Carpenters Row
9 family homes
“the overarching aspiration of which is to create a sustainable community of family homes, on an under-utilised site”
Carpenters Row is a proposed housing development in West Norwood, South London. ByOthers are leading the project as developers and architects.
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The proposal provides nine family homes, arranged as a broken terrace along the length of the site.
The urban backland site is bound by a railway line and terraced flats. The design responds to the characteristics of the site’s constrained shape and sloping topography.
Responding to the topography of the site, the proposal steps down towards the railway .
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Each dwelling has two storeys to the South and a single storey to the North, respecting neighbours privacy and orienting the development South.
The plan opposite shows a typical split level arrangement.
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A kitchen/dining room is arranged a half level above a living room which directly accesses a private garden. Bedrooms occupy the ground floor with windows overlooking the dedicated ecology garden.
The scheme features abundant planting, with an arrival garden greeting residents before they walk along an elevated communal walkway. New gardens, green and brown roofs, an ecology garden, bird and bat boxes and specially selected trees will provide a significant net biodiversity gain.