PCKO’s competition winning design creates a simple and legible masterplan with clear street patterns and functional residential courts.
Streets: High quality landscape design was a key priority of the project, through maintaining the verdant quality of streets and introducing incidental play and growing spaces to support family life, and enhancing the social quality of the streets.
Residential Courts: Every dwelling has generous private outdoor space provided through ground floor gardens, private courtyards, balconies and large roof terraces. All balconies are recessed to provide a greater quality of space for residents.
Planning History
To celebrate its 150th anniversary Peabody held a design competition in 2012 that invited architects to submit their ideas for the redevelopment of the former Plaistow Hospital site. The winning design by PCKO Architects includes the sensitive refurbishment of five Victorian hospital buildings as well as 168 new-build flats and houses, including almost 40% family housing. The development showcases the very best in sustainable new build, alongside a variety of retained, historic buildings which were part of the former Plaistow Hospital.
The scheme presented a number of challenges including the retention and refurbishment of several historic buildings, whilst ensuring that the affordable homes were still able to meet with the requisite Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4 certification. Red stock bricks and terracotta lintels were salvaged from the derelict hospital to maintain the historic and distinctive character. This material palette was reflected throughout the development, creating uniformity amongst the retained and new-build buildings. This project has successfully regenerated, rejuvenated and re-purposed a derelict hospital site to create a new community. The restoration of five original buildings and repaired damage incurred during WWII throughout the site has led to a distinctive new development that has retained its Victorian heritage.
Project Team
Architect: | PCKO an AHR company |
Developer: | Peabody |
Planning Authority: | London Borough of Newham |
Development Data
Site size (ha): | 1.58 |
Date of completion: | 05/02/2016 |
Schedule of accommodation: | 46 x 1 beds, 55 x 2 beds, 67 x 3 beds |
Tenure mix: | 50% market sale, 35% affordable rent, 15% show |
Size of typical home: | 105.6 |
Parking spaces: | 61 |
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