丨Henley Halebrown

architects Henley Halebrown

St. Mary’s Island Masterplan Chatham 2001–

The scheme creates over 400 homes around a Victorian dry dock at the old Royal Naval Dockyard, Chatham. The working title ‘From Table to Basin’ denotes a masterplan for social spaces from the domestic kitchen table to the civic dry dock.

Aerial drawing shows a scheme laid out in terraces around the basin in an intelligible manner

Initial sketch of masterplan

The pattern of terraced streets is bisected by a diagonal road and a park at the head of the basin which links the new homes to the wider neighbourhood

Analysis by Space Syntax demonstrated the scheme’s logic

Plan of house types: the scheme addresses a variety of lifestyles

“Dock Houses” overlooking the original dry dock

“Facehouse” gardens: fronts face fronts, backs face backs with interchangeable house types within urban blocks

Sectional perspective of the “Yard House” showing its ground floor kitchen dining opening onto the mews & first floor living room & courtyard garden above

Appointment: 2001

Area: 6.8 hectaresm

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Client: Countryside Properties & South East England Development Agencies

: Competition, First Place