丨英国伦敦丨Henley Halebrown

architects Henley Halebrown

Edith Summerskill House London 2013–

The scheme, which replaces an 18-storey structure, will create 133 new homes in a 21-storey tower. It is being developed by Stanhope and Peabody in a joint venture with the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. The design appears to juxtapose two towers one behind the other. This not only makes for a slenderer form but also means that 70% of the apartments are dual aspect. High-rise affordable housing is uncommon. Mindful of this, the design seeks to play down the functional, and to play up the civic and communal character of the building.

Façades are structural precast concrete

The site is on the edge of the post war Clem Atlee Gardens housing estate in West London

Scheme in context - Clem Attlee Gardens Estate (left) & Victorian terraced streets (right)

The existing tower (centre) is one of a pair.

This plan shows improvements in the public realm around the base of the new tower

The façades use two ordering systems – the domestic and the civic to address the scale of the city

Large scale models were made to develop the façade design

Samples made to illustrate the detail achievable with precast concrete

All the apartments have corner living spaces with panoramic views

To simplify construction we developed a single optimum floorplate to accommodate the required mix of apartments

Ground floor plan

New public space and street façade of this grounded high rise. Here brickwork facades bring a human scale to the building

The base is distinguished by a barrel-vaulted arcade linking the Victorian terraced streets to the south with the estate to the north

Double height entrance lobby

Double height community room with a dedicated entrance overlooks the estate

Arcade and façade of community room

Edith Summerskill in its West London context

Technical

Appointment: 2013

Area: 13,660m

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Budget: £35m

Client: Stanhope & Peabody

Services Engineer: Arup

Structural Engineer: Arup

Quantity Surveyor: Deloitte

Planning Consultant: Gerald Eve

Transport Consultant: Vectos

Contractor: Higgins

Awards

World Architecture Festival Award, Future: Residential award, (Shortlisted) 2019