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Hannibal Road Gardens, -Peter Barber ArchitectsLondon.

2F.Y.B.ARCH L.S. RAHEJA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTUREMASS HOUSING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNHannibal Road Gardens is a social housing project set around a community garden in Stepney. The proposal replaces a problematic strip of garages and creates a fourth side to a square within an existing housing estate with 3 slab blocks forming the other sides.

The newly landscaped and densely planted community garden created in the centre of the square will be overlooked by a delightful new terrace of 8 contemporary family houses. The new row of houses is conceived as a continuation of the timber garden fences of theexisting housing blocks, being constructed from timber and configured as a series of stepped and notched south east facing garden terraces. The accommodation is predominantly made up of large family houses (3, 4, 6 bedrooms).

Site Plan.

High density, large houses created on a difficult, single-aspect site.Innovative notched terrace typology, creating a variety of amenity spaces andoutlooks.All courtyard houses have their own front door and a minimum of two largecourtyards / roof terraces.

Site sections.

Floor plans.

Typical ground floor plan

Typical first floor plan

Typical second floor MODULES

Rainwater harvesting.Rainwater downpipes will be built into the envelope of the building and will not be visible from the communal gardens. Connecting pipes will allow rainwater to be diverted into water butts located in ground floor courtyards, relieving pressure on the drainage system and allowing the use of collected rainwater for watering plants , cleaning cars ,etc.

Materials are chosen for durability, easy maintenance and environmental sustainability as well as speed of construction. The scheme is anticipated to be constructed using a prefabricated timber frame system.Construction ,Materials and Landscaping.

Facades will be clad in a timber rainscreen system and will appear as a continuationof the existing timber garden fences on the site. Timber surfaces will be punctuated by windows and projecting balconies. Full height glazed screens will overlook the courtyards and terraces ensuring the Internal spaces are flooded with natural light.

The timber shingles also create an analogous pattern and texture to the brick walls of thesurrounding residences, which face onto the same community garden as the new houses.

Each house has at least two small terraces, whether on the roof or at ground level with the hope that over time the will get planted and personalised by the people that live there. It has following benefits:-Contributes to local ecosystems.-Slows rainwater runoff into the drainage system.-Improves thermal integrity, reducing heating requirements.

Natural attributes of cedar:-even grain-exceptional strength in proportion to weight-low ratio of contraction and expansion-high impermeability to liquids-outstanding natural durability-high thermal insulation propertiesTimber has always been one of the natures more versatile, adaptable and attractive material. TIMBER SHINGLES

CONCLUSION-The scheme is modestly scaled and highly contextual.-The scheme achieves a high/medium density, providing affordable large family dwellings.-It aims to do this while having very minimal impact on adjacent owners and existing residents.-The scheme provides a very high level of amenity space for the benefit and pleasure of residents in the form of both private outdoor space and communal gardens.