Heygate (Un-)Real Estate Urban and Typological Regeneration in the Social Housing Context
Heygate (Un)-Real is a surreal project unaware of the impossibility of its own existence even before it’s born. This is due to the fact that the formal, structural and social substrate necessary to its life are o longer there. It is counter-project to the tabula rasa that absurdly precedes the regeneration in large scale projects. The former Heygate Estate represented one of the biggest social housing estates in the United Kingdom and its demolition was completed in 2014. The construction was completed in 1974, in what is now one of the most central areas of London; and hosted more than 3.000 residents for more than 40 years. Partly due to its formal presence, Heygate became an iconic element, not only for the resident community but also for the whole urban district; and perhaps in recent years even more than that. The years between the incremental abandonment and evacuation; and the complete demolition have been the most lively for Heygate. Through the years the estate alternatively became a movies and social protests venue, hosting guerrillia gardening and performance art events. Moreover, once closed, the estate became the venue for illegal botanical tours, where once existed one of the most biodiverse and rich urban forests. These considerations were the starting point that set the aim to present an alternative and total regeneration project, realistic yet surreal; in which addition started by removing, but never erasing.
Tutor: Mauro Galantino Co-tutors: Nicholas Boyarsky, Nicola Murphy
10 km
Trafalgar Square Heygate 2 km Estate
SOCIAL FRAGMENTATION
5 km
10 km
ICONICITY’
CONTEXT AXONOMETRIC VIEW
01 criticality recognition - empty-
private path
public path
03 requirement - densification
housing
carport
retail
other functions
0
02 urban and landscape intervention - filling
private path
public path
04 improvement - lightening/relief
housing
carport
retail
other functions
conference room
hotel
urban crops housing office and offices
offices
co-working library
nursery and nursery school
PROJECT AXONOMETRIC VIEW
community pavillion
gym
nursery and nursery school
community pavillion library co-working
offices
urban crops housing office and offices multipurpose center
hotel
conference room
PROJECT AXONOMETRIC VIEW
car
car
existing outer - edge
car
car
h o u s in g project
events CONCEPTUAL SECTIONS
edge - inner
LOCAL DENSITY
GROUND LEVEL PLAN
existing tree removed tree added tree
existing building
tree scheme
project building
1/2 paved 1/2 meadow ------------informal events 1/3 paved 1/3 meadow 1/3 dense canopy ------------mid-large public events
GROUND LEVEL VISUAL FRAMING
trees elevated connection
dense canopy ------------public forest
meadow › canopy line ------------filter and junction
zoning mixed canopy ⁄ meadow ------------green area playground
dense canopy canopy line ------------filter public forest mixed canopy ⁄ meadow ------------green area playground
TREE CANOPY AND OUTDOOR ZONING
2
3 1
1 6
3
4
2 8
7 3
5
4
6
10 2 3
9 2 3
events seatings - 1 “urban gathering area” - 2 “Hey Market”(street market) - 3 picnic area - 4 outdoor cinema - 5 playground - 6 dog unleashing area - 7 outdoor exhibition area - 8 eduvational gardens - 9 outdoor gym - 10
SECOND LEVEL PLAN
RESIDENTIAL LEVEL PLAN
existing typology
existing typology redesign
existing typology redesign to duplex conversion
EXISTING TYPOLOGY REDESIGN
NEW BUILDING TYPICAL PLAN
elevated -activities
residential levels structure
circular - edge
direct - social
soft - quiet
public levels structure
public private
PUBLIC PATHS LAYERING
STRUCTURE AND CIRCULATION
inner/mixed
project typology
in line
existing typology
1B 2P 56 m2
2B 3P 71 m2
1B 2P 56 m2
2B 4P 71 m2
2B 4P 105 m2
3B 5P 130 m2
1B 1P 40 m2
1B 2P 56 m2
2B 3P 80 m2
2B 4P 112 m2
maisonette
tower
1B 1P 37 m2
2B 3P 96 m2
3B 4P 138 m2
3B 5P 100 m2
3B 4P 150 m2
TYPOLOGIES
R OS MA S SIMIL IANO - ro s. massimilian o @gmail. co m