Built
A new public street, communal courtyard gardens, blue and green roofs are key highlights of this 192-home scheme, which includes a unique terrace of townhouses and a 14-storey tower.
A new tree-lined public street, a collection of communal gardens and a series of blue and green roofs are the key highlights of this scheme which has delivered 192 new homes, including a terrace of unique townhouses and a 14-storey tower. The project incorporates 35% affordable homes, with the remainder of the site let as a Private Rental Scheme supported by communal facilities such as a residents’ lounge, gym and generous garden spaces.
A limited material palette, of predominately buff and white brickwork, is offset by playful accents of yellow metalwork and feature brickwork detailing.
The massing of the buildings on the site has been carefully considered so that this is concentrated in a north south linear spine block, roughly down the middle of site, to minimise shading of the new public street and the communal garden spaces on either side. East-west orientated finger blocks are positioned perpendicular to this spine and set down toward the western boundary. These blocks provide shelter and enclosure of the courtyard gardens. These blocks are orientated with apartments on the southern side, overlooking the garden spaces, or Priory Park to the south, and with communal circulation on the northern side.
Good passive design principals extend to the design of the townhouses. Like the main apartment blocks on the opposite side of the new street, this terrace is orientated north-south against the existing eastern site boundary, minimising its shading impact. Each house is orientated looking directly south, with the main living room and terrace raised to first floor level above a private parking garage. The massing of the second storey of each house is set back at the rear and onto the eastern boundary to the side, in order to further limit the shading and impact on the house behind, or adjacent existing neighbouring gardens.
Project information
Status
Built
Borough
Newham
Size
9600 sq m
Completion
August 2019
Location
31 Priory Rd, North Maida Vale, London NW6 4NN, UK
Team Credits
Client
Telford Homes
M&E / Sustainability Engineer
Mendick Waring
Structural Engineer
Powell Tolner & Associates
Listed by
Last updated on
31/05/2024
Standard
Standard (small business)
Partner