Part of the ambitious neighbourhood redevelopment of South Kilburn, Hereford and Exeter is a collection of five buildings of different types and scales. The project represents Phase 3B for a masterplan of 2,500 homes, adopted by Brent Council that reworks a set of 1960s system-built estates over eight phases. In this process, the postwar blocks are replaced by denser forms to provide more council homes, 52% of which are for social rent.
Our design approach first focused on how to optimise a 1ha site to provide spacious homes and outdoor green space. Working with the council and residents, we developed an outline design for a courtyard block, breaking it into free-standing elements; two mansion blocks and two towers, to bring more light into the depth of the plot. In this arrangement, geometries and massing is regularised and height focused towards Carlton Drive, a broad thoroughfare to the south and Cambridge Green a public space to the east.
Design Team
Lead architect and masterplanner
Karakusevic Carson Architects
Civils
Lewis Hubbard
Landscape
Periscope
M&E
Max Fordham
Planning
Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design
Structures
Momentum
Link to project – https://www.karakusevic-carson.com/projects/hereford-house-and-exeter-court
