DESIGN

PRP’s masterplanfor Oval Quarter,south of the
celebrated cricket groundinthe London
Borough of Lambeth, envisages an ‘urban
village’ with 800 new homes, 170 refurbished
properties, acommunity centreproviding ahall,
cafe andcrèche, as wellasanew park.
As partofthe consortium for one of the last
housing-led PFI projects in the UK, PRP’s
approach to the regeneration of the former
Myatts Field North estate was to create a
neighbourhood-focused, street-based masterplan,
intended to transformthe formerlyisolated,
inward looking estate into awell-connected,
sustainableneighbourhood with adistinctive
sense of place and identity.The masterplan
incorporates aseries of ‘character areas’ which
not only provide asense of variety anddistinction
to each street and public space, but also connect
them with their immediate context, as well as the
conservation areas that surround the estate.
Arangeofaccommodation and dwelling types
have beenprovidedacross the masterplan, from
single-storeywheelchair bungalows to two-storey
wheelchairhouses;three-storey three-, four-and
five-bedroomfamily houses;three-bedroom
stacked maisonettes witheither aprivategarden
at ground level,oraprivate roof terrace; andup
to four-, five- and six-storey apartment buildings,
many of which featuredirectviews ontothe
publicpark or the new residentialsquares.The
perimeter blocks that formthe majority of the
phase-one accommodation, provide many of
these typologies withinasinglebuilding.
Undercroft parking is accessed from each
building end, with four-storey stacked
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