Elmwood court is a 5 storey, 22 unit affordable housing scheme for Peabody in Battersea, London. The building is situated on an open, underutilised car park within an existing Peabody Estate. The new residential block continues the land-use pattern of the remaining Victorian terraces along Battersea Park Road, with ground floor retail and housing above.

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Architects: C.F. Møller · Office Profile

Location: Elmwood Court, 38 Battersea Park Rd, London SW11 4JE, UK

Area: 1500.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Mark Hadden · Photographer Profile, Courtesy of C.F. Møller

Landscape Architect: C.F. Møller Landscape
Structural: Curtins Consulting

Mep: Frankham

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From the architect. Elmwood court is a 5 storey, 22 unit affordable housing scheme for Peabody in Battersea, London. The building is situated on an open, underutilised car park within an existing Peabody Estate. The new residential block continues the land-use pattern of the remaining Victorian terraces along Battersea Park Road, with ground floor retail and housing above.

© Mark Hadden

There are two well defined residential entrances to separate cores flanking the retail space which will enliven the urban realm and fill a void in the streetscape. The street façade comes...