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School of Architecture
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(Re)defining Living
Responding to the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, this project addresses youth homelessness through prevention and rehabilitation, horticultural education and therapy.
The site is situated in Lewisham, London and is owned by Phoenix Housing. Phoenix has high ambitions for community involvement and social integration, and so this scheme establishes a new community, supporting a new kind of living, where co-living and social rent housing is embedded within the proposal.
The programme proposes a dynamic use of the site, where elements of trade, service and inhabitation can coexist, a form of 'live-work-play' where the activities on site are collaborative.
The architecture is responsive to the needs of young people who are at risk of homelessness through an architectural language which encourages positive behavioral instincts, including design attributes associated with domestic life.
An Enclosed Site
The enclosed site represented a set of challenges for designing a proposal that enhanced the existing residential area while creating a new community.
Deconstructing the Existing Vernacular
A process of developing a synthesised design approach through an understanding of the local vernacular in order to contextually embed the proposal within the site.
Restorative Centre and Co-living, Sectional Illustration
The section highlights moments of intervention, whereby the design of specific spatial conditions aims to facilitate collaborative living while providing intimate, private spaces.
A Place for Restorative Care
The Restorative Centre provides counselling and educational services, helping vulnerable young people work through trauma and become reacquainted with a sustainable world of work.
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