Description
One hundred years ago, the Addison Act created the circumstances for the large scale construction of municipal housing in the UK. This would lead to the most prolific phases of housing estate building the country has ever seen. The legacy of this historic period has been tackled for the last twenty-five years as these estates began to suffer from misguided allocation policies, systemic building and fabric failure and financial austerity. A series of estate regeneration programmes sought to rectify the mistakes of the past. Estate Regeneration describes 24 of these regeneration schemes from across the UK and the design philosophy and resident engagement which formed each new community. A number of essays from a wide range of industry experts amplify the learning experience from some key estate regeneration initiatives and provide observations on the broader issues of this sector of the housing market. Regeneration is inevitable; it is a matter of the form which regeneration should take. The information presented here is a guide to an intuitive approach to estate regeneration which commences with the derivation of strong urban design principles and is guided by real community engagement. The experience presented seeks to learn from the mistakes of the past to create the best possible platform for regeneration of the housing estates of the future.
Table of Contents
Part One: Pioneering
Essay: The Peckham Partnership - Michael Hill
Brownfield Estate
Bow Cross
Silwood Estate
Tredegar Estate
Part Two: Pragmatic
Essay: Regeneration - Brendan Sarsfield
The City Mills
Orchard Village
Packington Estate
Parkside Place
The Americas
Part Three: Utopian
Essay: Regeneration, turning threat into opportunity - Paul Bridge
Lakewood
Parkside Estate
Devonport
Oval Quarter
Laurieston
Apple Grove
Part Four: Evolutionary
Essay: Housing Regeneration, why is it so difficult? - Peter Bishop
Maiden Lane
Aberfeldy New Village
Stockwell Park Estate
Park Central
South Kilburn Estate
Part Five: Visionary
Essay: The Future - Manisha Patel
Portobello Square
Chobham Manor
Clapham Park
High Path Estate
