Report details big-name architecture team鈥檚 proposals for Lancaster West Estate
Initial ideas for refurbishing the west London estate that had Grenfell Tower as its centrepiece have been published in a new report.
Proposals from Adjaye Associates, Cullinan Studio, Levitt Bernstein, Maccreanor Lavington, Murray John Architects and Penoyre & Prassad look at ways the Lancaster West Estate can be remodelled and improved in the wake of last year鈥檚 tragedy that claimed 72 lives.
The report, which weighs in at more than 450 pages, raises the prospect of cladding some of the estate鈥檚 buildings to improve their external appearance and energy efficiency, adding balconies and new basements, reconfiguring public spaces and introducing more private gardens with 拢15m of allocated government funding.
Adjaye Associates鈥� work on the project included looking at Camborne Mews and Camelford Court on the estate, while Penoyre & Prassad鈥檚 input borrowed ideas from the City of London鈥檚 Golden Lane Estate to reconfigure space between Lancaster West鈥檚 Clarendon Walk and Talbot Grove House.
Maccreanor Lavington鈥檚 role on the project has seen the practice look at refurbishing the estate鈥檚 Treadgold House block and creating a new public garden in its car park.
Project lead Levitt Bernstein investigated improvements to Morland House and Talbot Grove House, as well as at the introduction of new community buildings on the estate鈥檚 Walkways section.
The practices鈥� proposals were the subject of residents鈥� workshops in January and last month, feedback from which has been included in the just-published report.
Jacqui Haynes, chair of Lancaster West Residents鈥� Association, said the past few months had offered a unique opportunity to change the 1,000-home estate for the better, following last June鈥檚 fire.
鈥淭his is a fundamental step in residents beginning the process of rebuilding their lives and looking to the future,鈥� she said.
鈥淢any of our residents attended the events and we are clear on the need for positive change.
鈥淭he LWRA is working to ensure that the council lives up to its promises to continue to listen to residents and make this a model estate and secure our rights to improved living conditions.鈥�
The association is working with the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea on the estate regeneration.
A timeline in the report said work on co-designing the detailed designs for the regeneration work would begin this autumn, with aspects of the refurbishment earmarked to start on site in mid-2019.
Part of the co-design process will see residents selecting the firms that will be commissioned to develop the design options in more detail.
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