mæ architects recently announced that they were selected to design a ‘split-site’ elderly housing and healthcare hub project in Lisson Grove, Central London. Intended for City West Homes, on behalf of Westminster City Council, the housing scheme, which will be designed to HAPPI recommendations (Housing for an Aging Population Panel for Innovation), will bring contemporary, socially-orientated architecture to a deprived community which is desperately in need of re-invigoration. Construction is due to start at the end of 2013 and will be completed in two phases. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The project will accommodate existing residents of Penn House on Lisson Grove. Penn House will then be redeveloped for the mixed-use healthcare facility hub and additional housing. In all, the scheme will provide around 90 flats and 6000sq.m of healthcare space, community facilities, offices and 1,300 sq.m of enterprise space.
