London studio Mae Architects has created Harriet Hardy Home in Southwark, a block of 119 social properties full with a neighborhood centre and cafe.
Commissioned by Southwark Council, the housing varieties a part of the Aylesbury property redevelopment and is organised in a U-shape round a central courtyard.
In line with Mae Architects, Harriet Hardy Home is designed as a “Twenty first-century almshouse”, which is historically a sort of low-cost sheltered housing offered by a non-public charity.
Amongst its 119 properties are 54 further care flats – a type of specialist housing for older residents.
“[Harriet Hardy House is] deliberate across the thought of progressive privateness, that’s of giving residents independence in addition to robust connections to the help and communal services inside the constructing,” defined the studio.
“The horseshoe configuration across the communal backyard supplies repeating views from inside to exterior, and is an anchor focus all through,” it continued.
The bottom flooring is outlined by a sequence of double-height arches that wrap this courtyard, making a colonnade framing communal services comparable to a tea room, lounge and eating room.
Above, within the decrease portion of the U-shaped plan, flats have been positioned off quick, semi-outdoor decks overlooking the communal backyard, with a beneficiant width to provide residents ample house to satisfy and sit.
At both finish of the plan, the block is bookended by normal wants housing for people, {couples} and households. A tower-like quantity on the location’s southeastern nook is topped with a rooftop terrace.
The entire flats have been designed as “care prepared” and will be fitted with telecare and assistive expertise if required.
The outside of Harriet Hardy Home is enlivened with areas of textured brickwork on the floor and roof ranges, whereas the balconies are topped by arched concrete lintels.
“[The building] is characterised by deeply articulated facades with arched balconies and a brick colonnade at floor flooring stage, which provides curiosity and optimistic facet to the streetscape,” stated Mae Architects.
“In its therapy of ornamental brickwork and daring language of double top arches, particular reference is made to the Sir John Soane’s St Peter’s Church close by, and to the brick kilns in Burgess Park,” it added.
Final 12 months Mae Architects was awarded the 2023 RIBA Stirling Prize for the John Morden Centre, a daycare centre for the residents of the Morden School retirement neighborhood that explored options to loneliness and social isolation.
Different lately accomplished social housing initiatives embrace a triangular condo block enlivened by pink accents in Barcelona and an “eclectic” housing block that pulls on close by historic villas in Paris.
The pictures is by Tim Crocker.
Mission credit:
Architect: Mae
Consumer: Southwark Council
Predominant contractor: Hill Group
Mission supervisor/ EA providers: Notting Hill Housing / Arcadis
Panorama structure: HTA
Mechanical and electrical providers: WSP, Emersons, JSW
Structural/civil engineer: Value & Myers
Price guide: Arcadis
