With the necessary densification of our cities, comes the responsibility to carve pockets of outdoor amenity, both private and public. this takes the form of shared gardens or pocket parks. positive development finds ways of adding to the biodiversity and tranquillity of the city, to create social, environmental and economic gains.
This project provides upper-level infill housing over an existing retail premises on Hackney’s busy Kingsland Road. The current building has two recessed residential floors above a one-storey shop unit. The upper levels will be demolished and replaced with high quality courtyard housing.
Our proposal has re-arranged the formal elements of adjacent Victorian buildings, and reinterpreted them. For example, the traditional dog-tooth brick of the roof banding, has found a new place as a linear ornament around a window, which itself mimics the outline shape of period window frames and pediments.
To the rear of the building, on Birkbeck Mews, we have created a relief design on the façade that references the found amalgamation of building heights, slopes, and angles of the traditional mews, which is less formal, and more random in its nature than the high street elevation.
Concentrating the building mass at the two ends of the site allows for a creation of a shared platform courtyard, which can be accessed by all the residents. A space for gathering relaxing, and active gardening.
Through detailed study of surrounding buildings, we selected formal elements of Victorian buildings that were interesting for their proximity, relevance, and consistency of architectural expression. These included examples of window pediments, frames, and consoles; rooflines, cornices, and banding; and string brick courses. Our proposal has re-arranged these typical elements and reinterpreted them. For example, the traditional dog-tooth brick of the roof banding, has found a new place as a linear ornament around a window, which itself mimics the outline shape of period window frames and pediments.
A new private terrace and garden within the Hoxton Street Conservation Area, on the flat roof of a four-storey building with commercial premises on the ground...
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