Hammond Court in Waltham Forest – MAE llp
November 15th, 2010
Mae celebrates ‘overwhelming support’ for council housing scheme
15 November 2010 | By Ruth Bloomfield
Mæ has received planning consent for a new housing scheme on a troubled east London estate.
The scheme is for 43 new homes on Hammond Court in Waltham Forest, a 1970s estate rife with gang and drug problems.
The practice was awarded the scheme by housing group East Thames Group in 2007, but the project went on hold during the recession. It was revived earlier this year, and includes a terrace of three storey townhouses plus two blocks with a communal garden. The site is around half a hectare and the design of the new buildings mirrors the surrounding Warner Homes, built in the late 19th century as model family housing.
Alex Ely, partner at Mæ, said ‘We’re overwhelmed by the support the scheme received. It addresses many complex and pertinent issues of the moment: How to achieve good quality family housing at high density, how working with residents can help drive regeneration locally, and how we can respond to a historically sensitive context with contemporary architecture.’
Construction is due to start in summer 2011.
https://www.bdonline.co.uk/5009021.article
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The scheme is an estate regeneration replacing a series of unpopular 1970’s buildings. The units have been designed to the generous space standards of the East Thames Housing Design Guide, Lifetime Homes (July 2010 revision) and aim to achieve Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4. Ten percent of units are designed for wheelchair users.