Donnybrook Quarter

London E3

a dense, close-knit This competition-winning scheme presents a

very clear statement about inner city housing:

development of it should be compact, car-free, and formed

of streets and squares which foster public

intimate scale interaction. So the 35 flats, maisonettes and

houses for sale or rent rise to no more than
three stories, and the pedestrian routes
which link them to neighbouring areas are
no more than 7.5 metres wide: a dense,
close-knit development of intimate scale.
1 2 3 4 5 There is no shared access: everyone has their
own front door. And the streets on to which
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they give are overlooked by balconies and
roof gardens at first floor level. Questions
1 Ariel view arise. Will this give the true sense of
2 Site plan ownership which the designers expect,
3 Typical street level flat plan and safeguard the white rendered walls
4 Typical maisonette: 1st flr plan from vandalism and graffiti? Will the high
5 Typical maisonette: 2nd flr plan density of 111 dwellings per hectare create
6 Axonometric view
a ‘city quarter’ with a strong sense of
Architect Contractor community, or will it entail friction between
Peter Barber Willmott Dixon Housing incompatible lifestyles?
Developer Planning Authority In other words “But will it fly?”. Watch this
Circle 33 Housing Group London Borough space.
Old Ford Housing of Tower Hamlets
Association

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