Kirkfell, Camden

Location: Camden, London
Client: London Borough of Camden
Date: 2013-2018
Value: N/A
Awards: Camden Design Award –Shortlist 2022 RICS Social Impact Award –Shortlist 2020 New London Architecture Award –Shortlist 2019 Housing Design Award –Shortlist 2019 RIBA London Award –Shortlist 2019 RTPI Award for Planning Excellence –Shortlist 2019 London Planning Award –Shortlist 2018

We worked with residents who were due to lose their homes as a result of the High Speed 2 development. Commissioned by the London Borough of Camden we have created high quality new homes on the Regent’s Park Estate for them.

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Kirkfell on Robert Street comprises 13 dwellings (2 flats and 11 maisonettes), a new community centre, a new public square and community garden.

The strong horizontal banding of the building responds to the 1950s building opposite by Architects Armstrong and MacManus whose design was intended “to regain the traditional character of English urban planning which gives a more compact and intimate environment”. The continuous balconies that dominate the front generously extend the space of the living rooms to the outdoors.

The community centre commands a corner offering a public face to the street and square and opening onto a more intimate community garden behind. The public square creates a connection to Cumberland market and adds new civic space to the neighbourhood.

The design of the maisonettes reflects our interest in vertical living and the preferences of residents. The stepped section allows generous 3.2m high living spaces at first floor towards the south and a taller space in the community hall at ground floor to the north. Dwellings are generously planned exceeding current standards.

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With HS2 under construction we had to work to a tight programme whilst designing homes to the specific needs of those being rehoused. Residents played an active role in our selection and by engaging with them through the design development process we were able to design homes to suit their specific household structures and preferences.

Planning information can be downloaded here: ref 2015/3076/P

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Second floor plan

Contractor Lovell

Structural Engineer Cambell Reith

Environmental / M&E Engineer TGA

Quantity Surveyor EC Harris

Landscape Architect East

Planning Consultant Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design

Regents Park Infill Sites shortlisted for the Camden Design Awards 2022 Project Update

Regents Park Infill Sites based in the London Borough of Camden have been shortlisted for the Camden Design Awards 2022. The awards celebrate and reward the excellent design that is being delivered in projects across all sectors of the built environment in Camden, North London, whilst focusing on enriching the lives of the people who live and work in Camden. The Regents Park Infill Sites include three schemes consisting of Kirkfell, Caudale and Kentmere Estates.
May 2022 View Project
Regent's Park Infill Sites shortlisted for RICS Social Impact Awards Project Update

Our Regent's Park Infill Sites scheme has been shortlisted for a RICS Social Impact Award.

The project demonstrates how empty or underused sites can be used for new homes whilst improving the public realm and amenity, enriching the lives of both the new and the existing residents.

The RICS Social Impact Awards recognise examples of where the built environment has had a direct positive social and environmental impact on society.

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in June.
February 2020
Regent's Park Infill Sites shortlisted for the Inside Housing Development Awards Project Update

Regent's Park Infill Sites has been shortlisted for the Inside Housing Development Awards in the 'Best Regeneration Project' category.

This category recognises a completed regeneration project that has turned a place around and created more homes and opportunities to meet housing need, making a difference to employment, health and education.

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in London in November.
September 2019
Regent's Park Infill Sites and Brentford Lock West Phase 2 shortlisted for the New London Architecture Awards 2019 Project Update

Our Regent's Park Infill Sites and Brentford Lock West Phase 2 schemes have been shortlisted for the New London Architecture Awards 2019 in the Housing Category.

Both projects will appear in the New London Architecture exhibition and publication showcasing the capital’s very best new architecture, planning and development as selected by an international jury .

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in London in July.

June 2019
Regent's Park Estate featured in NLA research report 'Public Housing: A London Renaissance' Research News

We are currently featured in New London Architecture's research report 'Public Housing: A London Renaissance' with our Regent’s Park Estate scheme.

The research explores the resurgence taking place in the provision of new public housing and the report showcases exemplars of design quality, innovation in delivery and community engagement which are making a positive contribution to public housing delivery in London.
May 2019
Regent's Park Infill Sites shortlisted for Housing Design Awards 2019 Project Update

We are delighted that Regent's Park Infill Sites has been shortlisted for the Housing Design Awards 2019 as part of a joint submission with Matthew Lloyd Architects, whom we collaborated with on the masterplan.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony held in July in London.
April 2019
Regent's Park Estate shortlisted for the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence 2019 Project Update

Regent's Park Estate has been shortlisted for the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence 2019 in the 'Excellence in Planning to Deliver Homes - Large Schemes (50 or more homes)' category.

The Regent's Park Estate project delivers 116 homes and significant public realm improvements within three years to replace homes lost to works connected with HS2.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in central London on 24 April 2019.
February 2019 View Project
Agar Grove Estate and Regent's Park Infill Sites shortlisted for the London Planning Awards 2019 Project Update

We're delighted to announce that Agar Grove Estate has been shortlisted for The Mayor's Award for Sustainable and Environmental Planning, and Regent's Park Infill Sites for the Borough Led Projects Award in the London Planning Awards organised by London First.

Agar Grove Estate will create 493 new homes for new and existing residents of the estate. Of these, 345 will be built to the very high Passivhaus fabric performance standard.

Our Regents Park Infill Sites scheme provides high quality new homes on the Regent’s Park Estate for residents who are due to lose their current homes as a result of the HS2 development.
November 2018 View Project