Category: Resistance by Design

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

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’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

On 29 July, ASH members met with residents of Central Hill to discuss what is happening on their estate at the moment, and how we can help them. As there have been no designs presented to the residents yet - unlike Cressingham Gardens and Knight's Walk - we are not yet responding to any concrete proposals … Continue reading Workshops at Central Hill

On 27 June 2015, ASH participated in a workshop at Cressingham gardens regarding potential designs for the 'Voids', a set of flats on Crosby Walk to the north of  Cressingham Gardens which have lain derelict for over 16 years. We set up a table in the shared garden in front of the properties in Crosby Walk, … Continue reading Cressingham Gardens: Design Workshop

Throughout June and July 2015, a group of students from Brazil participating in the Science Without Borders exchange programme at De Montfort University chose to participate in a project working with ASH at Central Hill. Starting at the Open Garden Estates, Fernanda, Bruna and Leticia spent time getting to know Central Hill, and  - in … Continue reading Parcours on Central Hill

De Montfort University, BA Architecture, Second year, 2015 Second year architecture students at DMU spent their second term in 2015 on Cressingham Gardens, getting to know the estate and some of the issues it faces within the contemporary context of social housing in London. They were asked initially to explore The principles of Social Housing … Continue reading Principles of Social Housing on Cressingham Gardens Estate