Peter Barber Architects has rejuvenated the post-war Kiln Place social housing estate in London and created 15 new homes.
Working with the London Borough of Camden, Peter Barber Architects aimed to update the whole estate and increase its density without demolishing any of the existing homes.
Peter Barber Architects updated the Kilm Place housing estate
"Fundamentally, focused interventions can avoid demolition of existing homes, whilst still making wholescale improvements to local areas and adding significant new density," said Peter Barber Architects associate director Alice Brownfield.
"Environmentally, socially and economically we cannot continue to demolish homes unnecessarily and instead need to focus on densifying our existing neighbourhoods, improving existing buildings and protecting social infrastructure and diverse communities," she told Dezeen. A terrace of houses was created at one of the entrances to the estate
A terrace of brick homes was built at one of the entrances to the estate, while further low-rise homes were built at the corners of existing blocks and on underused bits of ground between existing buildings and in place of disused plant rooms.
Another new home, which was partially slotted into old oil tank rooms, pops out of the older building to provide roof terraces for flats above.
In total 15 homes were added to the site. Seven of these were created for social rent, the most affordable tenure of housing in the UK, with the res...