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One of Peabody's largest project, the regeneration of Burridge Gardens, is located opposite Clapham Junction Station. Built in the 1930s, the estate needed renewal by the 21st century, so the decision was made to demolish and rebuild, creating a mixed tenure community. Peabody is rehousing all residents who wish to stay and adding private homes to fund the project. We won the project in 2007 through an open competition and secured planning permission in 2012. The first phase was completed in 2016, with further plans submitted to adjust the home mix to meet changing housing needs. We designed all phases, with completion due in 2026 - this submission is for the second phase.
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People were forever getting lost on the old estate. The site was previously isolated by a large perimeter wall, and the railway line into Clapham Junction Station. Our designs have now opened the estate and increased density without losing a sense of place and community. Each block in the scheme has its own identity making navigation easier. At the top of the avenue, opposite the station, commercial units overlook the community square which brings the commercial high street into the development. The regeneration increases the amount of open space and the number of trees. The landscape design reduces the speed of vehicular traffic on site. The streets, which have been laid out so they do not create a ‘rat run’, have level kerbs which define the trafficked areas on the sites shared surface.
All of the homes in this mixed-use building are built to exceed the building regulations creating accommodation which uses little energy to heat and is designed to benefit from solar gain. MVHR ensures that the homes further reduce their energy use by recovering heat when extracting air. A district wide heating system provides efficiently heated hot water and heat. Although this is currently gas powered (installed in 2015) Peabody have committed to upgrading their infrastructure, including this plant, to be net zero by 2050. The Community Centre is BREEAM Excellent’.
The innovative design for Burridge Gardens was not conceived solely by architects but through a collaborative effort with the council and residents’ steering group. We wanted to keep the site’s past and their memories alive in the fabric of the new buildings through sculpted objects created by sculptors Valda Jackson and Rodney Harris, such as the WWII officer’s jacket and ‘tree of modern life’ above the entrance to the community centre, depicting the past, present, and future of the estate and its residents. All the homes comply with the 10 key HAPPI design criteria and meet the requirements of Approved Document M4 (2) ‘Accessible and adaptable dwellings’ as a minimum. Residents can enjoy a range of shared amenity spaces including a laundry, guest suite, function room and rooftop garden. These spaces help to create a community within a community. All apartments in this building have generous balconies, staggered to maximise opportunities for neighbourly conversation. Communal areas on the third floor include lounges and a terrace overlooking the main square allowing the residents to be close to all the action and buzz - not tucked away from it.
"Over 150 years since its formation, Peabody continues to deliver unique, high-quality homes that modern city living calls for. At Burridge Gardens we are working with Hawkins\Brown to bring to life our vision for exemplar Peabody communities in the 21st century, by creating high quality affordable homes to rent and buy, great open spaces, and facilities which will become an integral part of the wider community." - Stephen Howlett, Chief Executive at Peabody
We do not strive to design units – we strive to make homes and build communities. Our experience in the residential sector is wide, with clients that range from private individuals and housebuilders to local authorities and major housing associations. The practice’s ongoing regeneration of Burridge Gardens in Clapham for Peabody has won multiple awards, including Development of the Year at the Sunday Times British Homes Awards 2017. Hawkins\Brown was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2013 for the regeneration of the Grade II listed Park Hill housing estate in Sheffield.
Our masterplan for Agar Grove, the largest PassivHaus development on-site in the UK, provides 493 homes for Camden Council across a range of tenures including social rent. Tiger Way, an innovative mixed-use development delivers 89 residential apartments that have provided cross-subsidy for a new primary school and nursery for the Borough of Hackney co-located on the site.
