East Grove, Elephant Park
LONDON - COMPLETED 2020
Winner: RIBA London Award 2023
Shortlisted: London Planning Awards (Best New Place to Live) 2022
Shortlisted: Building Awards (Housing project of the year) 2021
BBUK worked with long term collaborators AHMM on East Grove, a phase of Lendlease’s Elephant Park regeneration project, which sits on the site of the former Heygate Estate at Elephant and Castle.
We conceived the East Grove communal podium gardens as a series of rooms. There is a ‘kitchen’ at its heart surrounded by grow gardens clustered around a dining table, this area is adjacent to the ‘playroom’ with door step play, and a ‘snug’ sits in the western corner to monopolise on evening sun. The ‘living room’ is located at the most southerly point and has views over the wider open spaces of Elephant Park beyond, this space has a ‘carpet’ of bricks surrounded by seating and bespoke lighting.