Morris Blitz Court delivers 19 Passivhaus social rent homes and wider estate improvements for Hackney Council, transforming a disused site into a community-focused courtyard development.

Morris Blitz Court is a proposal for 19 social rent homes in Hackney, developed in close partnership with Hackney Council and local residents. The project shows how high environmental ambition can sit comfortably alongside generosity, craft and community life. Identified by the council as its priority

Passivhaus site, the project transforms a disused housing office into a five-storey courtyard building that repairs a broken street edge, completes the estate edge and creates a shared heart, shaped by conversations with existing residents.

Dual-aspect apartments, open deck access and carefully proportioned balconies maximise daylight, natural ventilation and neighbourly interaction, while targeting Passivhaus standards and significant carbon reduction.
The massing mediates between neighbouring terraces and the existing estate, with a restrained brick façade and curved entrance responding to context with care.

A reimagined landscape reconnects an isolated podium to the lower courtyard through new steps and a playful slide, encouraging everyday encounters across generations.