Lancaster West Estate Refurbishment London, UK Client: Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Size: 900 homes Value: £58m Completion Date: 2024 Sustainability: Net Zero Carbon by 2030 Scope: RIBA Stages 0-7
Perkins&Will (formerly Penoyre & Prasad) worked
leafleting and door-knocking across the estate, block and
in collaboration with the Lancaster West Residents’
cluster meetings, attendance at Residents’ Association
Association and Kensington & Chelsea Council in a co-
General Meetings, home visits where requested, and
design process to refurbish the 1960s Estate following the
telephone and email correspondence. As well as longer-
Grenfell tragedy.
term aspirations for the refurbishment, our work identified
The initial ideas phase of the process, completed at the end of March 2018 was the first step in the residentled refurbishment. We co-led a team of six leading
and prioritised a series of possible early projects which could be carried out before the main refurbishment works without affecting future plans.
architectural practices to form a resident-led vision for
In October 2020, we were chosen to deliver the £57.9m
the estate. This included two large, public workshops
‘once in a generation’ upgrade to the Estate, that will set a
that were held in January and March, alongside many
new standard for social housing and help rebuild the lives
smaller meetings that engaged with residents across the
of the community affected by the 2017 tragedy.
Estate to identify and discuss their specific challenges. At these events both residents and architects shared ideas and are continuing to work together to ensure these plans are realised. This was part of an extensive resident engagement programme, including Ideas Days,
We will undertake the refurbishment of the east side of the estate, which includes retrofitting 207 council homes for its residents, and building a new nursery with outdoor play space for the community.