After nearly a year of consultation with the residents of Knight’s Walk, Lambeth Council last week announced the redevelopment plan they will be recommending to Cabinet. Knight’s Walk is a collection of mostly bungalows, originally built for the elderly and disabled, that are a part of the Cotton Garden Estate in Kennington. Designed by LCC architect … Continue reading Knight’s Walk Redevelopment: Recommendation to Cabinet
Author: Simon Elmer
The London Clearances
I want to begin with those often-quoted words scribbled down by Marx 170 years ago: ‘The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.’ This famous statement poses the question of the role of knowledge within the relations of power. It’s a role we should consider within … Continue reading The London Clearances
Central Hill Estate Listing application
Submitted to Historic England by The Twentieth Century Society Architectural interest: An exemplar of high density low rise development, Central Hill is one of the most important examples of social housing in London. As one critic noted at the time, Central Hill ‘is the built version of the current vogue for low-rise high density that … Continue reading Central Hill Estate Listing application
ASH Lounge at MIPIM UK
Kensington Olympia, 21 October 2015
O. J. Simpson Prize 2015
Neo Bankside Plinths for a Prize The Art of Gentrification Private Land Tables for a Deal People Who Don’t Live There The Public Realm Architects for Social Housing
Stirling Prize Protest 2015: Neo Bankside
Royal Institute of British Architecture, Portland Place, 15 October 2015. ‘Every one of the six shortlisted buildings illustrates why great architecture is so valuable – it has the power to delight, inspire and comfort us at all stages of our lives. The shortlisted projects are each surprising new additions to urban locations, but their stand-out … Continue reading Stirling Prize Protest 2015: Neo Bankside
Urgent Imagination: Conference at Western Front Gallery, Vancouver
Art and Urban Development: 2-3 October 2015 ASH were invited to participate in the Urgent Imagination conference held at the Western Front gallery in Vancouver. The conference straddled two days and local and international artists presented their responses to the various issues around the relationship between art and urban development. The full documentation of the conference … Continue reading Urgent Imagination: Conference at Western Front Gallery, Vancouver
Parliament & Buckingham Estates: A Petition
If the Tories are worried about insufficient population density in Inner London, then Architects for Social Housing (ASH) formally recommends building in the London Borough of Westminster, which has a far lower density of residents (11,109 per km²) than in Tower Hamlets (14,201 per km²), Hackney (13,850) and Lambeth (11,358), the boroughs whose council estates … Continue reading Parliament & Buckingham Estates: A Petition
Knights Walk Public Consultation: Alternative Proposals
ASH’s latest proposals for Knights Walk, in collaboration with If-Untitled, were presented at a public consultation meeting in the Cinema museum off Renfrew Road on 22 September, 2015. The audience included residents, neighbours, Matthew Bennett, Lambeth’s Cabinet Member for Housing, and Neil Volkes, Lambeth council’s Head of Regeneration, as well as Leslie Johnson and Joanne Simpson … Continue reading Knights Walk Public Consultation: Alternative Proposals
Open House
Central Hill, 20 Sept 2015 Central Hill estate participated in the open House 2015, organised by Senaka Weeraman. Over 100 people came on one of three tours given by Senaka, drawing attention both to the excellent design of the estate, as well as the years of neglect and lack of maintenance in the hands of Lambeth … Continue reading Open House
Simon Elmer 