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Church Street Housing, Newham
Church Street Housing, Newham
Church Street, London, United Kingdom
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Church Street Housing, Newham
Church Street, London, United Kingdom
Type
YEAR
2009
SIZE
300,000 sqft - 500,000 sqft
BUDGET
$5M - 10M
Developed for One Housing Group, Church Street is a new build development of 55 homes on the site of a disused shirt factory. The development addresses the problem of a deep site with narrow street frontage by creating two five storey villas facing each other across an internal courtyard. The courtyard is landscaped to provide secure and overlooked amenity space at the heart of the development. The new housing provides accommodation for families, couples and single people, in a tenure blind development.
The proposal has been designed to tie into the streetscape around it, by articulating the massing of the North and South villas to respond to the neighbouring buildings. The form of each block is built up from interlocking elements of three, four and five storeys. (Please refer to Axo Drawing below).
The philosophy behind the development is that of a limited palette of simple, robust, materials combined together into a carefully proportioned whole. The complex geometries created by the interlocking forms of the buildings are given a natural order by the constant brick envelope.
Innovations
Windows and Balconies
Each window has two inward opening leaves, with external glass balustrade panels so that they can all act as balconies. The cheeks to the recessed balconies are treated in a contrasting material to the external brick skin and a have glass balustrade panel aligning with the balustrade panel to the windows. Both help to reflect light into the balcony space and provide a smooth contrast to the more textured masonry.
Designed to accommodate changing needs
The overall structure of the building is a concrete frame, which allows for an inherent flexibility over time should an extreme conversion be required. In addition, the basement car park is top lit and could be converted to a community use such as a tenants facility, or a gym with access from street level, or even just storage for tenants. All flats comply with the Housing Corporation Scheme Development Standards allowing them to adapt as the resident’s needs change. Finally, the flats are all designed to Lifetime Homes Standards to allow for conversion to wheelchair accessibility.
Volumetric Articulation
Splitting the block in two and rotating it, and then pushing a block to the each narrow edge of the site creates a large, central, courtyard for both amenity and outlook from the new buildings. This also created a natural division between the RSL and the shared ownership flats, so that they can be managed independently.
Social Integrity
The project engenders inclusivity. All flats are accessible by all users using the same entrances. All entrances are level with a lift serving all floors and the basement, where wheelchair parking is provided for the two wheelchair flats located on the ground floor. The two buildings, accessed via the same entrance, are tenure blind with a communal shared open space between the two blocks.
Security and Amenity
Security and amenity are carefully balanced – the development obtained Secured by Design certification whilst all flats have access to the communal courtyard and most also have some private outdoor amenity space, whether balconies or small gardens.
The proposal has been designed to tie into the streetscape around it, by articulating the massing of the North and South villas to respond to the neighbouring buildings. The form of each block is built up from interlocking elements of three, four and five storeys. (Please refer to Axo Drawing below).
The philosophy behind the development is that of a limited palette of simple, robust, materials combined together into a carefully proportioned whole. The complex geometries created by the interlocking forms of the buildings are given a natural order by the constant brick envelope.
Innovations
Windows and Balconies
Each window has two inward opening leaves, with external glass balustrade panels so that they can all act as balconies. The cheeks to the recessed balconies are treated in a contrasting material to the external brick skin and a have glass balustrade panel aligning with the balustrade panel to the windows. Both help to reflect light into the balcony space and provide a smooth contrast to the more textured masonry.
Designed to accommodate changing needs
The overall structure of the building is a concrete frame, which allows for an inherent flexibility over time should an extreme conversion be required. In addition, the basement car park is top lit and could be converted to a community use such as a tenants facility, or a gym with access from street level, or even just storage for tenants. All flats comply with the Housing Corporation Scheme Development Standards allowing them to adapt as the resident’s needs change. Finally, the flats are all designed to Lifetime Homes Standards to allow for conversion to wheelchair accessibility.
Volumetric Articulation
Splitting the block in two and rotating it, and then pushing a block to the each narrow edge of the site creates a large, central, courtyard for both amenity and outlook from the new buildings. This also created a natural division between the RSL and the shared ownership flats, so that they can be managed independently.
Social Integrity
The project engenders inclusivity. All flats are accessible by all users using the same entrances. All entrances are level with a lift serving all floors and the basement, where wheelchair parking is provided for the two wheelchair flats located on the ground floor. The two buildings, accessed via the same entrance, are tenure blind with a communal shared open space between the two blocks.
Security and Amenity
Security and amenity are carefully balanced – the development obtained Secured by Design certification whilst all flats have access to the communal courtyard and most also have some private outdoor amenity space, whether balconies or small gardens.
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