SOCIAL & AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT REPORT
BUILDING PROJECTS
AYLESBURY ESTATE LONDON
Regeneration streets
It may be an overused term, but regeneration will be an apt one for a project to replace a troubled inner London estate of 1960s monoliths with a new mixed-tenure landscape of buildings, streets and squares. James Parker spoke to the architect leading the masterplan
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the capital’s notorious estates. Designed by architect Hans Peter ‘Felix’ Trenton in 1963 it was part of the boom in monolithic concrete high-rises which time and reputa- tion have not been kind to. The place is a daunting series of horizontal slabs of concrete of up to 14 stories, and expanses of landscaping which now include many mature trees.
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Building failures such as dampness from concrete panels leaking and hard to operate tilt/turn windows and security concerns from a lack of lift lobbies are just some of the daily issues that residents face. A major regeneration project now underway will transform the colossal 27 hectare site into a very different looking, and it is hoped more socially cohesive and desirable, new district. Being led by a firm of architects with strong experience in mixed tenure regenera- tion schemes, HTA Design, the project’s First Development Site (FDS) is a collection of six separate plots designed by three archi- tects – HTA, Mae and Hawkins/Brown – adjacent to Burgess Park at the plan’s south west corner (see illustration, left). Detailed planning was given for the
FDS, together with outline planning for the overall masterplan, in April 2015. However delays common to major regener- ation projects in progressing to demolition mean that construction of the FDS phases
he Aylesbury Estate, in Walworth, half a mile south east of Elephant & Castle in central London, is one of
won’t begin until next year. The new development will (when it completes in 2032) deliver a total of 3500 new homes, half of which Southwark Borough Council has committed to ensur- ing are affordable. And although there will be less single person dwellings reflecting the client’s identified need for more family homes, 6000 more habitable rooms will be created than currently provided, which helps the affordable quota.
The project was instigated by a partner- ship formed between housing association Notting Hill Housing London Borough of Southwark in 2005. HTA – which has worked successfully with both clients in the past – became involved in 2010 going through a two stage bid with Mae and Hawkins & Brown, as well as Deloitte Real Estate who would go on to prepare the planning applications. In addition WSP led on the environmental impact assess- ment for the FDS and overall masterplan. Following HTA’s appointment in
2013, David Morton was taken on as an associate in February the following year to run the FDS project, in itself a complex set of buildings. He would also oversee the outline application team for the overall masterplan, working with partner Simon Bayliss.
According to Morton, while there was already a very detailed scheme in place for the full project on his arrival, taking the bid offer to a full planning application by that
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