62-82 Ilford High Road

This is a mixed use development in the centre of Ilford. The site is located within an area of complex land ownerships, existing uses and poor accessibility that have hitherto constrained development. London Borough of Redbridge produced a regeneration framework so that each site could come forward individually but in a coordinated manner that would eventually create a public realm to join up this part of the town with safe, pedestrian friendly, green and active sequence of spaces. Our key task was to design externals spaces that would work as a secure communal residential courtyard in the first condition, but would then function as universally accessible public realm once the adjacent sites were implemented and the wider masterplan came to fruition. Key design issues included vertical greening, robust surfacing and accommodation of changing uses over time.

Client

Investec

Date

2018

Team

Constructive management, project manager / Harper Downie, architect