Pleased to share that our scheme Somers Orchard located in Somerstown in Portsmouth, Hampshire has achieved planning. The project is an ambitious and pioneering community-led renewal of the estate that previously housed the two structurally unsound, 1960s high-rise buildings, Horatia House and Leamington House. The development will provide 566 mixed tenure homes alongside wider public realm improvements which will meaningfully repair the urban fabric and reconnect the neighbourhood to its surroundings.
The site borders King Street Conservation Area to the south and the Terraces Conservation Area to the northwest, both of which showcase original Victorian and Georgian character.
Placemaking, amenity and diverse uses have been developed through inclusive community engagement that seeks to enhance the existing social infrastructure and stimulate a local jobs economy through inclusion of affordable workspace, retail units and spaces for community use.
Link to project > https://www.karakusevic-carson.com/projects/somers-orchard-horatia-and-leamington-houses-site
Design Team
Multidisciplinary Lead / Project Management – Karakusevic Carson Architects
Architect / Masterplanning – Karakusevic Carson Architects
Landscape and public realm – Studio ONB
Planning – Jennifer Ross Planning
Cost / Viability – Arcadis
Structures / Transport / Sustainability / Geotechnical – Ridge & Partners
M&E / Environmental / Sustainability / Acoustics – XCO2
Passivhaus – Inside Outside Engineering, Collective Energy
Civils – Lewis Hubbard Engineering
Fire engineer – BB7 Fire Consulting
Lighting – Light Follows Behaviour
Accessibility – David Bonnett Associates
Arboriculturalist – Landmark Trees
Ecology – Temple Group
Health Impact – Volterra
Heritage – Gareth Jones Heritage Planning
Waste – Velocity Transport Planning
