Rowan Court

London, United Kingdom, Europe

Completed · Residential · Infill Council Housing · Temperate · 2024

A cluster of red-brick council housing blocks on a leftover strip between an existing estate and a railway line in Seven Sisters, north London. It provides 46 energy-efficient homes including 31 apartments, four wheelchair-accessible flats, 11 townhouses and four intergenerational maisonettes. The blocks mirror the zigzag plan of the existing estate to repair the urban fabric.

Innovation highlights

• Difficult leftover edge site made into 46 homes
• Intergenerational maisonette home type
• Brick chosen for durability and contextual fit
• Plan form repairs the existing estate layout

Innovations in the catalogue

• Leftover-Edge-Site Housing Intensification
• Intergenerational Maisonette Home Type
• Context-Matched Durable Brick Construction

Client / Developer

Haringey Council

Architect

Satish Jassal Architects

Type

Infill Council Housing

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