dRMM Residential Portfolio by dRMM Architects

ABOUT US dRMM IS A LONDON-BASED, INTERNATIONAL STUDIO OF ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS FOUNDED IN 1995 BY ALEX DE RIJKE, PHILIP MARSH AND SADIE MORGAN. We are renowned for creating architecture that is innovative, high quality and socially useful. We have won numerous awards including the Building Design Architect of The Year 2013-14, as well as residential awards such as the Mayor of London Housing Design Award 2014. We are proud of our reputation, and owe it to an incredibly talented and resourceful team who work in the belief that outstanding architecture comes about through client collaboration, creative design, environmental awareness and building innovation. We work simultaneously on large and small-scale projects for private clients, local authorities and developers, and always aim to far exceed standard expectations. We are both systematic and pragmatic, continually prioritising the user while exploring the communicative, spatial and tactile qualities of architecture. Real sustainability and cost control have always informed our working methods, and our projects are led by concept, site and process rather than formulaic or style-based decisions. This combines an economy of means with expressive and inventive use of materials – an architecture of ‘maximalism’. We have established an outstanding reputation for excellence in residential design. Through careful design strategies we add value by maximising the potential of any given site. We strive to create homes with identity that foster a sense of community in the residents. Clients trust us because we go out of our way to understand and realise their needs through detailed research and careful practice. The construction industry respects us because we use standardised, cost-effective materials and building methods to make innovative architecture. And the press and public have warmed to us for a lightness of touch that has been described as joyful, flamboyant and unique.

King’s Cross ArtHouse, photo by John Sturrock

“dRMM TAKES EACH PROJECT AS IT COMES AND GETS THE MOST OUT OF IT, THROUGH THE CREATIVE USE OF MATERIALS AND STRATEGIC THINKING. THE PRACTICE REFUSES TO ACCEPT THAT BEING SERIOUS MEANS BEING BORING OR AVERAGE. ” Rowan Moore, as chair of the Next Generation Award jury

Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cross ArtHouse, photo by John Sturrock

DESIGN APPROACH WE BELIEVE THAT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT HAS A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON THE CULTURE, WELL-BEING AND ASPIRATIONS OF A PLACE; THAT INTELLIGENTLY CREATED SPACES PROMOTE COMMUNITY LIVING AND CAN FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING. ALL OUR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS ARE MARKED BY THE VALUE THAT WE PLACE ON THE INPUT OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS, AS WELL AS OUR DESIRE TO CREATE CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY BEYOND.

HOMES WITH IDENTITY

MAXIMISING SITE POTENTIAL

LANDSCAPE & PUBLIC REALM

‘Homes with identity’ reflects a desire to create buildings that have a strong presence in the urban scene and the power to imbue a sense of pride in residents. Our schemes seek a uniqueness and distinctive character that define themselves as special places to live with the articulation of façades offering a variety and diversity that enables residents to identify their home within the overall composition.

dRMM have consistently demonstrated added value for all our sites, making the most of views and orientation to maximise daylight. We are skilled at working with difficult sites with challenging constraints to achieve the optimum solution and increase value for the client.

We understand the importance of high quality, integrated landscape. We look to create an outstanding landscape environment that is both shared amenity space for residents and one that contributes to the quality of the neighbourhood. We believe the landscape design should serve many functions, including providing amenity, play areas, ecology, biodiversity and water attenuation.

BELONGING TO A COMMUNITY In considering the design and massing of buildings dRMM avoid single uniform ‘megablocks’ in preference for buildings legible as a series of distinct elements. Our proposals respond to the scale and form of the surroundings whilst creating a vibrant community. Our design approach is to break down a development into small clusters of communities within a conducive environment to meet and be neighbourly.

HIGH QUALITY, DUAL ASPECT HOMES dRMM seek to maximise the number of dual aspect apartments on all schemes. To create high quality layouts we maximise usable space by minimising the amount of internal circulation. Full height glazing on all schemes maximises the view as well as enhancing the feeling of space and light.

EFFICIENCY We understand the key drivers behind schemes in relation to cost and viability. We are experienced in achieving good NIA to GIA ratios through optimising floor plate design and wall to floor ratios, as well as designing for an efficient core and structure.

SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability considerations are not retrospectively applied to preconceived designs, but rather inform the entire design process from the outset. Through our holistic approach to sustainable design we consider the three interconnecting spheres of environment, society and economy. In particular, we seek to maximise energy efficiency within the building fabric in order to minimise energy use. Solar control and passive ventilation avoids overheating, improving indoor thermal comfort and energy consumption.

SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY We have a proven track record of delivering on time and on budget and apply our successful strategies in this respect to all our projects. dRMM have the skill base and resources to produce work of the highest quality working within a tight budget or time restraint. To ensure that the brief and timescales are consistently met without ever compromising the teams’ creativity, dRMM has the staff, ICT equipment and management systems in place to achieve the effective deliverability of all our projects.

PRIVATE AMENITY SPACE We seek to provide a range of private amenity spaces - pocket gardens, balconies, wintergardens and roof terraces. We add value to residential developments by exploiting the potential of the roofscape for both biodiversity roofs and roof terraces. On developments such as Television Centre Plot E and Battersea Faraday House, top floor apartments and duplexes feature glazed pop-ups that lead directly onto generous roof terraces.

COLLABORATION & CONSULTATION dRMM are highly skilled in collaboration and consultation and bring a flexible and positive approach to all projects. We believe in understanding and engaging with the client and users, defining expectations and then exceeding them by creating innovative and appropriate design solutions. On all projects we work with a spirit of openness as we believe that good working relationships and a collaborative approach will aid in delivering a more refined and appropriate design.

MIXED USE

Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cross ArtHouse Handyside Park, photo by John Sturrock

KING’S CROSS ARTHOUSE

ArtHouse residents’ lobby, photo by Daniel Romero

LIGHT-FILLED INTERIORS AND RELAXING OPEN SPACES, ‘ARTHOUSE’ OFFERS A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY CENTRAL LONDON LIVING. King’s Cross is a mixed-use development including offices, homes, shops, hotels, leisure and community facilities, music venues, galleries, bars and restaurants, as well as a world famous arts college – Central Saint Martins, part of the University of the Arts London. These are all set in and around 26 acres / 10.5 hectares of public space comprising new streets, squares, parks and gardens, alongside the historic Regent’s Canal.

Commercial units form a glazed plinth at grade. Visualisation by The Neighbourhood.

dRMM were selected through competition to design the first ‘private sale’ residential scheme. ArtHouse defines the eastern edge of the site, bounded by York Way, Handyside Gardens to the west and The Regent’s Canal to the south. The building sits within the historic strip that traverses the site, occupied by The Handyside Canopy, Midlands Good Shed, The Granary Building (University of the Arts) and the Gasholders. Our approach was to create a series of mini towers, which breaks the building into four smaller communities and fosters a sense of neighbourliness. The mini towers and courtyards form a saw tooth arrangement along the edge of the Handyside Gardens, increasing its width and enhancing the public realm. Extending the west elevation also allows many more apartments to benefit from the park side aspect, the south west orientation and views of the city.

ArtHouse is home to 143 apartments, of which 29 are GNSR for One Housing Group. There is a range of apartments with a high proportion of family sized 3-4 bed units. The saw tooth arrangement delivers 69% dual aspect apartments with 97% having private amenity space. Cores 1-3 are ‘private sale’ apartments accessed from a residents’ lobby overlooking the canal. A glazed cloister runs up the side of the park linking the three cores and provides residents with a series of comfortably furnished spaces to relax and meet. Core 4 enjoys a dedicated glazed residents’ lobby on the north west corner of the park.

ADDING VALUE The key challenge was to demonstrate the potential of the site. Despite its position on busy York Way, Arthouse has canalside address and enjoys a relationship with the historic buildings adjacent to the site. dRMM’s massing strategy of creating mini-towers to bring Handyside Gardens into the sawtooth form of the building adds value by increasing the number of parkside apartments. The form allows many more apartments to benefit from a dual aspect arrangement. Private apartments have a canalside concierge entrance and small residential clusters enhance a sense of community. Generous amenity spaces are provided, with terraces to the penthouse apartments. The anticipated value of the scheme was originally £700 psf, however through good design we have demonstrated the site’s real potential, confirmed by sales achieving a new high of over £1000 psf.

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Kings Cross Central masterplan - site plan by Townshend Landscape Architects

DOUBLE ASPECT = TRADITIONAL CENTRAL CORRIDOR SLAB BLOCK ARRANGEMENT

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HYBRID SLAB BLOCK WITH MINI TOWERS ARRANGEMENT

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Penthouse terrace & interior. Photos by Daniel Romero

The expression of the towers is brought through onto York Way and creates an articulated crown with private roof top terraces enjoying panoramic views to the east and west. Apartments enjoy full height glazed façades which maximise the views and the feeling of space and light. Sliding screens allow residents to control the environment passively, providing privacy and animation to the façade. Façades are glazed terracotta in a monochrome palette, with contextual colours reflected onto the mirrored surface of the towers. The residential accommodation sits on a glazed plinth of commercial units that provide transparency and activity at street level. Commercial units open out onto terraces and offer park side outlets.

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR

MIXED USE

CLIENT

ARGENT LLP

LOCATION

KING’S CROSS, LONDON

STATUS

COMPLETED NOVEMBER 2013

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS

143

UNIT TENURES

114 PRIVATE

29 AFFORDABLE

GIA RESIDENTIAL

169,000 sq ft (15,700 m2)

GIA COMMERCIAL

13,450 sq ft (1250m2)

EFFICIENCY NIA:GIA

84%

NO. OF STOREYS

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

ARUP

BUILDING SERVICES

AECOM

AWARDS

MAYOR OF LONDON HOUSING DESIGN AWARD 2014

Photo by Delancey. Photo opposite by Alex de Rijke

ATHLETES’ VILLAGE PLOT N26 THE TWO ADJACENT PLOTS OF N26 COMPRISED RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND RETAIL FOR STRATFORD CITY, PROVIDING THE ATHLETES’ ACCOMMODATION FOR THE 2012 OLYMPICS. IT NOW FORMS PART OF ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND SUCCESSFUL REGENERATION PROJECTS IN LONDON. dRMM were appointed from a framework of international design consultants to develop proposals for an ‘edge’ plot, comprising 242 mixed tenure apartments and townhouses. During the course of pre-planning design development the dRMM plot was increased in scope and separated to form two discrete development plots - N26 North and N26 South. The project was subject to particularly onerous compliance criteria, including specific overlays for ‘games’ and ‘legacy’ modes, change control and signoff procedures. dRMM were appointed by the ODA Development Partner, Lend Lease, for the full scope of the RIBA Plan of Works, with novation (to Galliford Try as Main Contractor) taking place for work stages E+ to L based on our track record of delivery. dRMM’s particular successes with Plot N26 relate to those areas of the design that provided scope for interpretation. For example, dRMM’s plot features nonstandard features unique to the Athletes’ Village such as terracotta cladding as a lightweight façade, as well as larger balconies. Within the Athletes’ Village Master Plan, there was a high degree of cross pollination of ideas between plot teams. In particular, the ‘Zone 4’ plot teams, of which dRMM were one, shared a great deal of design information to ensure that sympathetic facade strategies were developed around the perimeter of a significant piece of public realm. At every stage we prioritised the needs of the end user – not simply the athletes using the buildings for the summer of 2012 but individuals and families who would be setting up home afterwards. The result is a project with its own identity and a series of buildings that can be enjoyed for years to come.

“dRMM HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR VERSATILITY AND COMMITMENT BY CONSISTENTLY MEETING VERY ONEROUS DEADLINES WHILST ENSURING THAT THEIR OUTPUTS ARE ALWAYS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.” Seamus McCartney, Senior Development Manager, Lend Lease

Photo by Alex de Rijke

DELIVERY & SUPPLY CHAIN The Athletes’ Village is unusual in the amount of precedent and standardisation involved in development on an immense site-wide basis. There were numerous compliance criteria to achieve as well as overlays for Games and Legacy modes. dRMM also designed to sitewide guidelines provided by Lend Lease as well as using standardised details and internal specification across the Athletes’ Village. Our experience enabled us to deliver a terracotta façade, complying with all NHBC and CWCT testing. We also worked closely with blockwork manufacturers Lignacite to develop a new type of block with a glass bottle aggregate. To maintain quality, dRMM’s quality of information at tender stage was incredibly complete, leading to a very defined set of Employer’s Requirements. This information facilitated an excellent posttender relationship with the Employer’s Consultant Monitoring Team, such that both parties could continue to work together positively to ensure the highest quality outcomes. Our tender documentation also allowed for contractor input and effective use of their supply chain for market value and both design and construction input. We understand that key elements have to be detailed to retain quality - but balancing this, we have enabled the contractor to use their market power to achieve the best value for the project.

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR

MIXED USE

CLIENT PRE/POST NOVATION

LEND LEASE DEVELOPMENTS/

GALLIFORD TRY

LOCATION

STRATFORD, LONDON

STATUS

COMPLETED SPRING 2012

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS

242

UNIT TENURES

88 PRIVATE

83 SOCIAL

72 INTERMEDIATE

GIA RESIDENTIAL

215,280 sq ft (20,000m2)

GIA COMMERCIAL

5,275 sq ft (490m2)

EFFICIENCY NIA:GIA

79 %

NO. OF STOREYS

3-11

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

WSP GROUP

BUILDING SERVICES

HOARE LEA

Gradated, blended brick reference colours in the context Photos by Alex de Rijke

TRAFALGAR PLACE, ELEPHANT & CASTLE

TRAFALGAR PLACE IS FLAGSHIP MIXED USE PROJECT, FORMING PHASE ONE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE MASTERPLAN. COMPRISING 235 HIGH-QUALITY HOMES, THE PROJECT TRANSFORMS THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WHILST RESPONDING TO THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBOURING AREA.

View down Rodney Road: The material treatment, scale and massing respond to the red brick Peabody building opposite.

Once known as “the Piccadilly of south London”, Elephant and Castle suffered huge damage during the Second World War. The new buildings that went up in the 1960s were often of poor quality, and huge structures such as the shopping centre, the Heygate Estate and the Northern Roundabout created a place was difficult to adapt and grow.

The masterplan for the redevelopment of the Heygate Estate, commissioned by Southwark Council and managed by Lend Lease, aims to restore this area to its former glory as a thriving, desirable place to live, visit and play.

LANDSCAPE & PUBLIC REALM Working in close collaboration with landscape architects, Grant Associates, we have improved public spaces with a woodland walk, new landscaped routes and an attractive new central raised landscape, which serves as a central community space and covers a car park beneath. Over 46% of the 1-hectare site has been dedicated to public realm and we have maximised the number of retained trees. The roofscape also been dedicated to a mixture of private and communal amenity spaces and biodiversity green roofs.

The 1-hectare site accommodates 235 units of which 54 are affordable tenure. Its seven buildings range from 4 storeys, stepping up to 10 storeys at the north west corner of the site. We have designed a large number of typologies for this project, to suit the needs of the site. Along with apartments we have also developed townhouses with apartments above, and townhouses which form the base of a raised courtyard. A number of penthouses are incorporated, and the entire scheme is tenure blind.

“THIS SCHEME STANDS HIGH ABOVE ANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT I HAVE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS, WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY QUALITY OF DETAIL. THE PROJECT DEMONSTRATES THE ROLE THAT BRICK CAN PLAY IN MAKING A PLACE DISTINCTIVE AND OUT OF THE ORDINARY”. Brick Awards 2015 Judges’ remarks

Gaining planning permission for the scheme involved a number of Design Workshops with planning officers at frequent intervals. We had 14 pre-app meetings with the local planning authority, as well as 1 pre-app meeting with the GLA and 2 presentations to the Southwark Design Review Panel. The process was complex as we needed to balance the viability of the scheme for the developer with the most appropriate massing for the context. We demonstrated week by week that we had explored the planning officers’ comments and requests and developed the scheme with that input. dRMM’s strength has been our ability to reconcile the needs of the local residents and the viability requirements to generate a scheme that is sympathetic to the historic and planned context. Steering away from the alienating size of Heygate, we have sought to provide variety through scale, with a mixture of minitowers, apartment buildings and town houses. Each apartment has been designed from the inside out, maximising space and light. All residents benefit from the communal landscape as well as private amenity spaces - either gardens, balconies or roof terraces. Our proposal responds to the context in terms of both scale and façade treatment - taking reference from the neighbouring Peabody buildings, the Rodney Road façades are formed from traditionally-made gradated brick, vertically blended. Our commitment to environmentally aware and responsible building is demonstrated by the construction of two buildings made from cross-laminated timber, a first for developers Lend Lease. Trafalgar Place was the recipient of the Best Housing Design award at the Brick Awards 2015.

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR

MIXED USE

CLIENT PRE/POST NOVATION

LEND LEASE / LEND LEASE

CONSTRUCTION LOCATION

ELEPHANT & CASTLE, LONDON

STATUS

ON SITE, COMPLETION 2014

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS

235

UNIT TENURES

181 PRIVATE

26 SOCIAL

28 INTERMEDIATE

GIA RESIDENTIAL

236,800 sq ft (22,000 m2)

GIA COMMERCIAL

1,935 sq ft (180m2)

EFFICIENCY NIA:GIA

75%

NO. OF STOREYS

4-10

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

RBG GROUP

BUILDING SERVICES

WALLACE WHITTLE

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

GRANT ASSOCIATES

AWARDS

BEST HOUSING DESIGN, BRICK AWARDS 2015

RESIDENTIAL

Visualisations by Cityscape courtesy of Battersea Power Station Development Co.

BATTERSEA POWER STATION FARADAY HOUSE

A BILLBOARD FOR THE BATTERSEA POWER STATION REGENERATION PROJECT THAT DEFINES THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE HISTORIC SITE. The redevelopment of one of London’s most iconic buildings, Battersea Power Station, is at the heart of a massive new development that includes 3,500 homes, offices, shops, restaurants, a theatre and a six-acre park. dRMM won an international competition for the first phase of the project to create RS-1B, a residential apartment building that defines the western edge of the Battersea Power Station site, situated next to the Victoria railway line.

Visualisation by Charles Guerton

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The scheme is formed from a series of stacked apartments that shift in response to the curve of the railway, generating a simple articulated form of projecting and recessed boxes. The building is composed of five clusters, breaking the building into a series of smaller communities that foster a sense of neighbourliness. In common with all of our residential schemes, the apartments have been designed with an emphasis on creating desirable and usable space, maximising light and space. Apartments therefore enjoy views of the internal landscaped courtyard as well as the Thames, with full height windows to optimize views and outdoors space that includes private terrace plots and roof-top gardens. Unlike the rest of the new developments, which are predominantly steel and glass, our building will be clad in copper alloy, offering an aesthetic that evokes a more quirky British tradition of individualism. Our success at Battersea has been to design a highquality, high-profile building that still retains its own identity. The value of the scheme can be measured in an increase in revenue for our clients, a better quality of life for the building’s residents and a contribution to the built environment.

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR RESIDENTIAL CLIENT PRE/POST NOVATION

BATTERSEA POWER STATION

DEVELOPMENT COMPANY /

REALISING POTENTIAL The key challenge was to demonstrate the potential of the scheme which was originally considered only suitable for ‘buy to let’ as it was blighted by the railway. This was addressed through excellent design, its aspect, its views and maximising the potential of the rooftops for private gardens. Achieving this potential, the apartments were upgraded to provide a higher quality product and specification as ‘open market sale’.

CARILLION LOCATION

BATTERSEA, LONDON

STATUS

COMPLETION 2016

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS

113

UNIT TENURES

113 PRIVATE

GIA RESIDENTIAL

79,115 sq ft (7,350 m2)

EFFICIENCY NIA:GIA

78%

NO. OF STOREYS

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

BURO HAPPOLD

BUILDING SERVICES

HOARE LEA

To maximise potential sales for the developer, we designed a number of apartment typologies within the same module - some are ‘prime aspect’ with the living / dining space combined and facing the courtyard, others are ‘through’ apartments with the living and dining spaces looking to the west. Phase One of Battersea Power Station has enjoyed unparalleled sales success as reported in the Evening Standard 14.01.13 ‘Battersea sales bonanza as £600m flats sold in four days’.

Photos by Daniel Romero

HARPER SQUARE “THE SCALE OF HARPER SQUARE AND ITS POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE SPATIAL VARIETY AND LEGIBILITY OF ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD BODES WELL FOR ITS ONGOING USEFULNESS TO FUTURE RESIDENTS AND THE CITY” Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today

A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW SOCIAL HOUSING CAN BE DEFINED BY RIGOUR, QUALITY AND COLOUR. Following the completion of Wansey Street, the pilot housing scheme for the ambitious regeneration of the Elephant & Castle, dRMM was selected to develop the Harper Square site, which would form the next phase of Heygate decant housing to be developed by Family Mosaic. The complex site had to work hard to reconcile a competing assortment of apartment blocks, school buildings and public open space. Notwithstanding, our aspiration remained to create a highquality, car-free housing scheme around a central shared landscaped space, referencing traditional London Squares and the 1960s SPAN developments. 29

Photo by Daniel Romero

The housing is formed from a series of individual buildings, separated by open stairwells that provide visual permeability from the street and views through to the sky. A series of entrances provide activity along both Harper Road and the new tree lined boulevard that has been created leading to Symington House. Each entrance offers access to the glazed stair core as well as direct access to the landscaped courtyard beyond.

HIGH QUALITY SOCIAL HOUSING Whether market or social housing, dRMM have the same guiding principles to create exemplary homes. Social housing specification is key, and we look to maximise the budget by prioritising what matters. Full height windows enhance space, light and views whilst overheating is addressed with sliding screens to provide animation and privacy. Robust yet beautiful façade treatments such as the terracotta used here also enhance a feeling of quality and provide a durable finish that will retain its appearance for many years.

In order to foster a sense of community and neighbourliness, apartments have been clustered into small groups. All homes have been developed to maximise the feeling of space and light through full height glazing and big views. Two main typologies were developed: a ‘through apartment’ (east/west orientation) with dual balconies and a ‘prime aspect apartment (north/south) with a screened outside room. A three storey, 4-bedroom house typology was also developed to provide 5 quality family units. All of the homes benefit from dual aspect, and a variety of private amenity space is provided through large balconies, pocket gardens and roof terraces.

A sense of community is created by having two units accessed from each core, avoiding long corridors. The apartments are entered in the centre of the plan to minimise the amount of circulation, maximising usable space to rooms. Good quality housing design combined with a strong landscape serves to create a sense of place and homes with identity. FALMOUTH ROAD

Externally an unglazed terracotta tile provides a quiet exterior that reconciles the varied context whilst offering a dramatic contrast to the interior. Along Harper Road, maximum daylight with solar control is provided by full-height glazing and large sliding shading panels, which also offer privacy to residents and animation of the façade.

HARPER ROAD

ROOF HATCH

RECYCLING BIN

B A S E UNIT DRAWERS

T R AY SPACE

B A S E UNIT

WA L L UNIT

E TH HOUS WHITWOR

We placed great emphasis on community consultation in our approach to this scheme. As a result we used the Section 106 contribution to invest directly in an enhancement to the landscape around the base of the neighbouring Symington House. The nature of the collaboration was applauded by the Planning Committee who considered the success of this relationship as an exemplar for how community involvement should work.

REMOVABLE ACCESS PANEL

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR RESIDENTIAL CLIENT PRE/POST NOVATION

FAMILY MOSAIC / LOVELL

LOCATION

ELEPHANT & CASTLE, LONDON

STATUS

COMPLETED APRIL 2013

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS

UNIT TENURES

50 SOCIAL

22 INTERMEDIATE

GIA RESIDENTIAL

77,770 sq ft (7225 m2)

EFFICIENCY NIA:GIA

78%

NO. OF STOREYS

3-7

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

YES ENGINEERING LTD

M&E CONSULTANT

YES ENGINEERING LTD

15 10

20m

Photo by Sindre Ellingsen; Opposite photo by Alex de Rijke

RUNDESKOGEN

RUNDESKOGEN IS A WOODED HILL, SITUATED IN AN INFRASTRUCTURAL NODE BETWEEN THREE CITY CENTRES ON THE WEST COAST OF NORWAY. dRMM AND HELEN & HARD HAVE DEVELOPED AN EFFICIENT TOWER MODEL TO OPTIMISE VIEWS, DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT WHILST CREATING HIGH QUALITY HOMES.

Photo by Sindre Ellingsen; Opposite photo by Alex de Rijke

Single-family houses and small-scale housing projects dominate this region, creating a context that accentuates the exceptional height and volume of the project. The density and concentration of the project was developed to keep an appropriate distance from a recently discovered Viking grave on the same hillside. The three towers provide 113 units, ranging from 60m2 to 140m2, with the highest tower reaching 15 storeys. The core construction is concrete while secondary parts are made from timber framework. Internally, each apartment has an integrated wintergarden, which has fully insulated glass façades allowing for flexible, year-round use. Other environmental features that are added include; solar collectors on the roof, heat recovery from grey water and ground source heat pumps that provide heating.

TREE TOWERS The prismatic shape of the plan is derived from optimising the floor plans according to views and sun as well as the creation of diagonal views in between and around the towers. The organising element of the entire project is a star-shaped core structure of concrete, in which the fins are extended as separation walls between the flats. This layout gives special volumetric qualities – letting the light and shade gradually shift around the façades, an effect which is further emphasized by the triangular panels that reflect the light differently as one moves past the building.

The emphasis has been balancing the tall building typology with generous and attractive public green spaces on the ground. To minimise the footprint of the three towers and retain a view of the fjord for neighbours, the first apartment floors have been lifted off the ground, cantilevering from the core. This creates covered outdoor spaces at grade. On the ground floor, the fins and bracing elements of the stem-like core spread out as roots which integrate social meeting places, play and training facilities, generous entrance halls and communal gathering spaces. Every apartment was sold with a complementary bike and the owners given their own fruit tree in the landscaped site.

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR RESIDENTIAL COLLABORATOR

HELEN & HARD ARCHITECTS

CLIENT

KRUSE AS, OTIUM AS

LOCATION

STAVANGER, NORWAY

STATUS

COMPLETED 2012

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS

113

UNIT TENURES

113 PRIVATE

GIA RESIDENTIAL

121,800 sq ft (11,315 m2)

EFFICIENCY NIA:GIA

86%

NO. OF STOREYS

9-13

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

DIMENSION

BUILDING SERVICES

DIMENSION

One of Amsterdamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s typical canals

Visualisation by Hayes Davidson

TELEVISION CENTRE, WHITE CITY

dRMM WERE COMMISSIONED BY STANHOPE PLC TO DESIGN A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SCHEME FOR THE SITE OF THE FORMER SCENERY BUILDING AT THE TELEVISION CENTRE REGENERATION MASTERPLAN FOR WHITE CITY. DEVELOPING FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSENTED SCHEME, dRMM HAVE CREATED A DESIGN THAT ADDS CONSIDERABLE VALUE TO THE SITE WHILST ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.

Visualisation by Cityscape

The detailed proposal for Plot E comprises a new residential building, formed as an E-shaped perimeter block with a row of townhouses to the south. Dwellings are arranged around two inter-linked green courtyards providing amenity spaces for the residents. The pre-application consultation with the local community identified a number of concerns about the previous (outline) designs for Plot E. These included the size of the buildings adjacent to the existing houses, the location of the entrance to the car park and the proposed location of balconies. These concerns have been addressed with the new design by positioning townhouses to the south and relocating all car parking to the basement. The redesign of Plot E focuses on maximising daylight and views, increasing the number of dual aspect apartments and the quality of the amenity spaces, whilst increasing the number of units. Our proposal enhances the potential for the site to provide high quality homes.

RESPONDING TO CONTEXT The immediate context to the south of Plot E consists primarily of two storey Victorian terraced houses. The residents had previously been concerned about the original masterplan as they were to be overshadowed by a 5-storey building. Our key massing strategy was to step the building down in height, forming a terrace of 3-storey houses to address the context and to allow more sunlight into the courtyard. As a result, the neighbouring of Frithville Gardens are now delighted.

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR RESIDENTIAL CLIENT

STANHOPE PLC

LOCATION

WHITE CITY, LONDON

STATUS (PHASE ONE)

CONSTRUCTION 2015

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS

179

UNIT TENURES

179 PRIVATE

GIA RESIDENTIAL

326,800 sq ft (30,360 m2)

EFFICIENCY NIA:GIA

83%

NO. OF STOREYS

3-9

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

ARUP

BUILDING SERVICES

ARUP

Photo by Jonas Lencer

WANSEY STREET WANSEY STREET, THE £4.2MILLION PILOT PROJECT IN ELEPHANT & CASTLE DEMONSTRATED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS LIVING IN OUTMODED ACCOMMODATION WHAT SOCIAL HOUSING COULD BE. The site, a gap between Victorian terraced housing and Walworth Town Hall, offered an opportunity to reinterpret traditional terraced housing with 21st century requirements for density, planning flexibility, sustainability, ownership and security. Our scheme sought to create homes with identity that were vibrant and colourful. A series of small buildings with gaps between is connected to communal south-facing gardens at the rear. We maximised light and usable space at every turn, with full-height windows and an efficient layout. The coloured façade, made from standard fibre cement board, created cohesion between the four blocks and the individual flats, while also serving to connect the neighbouring terraced housing with the adjacent town hall in terms of scale and proportion.

South facing garden. Photo by Alex de Rijke

INNOVATIVE TYPOLOGIES At Wansey Street, we have created a variety of innovative housing typologies, offering the possibility for interlocking units, double height spaces, and dual aspect living with spatial variety. The mixed tenure accommodation (an integration of 61% social housing and 39% private sale), made possible by shared stairwells and interlinking units, provides an example of a genuine ‘pepper-pot’ development; a feat rarely achieved in urban development.

The project was critically acclaimed and won dRMM the award for the BD Social Housing Architect of the Year. It serves as a lesson in providing the maximum possible quality for all residents, whatever their tenure. This is what we consider the real social achievement of the design.

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR RESIDENTIAL CLIENT PRE/POST NOVATION

SOUTHERN HOUSING GROUP /

WATES CONSTRUCTION

LOCATION

ELEPHANT & CASTLE, LONDON

STATUS

COMPLETED OCTOBER 2006

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS

UNIT TENURES

12 PRIVATE

19 AFFORDABLE

GIA RESIDENTIAL

20,450 sq ft (1900 m2)

EFFICIENCY NIA:GIA

75%

NO. OF STOREYS

4-6

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

BRADBOOK CONSULTING

M&E CONSULTANT

CAMERON TAYLOR

AWARDS

2006 BD PUBLIC HOUSING ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

2007 AIA COMMENDATION - EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN

2007 SHG HOUSING SCHEME OF THE YEAR

2007 COMMENDATION - AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR

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Photo by Michael Mack. Photos opposite by Alex de Rijke.

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AN INNOVATIVE, AWARD-WINNING SCHEME FOR A DIFFICULT SITE ADJACENT TO A RAILWAY VIADUCT. Solid Space Developments commissioned dRMM to design a new housing typology for brownfield sites, a hybrid of the European horizontal apartment and the English vertical terrace house. The development transformed a derelict site to create homes that offer light, air, security and an inner city oasis. Each apartment is organised as a large, open doubleheight living space, with adjacent bedrooms and stairs forming a buffer to the railway. The transformation of the traditional apartment plan responds to changing living and working patterns of contemporary urban households. The double entry, generous size of units, riser positions and flexible layouts created a regeneration concept of sustainable, long lasting, loose fit living. It is possible to subdivide all the apartments into live and work, or double household units.

PROJECT INFO

BROWNFIELD SITES

TYPE/SECTOR RESIDENTIAL CLIENT

ROGER ZOGOLOVITCH /

SOLID SPACE

LOCATION

SOUTHWARK, LONDON

STATUS

COMPLETED 2003

TOTAL NO. OF UNITS

UNIT TENURES

4 PRIVATE

GIA RESIDENTIAL

6,650 sq ft (618 m2)

EFFICIENCY NIA:GIA

86%

NO. OF STOREYS

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

ADAMS KARA TAYLOR

M&E CONSULTANT

THE MONALCO PARTNERSHIP

The building is located 30cm from a railway viaduct. We therefore were strategic on this brownfield site about where to locate closed mass and open glazing to maximise the development potential.

AWARDS 2004 CIVIC TRUST AWARD 2004 AIA EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AWARD 2003 CABE BUILDING FOR LIFE AWARD 2003 RIBA LONDON BUILDING OF THE YEAR AWARD 2003 RIBA HOUSING AWARD 2003 RIBA REGIONAL AWARD 2003 AJ FIRST BUILDING AWARD

Photos by Alex de Rijke

SLIDING HOUSE “ONE BIG STROKE OF GENIUS, A CRAZY IDEA THAT ISN’T GRATUITOUS BUT A CREATIVE RESPONSE TO MAKE THE BUILDING HIGHLY RESPONSIVE TO ITS ENVIRONMENT AND AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE TO LIVE.” Kevin McCloud Grand Designs Awards

INDUSTRIAL PICTURESQUE. The brief was a self-build house to retire to in order to grow food, entertain and enjoy the landscape. The site offered a combination of rolling England and agricultural Holland, restrained by stringent local Planning parameters for rural development. A genuine appreciation of vernacular farm buildings shared by architect and client/builder led to an unique take on the local timber framed and clad ‘shed’ idiom. The outcome is three conventional building forms with unconventional detailing, radical performance, and a big surprise. A linear building of apparent simplicity is sliced into three programmes; house, garage and annexe. The garage is pulled off axis to create a courtyard between the three. The composition is further defined by material and colour; red rubber membrane and glass, red and black stained larch.

The surprise: the separated forms are transformed by a 20 ton mobile roof/wall enclosure which traverses the site, creating combinations of enclosure, open-air living and framing of views according to position. This is an autonomous structure; steel, timber, insulation and unstained larch spanning recessed railway tracks. Movement is powered by hidden electric motors on wheels integrated into the wall thickness. The tracks can be extended in the future should the client wish to build a swimming pool, which may need occasional shelter. Sliding House (uniquely) offers radically variable spaces, extent of shelter, sunlight insulation, and views. A denial of static architecture. The dynamic change is a physical phenomenon difficult to describe in words or images. It is about the ability to alter the overall building composition and character according to season, weather, or a remote-controlled desire to delight.

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR

PRIVATE HOUSE

CLIENT

ROSS & SALLY RUSSELL

LOCATION

SUFFOLK, UK

STATUS

COMPLETED JANUARY 2009

GIA RESIDENTIAL

2,150 sq ft (200 m2)

NO. OF STOREYS

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

MICHAEL HADI ASSOCIATES

M&E CONSULTANT

DJW CONSULTING LIMITED

AWARDS

2009 RIBA EAST AWARD

2009 GRAND DESIGNS AWARDS ‘BEST NEW-BUILD’ AND ‘HOME OF THE YEAR’

Photos by Alex de Rijke

WOODBLOCK HOUSE

THE PROJECT REPRESENTS A GENUINE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARCHITECT AND CLIENT, A CHANCE FOR EXPERIMENTATION THAT PRODUCED UTILITARIAN DELIGHT IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT. The brief was to create a studio, home and office for UK artist Richard Woods and his family. The result was a simple, large workshop and printing studio space on the ground floor, with separate living accommodation above, all characterized by the qualities of timber, good spaces and ample daylight. WoodBlock House is a response to a family’s needs and a reflection of dRMM’s commitment to sustainability through the use of engineered timber. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is formed from timber that is sustainably managed in northern Europe. This material is the only ‘carbon positive’ method for long span structures

wherein more carbon dioxide is absorbed through the lifetime of the trees used than expended through manufacture, delivery and installation. Further benefits in using the system are: increased quality through off-site manufacture, shorter programme periods, elimination of ‘wet trades, and robustness. CLT was used together with waste timber insulation and timber cladding. The home section of the building is south-facing superimposed on the north-facing studio. They are formed as two boxes sitting on each other, the house clad in painted plywood, the studio in unpainted larch.

PROJECT INFO TYPE/SECTOR

PRIVATE HOUSE

CLIENT

RICHARD WOODS

LOCATION

TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON

STATUS

COMPLETED 2013

GIA RESIDENTIAL

2766 sq ft (257 m2)

NO. OF STOREYS

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

TIMBERFIRST

M&E CONSULTANT

MICHAEL POPPER ASSOCIATES

AWARDS

2014 WINNER RIBA LONDON REGIONAL AWARD

Nestled snugly between its neighbouring materials of brick and concrete, WoodBlock House adds new tactile and visual expression to the fabric of London. The project is a modest manifesto for engineered timber and mixed-use, for economy and for colour.

RESIDENTIAL MASTERPLANS

Visualisations by Pedro Fernandez, Arqui9 Visualisation

CLEVE VILLE MASTERPLAN, HANOI

A COLLABORATION WITH ARTIST RICHARD WOODS FOR A NEW URBAN QUARTER IN HANOI, VIETNAM TAKING INSPIRATION FROM EUROPEAN MODELS AND ‘LIVING IN ART’. In responding to the client’s brief to create the ambience of an ‘artists neighbourhood’, we have referred to European models as a departure point for design, namely London’s squares, Amsterdam’s water and Copenhagen’s courtyards. House plots are 5m wide by 14.5m long, arranged around Garden Squares forming community clusters. At the centre of the masterplan is a Central Park with a swimming pool under a sculptural pavilion - this forms a hub for the whole community and provides leisure and amenity facilities. The development will be simple to build, using local techniques and repetition of elements. The outcome will be characterised by variety and sophistication. Our intention is to not only create great housing but make great spaces between them. Street, square and park will determine the overall atmosphere.

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BROMLEY-BY-BOW MASTERPLAN

dRMM’S VISION IS FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT WHICH RESPECTS AUTHENTICITY THROUGH A GENUINE REGARD FOR THE AREA’S UNIQUE LOCAL IDENTITY. Bromley-by-Bow, previously known as Braembelege and Bromley-St Leonards, has enjoyed a rich and varied history ever since a small yet productive hamlet formed around a Benedictine nunnery on the east side of the River Lea during the 11th Century. In mid-2013 the London Legacy Development Corporation sought a masterplan review and design study that would help guide the development and key projects in Bromley by Bow. A Consultant Team comprising dRMM, AZ Studio and Civic Engineers were appointed by the London Legacy Development Corporation to amalgamate the current development fixes around the site, and review past visions relating to masterplanning the District Centre scheme.

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BLUE SQUARE: THE HEART OF THE WATERHOOD FRAMED BY THE MARKET SQUARE, THE FLOATING CORNICHE AND THE LIDO.

VISITOR PROMENADE: ATTRACTIONS, MARKETS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

WATERHOOD: 50 HOUSES IN CLUSTERS ARE COMBINED WITH COMPLEMENTARY FUNCTIONS. JETTY INTERSECTIONS FORM PUBLIC SQUARES.

MARKET SQUARE

SPORTS SQUARE

HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE

FLOATING MOBILE BRIDGE

FLOATING GREEN

COMPLEMENTARY PLUG-INS

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10. FLOATING CORNICHE

COMMUNITY

COMMERCIAL

RESIDENTIAL

ROYAL VICTORIA DOCKS FLOATING VILLAGE ‘WATERHOOD’

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OUR PROPOSAL IS NOT SO MUCH AN ISOLATED ‘VILLAGE’ BUT A FLOATING PART OF LONDON. ‘WATERHOOD’ IS A FLEXIBLE PLAN RATHER THAN A FIXED MASTERPLAN. The scheme which was part of a competition submission with Igloo and Carillion seeks to demonstrate the potential of the site for a pilot scheme of 50 residential units, whilst integrating associated commercial, leisure, visitor attraction and cultural spaces. We strategically identified nodes and connection desire lines with a modular system of ‘floating

streets’- a serviced access and mooring system which also maintains the open quality of the water. We believe that the principles of urban design are not an aesthetic preference but are fundamental to the sustainability of urban areas and therefore to our investments. Good urban design will create places that are safe, attractive and robust, that are good places to live and do business. Working with our designers, our proposal for the Waterhood at Royal Victoria Dock will create a community with a unique sense of place and character. 55

TIMBER STADIUM

MODERN ART OXFORD

SKY HEALTH & FITNESS CENTRE

SCALE INFINITE

FOUR DWELLINGS PRIMARY SCHOOL

AVIVA FENCHURCH STREET

SKY CAR PARK

TOWER OF LOVE

THE FUTURE IS HERE EXHIBITION

ENDLESS STAIR

VENICE BIENNALE

SELFRIDGES

COMET ST STUDIO

KINGSDALE SCHOOL

TOWER OF LOVE

MK40 TOWER

EXETER ROYAL ACADEMY FOR DEAF EDUCATION

MOSHI MOSHI SUSHI

VENICE BIENNALE

CLAPHAM MANOR PRIMARY SCHOOL

ARB OFFICE

OTHER PROJECTS SEI INVESTMENTS

SEI INVESTMENTS

NAKED HOUSE EXHIBITION

KINGSDALE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

ST ALBANS ACADEMY BSF

KINGSDALE SCHOOL MUSIC FACILITY

KINGSDALE SCHOOL SPORTS FACILITY

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