigheter

Project Cost

Undisclosed

Status RIBA Stage 2

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Finding place in a challenging context St. Chad’s St. Chad’s was the first project to be procured through Thurrock Council’s new wholly owned company, Thurrock Regeneration, to revitalise the local area. The scheme comprises 128 new homes, a mix of two, three and four bed houses giving new life to a redundant and underused plot. Within this layout three different street typologies have been developed; avenue, street and mews, each of which has its own character, dimension and housing typology in order to define a clear sense of place throughout the development. One of the two avenues is a linear green park that provides important amenity spaces as well as sustainable drainage system for the site in this low-lying area of the Thames estuary. The linear park is aligned on distant views of the cranes of Tilbury docks, a reminder of the town’s heritage.

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Finding place in a challenging context St Chad’s The design of the development is structured around three key placemaking concepts; • A grid pattern of streets that links with the existing mid20th century street pattern. • A sequence of public spaces arranged diagonally through the street layout, connecting with surrounding farmland. • A diagonal swathe of green space angled to focus on the distant views of the cranes, so that the new development is strongly linked to the identity of Tilbury.

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St Chad’s

Location

Tilbury, Thurrock, Essex

Client

Thurrock Regeneration Ltd (Thurrock Council)

Project Cost

£27 million

Status Completed 2017 Awards

“They could show the housebuilders a thing or two about placemaking, even in areas of low house values and little investment. These are houses that would be prized and pampered in more privileged parts of the UK.” RIBA judging panel citation, 2018

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