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improvement and community development work being carried out by MHA and other local partner organisations, in which SHG is involved, will regen- erate the neighbourhood. The regeneration objec- tive underpins the development of 70 per cent homeownership. The architect PCKO design has provided an exemplary development of a high quality urban village; sustainable, attractive and giving a lasting contribution to the local community and environment.
‘Southern Quarter combines traditional and contemporary design elements’
Southern Quarter
Southern Housing Group has completed its latest eco-friendly sustainable development on the Isle of Wight. The final eight units of the Group’s Southern Quarter development in Ryde were finished on 23rd
September with residents immediately moving into the new properties.
quently passed to the South Wight Housing Association (SWHA) on the merger of the two organisations in 2005, and then to Southern Housing Group (SHG) as the parent company.
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uilt on the former ‘Valvona’ scrap yard, acqui- red by Isle of Wight Housing Association (IOWHA) in 1995, ownership was subse-
The site is in Oakfield on the outskirts of Ryde.
Existing housing stock in the immediate area comprises a mixture of low cost, private and two estates of social housing owned and managed by Spectrum Median Housing (MHA). The new scheme is envisaged as a catalyst for change. The new development, together with the environmental
Architectural approach The ambition for the site was to create a new iden- tity and sense of place for the area incorporating: • A traditional urban village feel • The advantage of the site configuration, giving good views across the town and providing an attractive roofscape from the other side of the valley
• A sympathetic mix of traditional and contemporary.
The layout creates a series of linked spaces
that relate to the scale of the existing develop- ment, generating a sense of identity and place. Individual buildings have been broken into a
collection of smaller roofs and feature elements that, when viewed from across the valley, give a cascading roof effect and very much fitting in with the scale and nature of the surrounding housing. The houses are traditional in form with pitched
roofs and windows. Attractive materials such as brick, render and timber boarding work together with generous openings to provide an interesting, contemporary feel. Known locally as Oak Vale, the 157 home
scheme is a partnership project between the Group and its development subsidiary Southern Space Limited. Stoneham Construction Ltd was the main contractor. The £22 million regeneration scheme is mixed
tenure with 79 per cent affordable housing, including 66 homes for social rent, 57 intermedi- ate rent and one shared ownership property. The remaining 21 per cent is a mixture of private sale and market rent through Southern Space. The affordable homes are a mix of one and two bedroom flats as well as two, three and four bedroom houses complete with back gardens. The final phase, completed in September 2011,
has been awarded a Code 3 sustainability level, which includes solar panels on the roof. Two houses within the final phase were designed and built for the needs of the severely handicapped, providing lifts to the upper floors, these have been partially funded by the Isle of Wight Council. Group Isle of Wight region area development manager, Andrew Hulmes, said the development utilised a former unused industrial site to provide
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