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Residential development centres on new courtyard space while deferring to context
Fraser Brown Mackenna Architects has completed of a project for 32 shared ownership homes in Bow.
Regent Place, situated opposite the Medway conservation area, includes three-bedroom maisonettes and three wheelchair-accessible units.
Viviana Vivanco, project director, said “We worked hard to tie the design with the immediate context: the inclusion of arched entrances to individual dwellings introduces an intimate, human scale that echoes this distinctive feature present in the surrounding streets; the parapet detail is also a nod to the Victorian heritage of the area”.
The scheme incorporates an urban block with a central courtyard, while the building’s setback allows existing London Plane trees to remain prominent within the central green space.
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