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Grahame Park Estate London: Architecture Competition, Building, Architect, Winner
Grahame Park Regeneration : Architecture Information
Colindale Buildings, London, England, UK
27 May 2008
Choices for Grahame Park announces design
team competition winners for regeneration project
Choices for Grahame Park (CfGP) has appointed a design team led by
architects Jestico + Whiles for a key phase of its £95m regeneration
gateway Phase 1b project.
Key to the ground-breaking development will be a new library, park,
community centre and shops for Grahame Park, as well as over 500 new
homes. Construction work is due to start in 2010.
Five architect design teams were shortlisted from thirty Europe-wide
entrants to prepare design proposals for the three main mixed-use
buildings and the new town square.
Residents played a key role in this process. The Grahame Park Residents
Design Panel assessed the shortlisted teams before they were further
assessed by the CfGP Evaluation Team which included Barnet Council
and Countryside Properties. The Royal Institute of British Architects
(RIBA) managed the competition process and provided a specialist architect
adviser.
The evaluation panel assessed Jestico + Whiles as superb leaders
for this project and, together with their team members, Rivington
Street Studio and Peter Barber Architects, were considered brilliant
designers for addressing the challenges and opportunities of
Grahame Parks Phase 1b.
The next steps are for the Jestico + Whiles consortium to join the
technical team to begin the process of developing the design proposals.
This will involve consulting with the community, working up ideas
and liaising with the Councils Planning and Highways departments.
Anne Dufton, Chief Executive of Choices for Grahame Park, part of
Genesis Housing Group, said CfGP is again bringing excellent
architects into Colindale. Our expectations and those of the Grahame
Park residents have been raised by this enthralling competition process.
We had so many great ideas presented to us by some extremely talented
teams of architects and are delighted with our choice, the Jestico
+ Whiles team.
Heinz Richardson, Director of Jestico + Whiles, said We are
absolutely delighted to have been chosen for this important regeneration
project, particularly given the extremely high calibre of the shortlisted
teams. We look forward to working together with Choices for Grahame
Park, and in particular the residents of Grahame Park, to create a
truly inspirational and sustainable place to live, which is above
all humane
Grahame Park Architects : Jestico + Whiles
10 Mar 2008
Phase 1b of the Grahame Park Regeneration
Project Shortlist
The shortlist is announced for the selection of an architect, or team
of architects, to deliver Phase 1b of the Grahame Park Regeneration
Project, Colindale NW9.
Choices for Grahame Park Ltd (CfGP), part of Genesis Housing Group,
is working in partnership with Barnet Council to deliver the flagship
regeneration of the disadvantaged 1970s, GLC-built Grahame Park
Estate. This aims to transform Grahame Park into a thriving, 3,400-home
mixed tenure community. Phase 1b is a £95m scheme which will
involve demolition of 200 plus homes, the construction of c.600 new
homes, together with new community facilities, retail and public realm
improvements.
The Jury Panel, which consisted of representatives from CfGP, Countryside
Properties Plc and Barnet Council, together with John Lyall (John
Lyall Architects Ltd) acting as the RIBA Architect Adviser, faced
an embarrassment of riches in selecting the shortlist.
The five teams (in alphabetical order of the Consortium Leader) selected
are as follows:
Hawkins\Brown with Proctor & Matthews Architects and Cartwright
Pickard Architects.
Jestico + Whiles with Rivington Street Studio Architects and Peter
Barber Architects.
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands with de Metz Forbes Knight Architects
Ltd, Alison Brooks Architects Ltd, Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects
and de Rijke Marsh Morgan.
Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects with Amin Taha Architects, Ash Sakula
Architects, Niall McLaughlin Architects and Tonkin Liu.
White Arkitekter AB with PCKO Architects.
The Jury Panel selected teams which they felt had the resources, experience
and design flair to generate ideas for the landmark mixed use buildings,
central piazza and housing, with the capability to see these economically
translated into the built form. Teams needed to have responded to
CfGPs aspirations for Grahame Park and to demonstrate how they
might work with the local community and other stakeholders to ensure
the successful delivery of Phase 1b, which occupies a key gateway
location to both the regenerated estate and other developments in
the surrounding area.
Anne Dufton (Chief Executive, Choices for Grahame Park Ltd) commented:
We are delighted with the interest shown by a wide range of
excellent architects in our project. This phase provides a tremendous
opportunity to transform the public perception of Grahame Park as
well as to create a successful heart for the 3000-home regeneration
scheme.
John Lyall (John Lyall Architects Ltd) commented: To have a
shortlist of five teams of such extremely good architects working
in collaboration is adventurous, challenging, and delightful. We have
high expectations for exciting and practical designs which will take
Grahame Park into a new era of sustainable quality.
The eventual winner will need to have the skills and resources to
deliver CfGPs commitment to produce a high quality urban environment,
with homes and public buildings that are safe, secure and promote
integration of the Estate with the wider locality.
Teams will be invited to present their initial design ideas, approach
and thinking at a meeting of the Grahame Park Residents Design
Panel and attend a final interview with the Jury Panel in late April
2008.
Info from RIBA
: 24 Jan 2008
Expressions of Interest sought - Architect
for Phase 1b, Grahame Park Regeneration Project, London
The RIBA Competitions Office is pleased to announce the launch of
a selection process on behalf of Choices for Grahame Park Ltd. Architects,
or teams of architects, are invited to submit Expressions of Interest
for a mixed tenure housing development with community facilities,
retail and public realm. Choices for Grahame Park Ltd (CfGP) is a
wholly-owned special purpose vehicle, that was set up by the Genesis
Housing Group to work in partnersship with Barnet Council to deliver
the flagship regeneration of the 1,777 home Grahame Park Estate, Colindale
NW9. Genesis Housing Group is one of the largest housing association
groups in Europe and consists of a number of non-profit making Registered
Social Landlords (RSLs).
The 1970s, GLC-built Grahame Park Estate was designed to Radburn principles
and is generally considered to be failing, creating an unsafe and
unpleasant living environment, that is now characterised by a population
with considerable social disadvantage. The regeneration will involve
the demolition of 75% of the existing housing stock and aims to transform
Grahame Park into a thriving, 3,400-home mixed tenure community.
CfGP wishes to select an architect, or team of architects to design
and deliver Phase 1b of the regeneration programme. Phase 1b will
involve demolition of 200 plus homes with the construction of c.600
new homes (the majority for sale); 2,000m2 of shops; a library; community
centre and housing office, public square; a small park and play area
(4,000 m2), together with the relocation of a road and its establishment
as a boulevard. The indicative construction works budget (1Q 2008)
is anticipated to be in the region of GBP £95m. Phase 1bs
location at the south of the Estate means that this will be a key
gateway location for the overall regeneration project and other developments
in the surrounding area. It will be a hub of activity for the area
and CfGP envisages a series of landmark buildings in this location,
together with properties that will maximise sales values for cross-funding
the overall regeneration.
The successful architect will need to have the skills and resources
to deliver CfGPs commitment to produce a high quality urban
environment, with homes and public buildings that are safe, secure
and promote integration of the Estate with the wider locality. Since
the construction work will take place alongside retained property,
consultation with stakeholders, neighbours, prospective residents
and tenants will also form a significant part of the commission.
From the initial Expressions of Interest, up to five architects /
teams of architects will be invited to develop sketch ideas to outline
their approach, preliminary thinking and response to the site, Masterplan
and cost constraints for part of the development (involving major
mixed use buildings and the public square). Each short-listed team
will receive a payment of £3,000 (+VAT).
The Expression of Interest deadline was 13 February 2008.
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