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hen its regeneration project commenced in 2017, the Gascoigne estate in Barking


was a neighbourhood which periodically made the news for all the wrong reasons, including gang-related violence and drug problems. However despite its array of challenges, the multi-phase project developed by urban regeneration specialist BeFirst (which is wholly owned by Barking and Dagenham Council) hopes to reinvent the estate’s reputation, while retaining a majority of affordable homes in the mix. White Arkitekter was appointed in 2017 to design Gascoigne East Phase 2, a 546-home scheme including a large park. Now completed, this was one of three phases of the Gascoigne East masterplan. The outline masterplan for Gascoigne West by architects Fraser Brown Mackenna


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(FBM) – also three phases – was approved in 2018. White Arkitekter was appointed by BeFirst in 2019 to design West Phase 1, submitting a reserved matters application and an S73 outline scheme. The project completed in 2022, and in the meantime the practice also won the competition to design the currently ongoing Phase 2. In 2020, White Arkitekter was also commissioned to produce a “placemaking framework” (titled The Big Picture) for the wider Gascoigne estate. Phase 1 of Gascoigne West provides 201 homes (60% of which are affordable) on a 0.9-hectare site. As well as designing the scheme from RIBA Stages 1-3, White Arkitekter undertook “design guardianship” post-planning, and were responsible for landscape design throughout the project. West Phase 2, due to complete in spring


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