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socially rented, sustainable, modular homes

This housing scheme is part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s ambitious plans to provide more than 750 high-quality, socially rented homes.

The projects are situated across a variety of sites – including infill, urban, and brownfield locations – with a mix of family housing and apartments.

In response, shedkm has developed adaptable typologies that can be applied to diverse site conditions and contexts while maintaining principles of standardisation and repetition.

The scheme represents a forward-thinking approach to socially rented homes, balancing efficient design, sustainability, and high-quality living environments for local communities.

Seven sites are now complete – Bowness Close, Strongbow Road, Pulteney Mews, Charles Folkard Mews, Halsbrook, Sam Manners and Well Hall Road, providing 86 much needed homes in total across the borough.

shedkm client:

Elkins Construction

End client:

Greenwich Builds/Royal Borough of Greenwich

Location:

London

Status:

86 homes complete

Awards:

Won: 2020 EG Property Award
Shortlisted: 2022 Housing Design, SECBE, AJ100 and Architects’ Journal Awards, 2023 Architect of the Year Awards

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well hall road

an exemplar of sustainable, social housing

Designed and delivered using volumetric offsite manufacturing methods (MMC Category 1), these projects challenge traditional design stereotypes of socially rented housing, placing a strong emphasis on the quality and generosity of interior spaces. Despite the constrained nature of the sites, each home features spacious interiors and a minimum dual-aspect design, with large picture windows to maximise natural light.

halsbrook

enhancing the urban fabric

A strong focus on the public realm ensures the inclusion of play spaces, animated streets, and improved connectivity, enhancing and repairing the existing fabric of the area. By balancing contemporary design with contextual sensitivity, the scheme delivers meaningful regeneration of these underutilised sites. The projects minimise ecological disruption, by preserving the existing green infrastructure where possible and introducing enhanced habitats that support biodiversity.

sam manners

fostering residential communities

The projects are designed to prioritise well-being and connectivity, catering to both residents and the wider community. Thoughtfully designed shared spaces encourage social interaction through landscaped communal areas, engaging play spaces, and newly planted streetscapes which are balanced against areas of private amenity for each new dwelling.

bowness close

bowness close

The homes at Bowness Close are set back from the main residential road, but close to Eltham bus and rail interchange, improving connectivity to the wider local neighbourhood. Privacy is ensured through a combination of gated brick walls for external spaces, front trees to screen views, and angled first-floor windows. The facades are restrained and elegant, with materials and details such as oriel windows addressing massing. Lightweight metal cladding on the upper stories contrasts with the soft landscaping.

bowness close
bowness close
bowness close
strongbow road

strongbow road

Strongbow Road is a contemporary adaptation of the traditional 1930s semi-detached houses in the area. Specialist foundation details allowed for the retention of two large mature Hornbeam trees at the front, adding value and a welcoming sense of place to the streetscape. Modular construction minimised site work near the trees, allowing services to run between them. Each house has on-street parking, and additional ground cover planting enhances the streetscape. Materials have been chosen to create a fresh, contemporary presence while being sensitive to the surrounding context.

strongbow road
strongbow road
strongbow road
strongbow road
strongbow road
pulteney mews

pulteney mews and charles folkard mews

These two underutilised garage sites in close proximity share the same approach to materials varying between dark grey fibre cement panels marking entrances, while living areas are highlighted in bold red brick with the addition of zinc cladding on the upper levels of the two-bedroom houses at Pulteney Mews. This unified approach, along with variations in roofscape and projecting shrouds, breaks down the massing of the houses and offers a rhythmic articulation that is both rigorous and playful. Pulteney Mews is arranged around new planted mews streets, featuring private front and rear gardens. Existing footpaths and the garage court access road have been retained and resurfaced, with lighting improvements to create a safe pedestrian route, and existing steps removed to create an accessible route for all residents.

pulteney mews
pulteney mews
pulteney mews
charles folkard mews
charles folkard mews
charles folkard mews
charles folkard mews
halsbrook

halsbrook

Halsbrook is the first completed phase of The Brooks neighbourhood delivering 18 new family homes. Two and three-storey houses have been strategically positioned to respect neighbouring properties while enhancing the overall street frontages. A garden wall wraps the site and ties into the ground floor of the new houses, enclosing private garden spaces and defining thresholds to the public realm. A new public path lined with trees and planting runs through the development, creating an inviting new public space at its heart.

halsbrook
halsbrook
halsbrook
sam manners

sam manners

A carefully arranged mix of 32 houses, duplexes, and apartments surrounds a central courtyard and play space. The communal space is designed to foster social interaction, provide play opportunities, and enhance residents’ quality of life. Three-storey houses front onto the residential Tuskar Street and navigate a change in scale between the neighbouring Alms Houses and new and existing apartment accommodation to the west. Four-storey apartment buildings frame the new courtyard and provide an active frontage to Woodland Grove, completing the gap in the streetscape.

sam manners
sam manners
sam manners
well hall road

well hall road

Well Hall Road is another former garage site that has been redeveloped providing 20 new apartments including accessible wheelchair accommodation. This stepped linear block with gallery access has been designed to intelligently respond to the site’s long and shallow constraints while maintaining a balance with the varied surrounding urban fabric. New ground floor garden and play spaces have been provided alongside generous external balconies at the upper levels.

well hall road
well hall road
well hall road
well hall road
well hall road

“seeing the first of this new generation of council homes completed is a great vindication of our ambitious greenwich builds programme. after too many years where councils were prevented from building new homes, we are proud that, together with exemplary partners like shedkm and elkins construction, we’re now able to deliver sustainable, high-quality, and truly affordable council homes for local people.”

Cllr Anthony Okereke, Royal Borough of Greenwich

halsbrook

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