28 PROJECT REPORT: MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS


Building a future for the Gascoigne Estate


A London council estate with a history of problems is being transformed in phases, thanks to a complex, high-density and high-quality scheme by council regeneration specialist developer Be First. They speak to James Parker about the recently completed Gascoigne West Phase 1.


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he Gascoigne Estate in Barking, east London was a neighbourhood which suffered from anti-social behaviour over the decades, but also has an established community who care about their neighbourhood. A major regeneration of the estate by Be


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First (a development arm of client Barking and Dagenham Council) is reinventing the estate’s reputation, with a multi-phase scheme which brings environmental quality to residents for the future, and a huge contrast with the past. Completed in 2022, Phase 1 of the development’s Gascoigne West section provides 201 homes (60% of which are affordable) on a 0.9-hectare parcel. Designed by Scandinavian architects White Arkitekter, this is just one part of the 16.3 hectare scheme. White also desined the first art of the schee to start on site, the completed second phase of the three-phase Gascoigne East, and have designed Phase 2 of Gascoigne West. Phase 1 had a constrained site, but the architects produced a range of cleverly articulated blocks to work with the site and offer efficiently lanned indoor and outdoor spaces for residents. Similarly, Phase 2 provides high density as required by Be First but avoids the oppressive nature that characterised the previous Gascoigne Estate. The project team had a host of factors to balance – time was of the essence, with the client keen to deliver the apartments as quickly as possible, at the desired level of quality. Be First was formed in 2017 as an offshoot of Barking and Dagenham


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