BOOK CASESTUDY
High-Density Social Housing
Iroko, Coin Street, London
IROKO ,COIN STREET
• Location - South Bank, London
• Completion date- 2002
• Developer - Coin Street Community Builders
• Architect - Haworth Tomkins
• Number of dwellings- 59
• Dwelling mix - 8 bedroom/12 person house 1
5 bedroom/8 person houses 22
4 bedroom/6 person house-type maisonettes 12
2 bedroom/4 person upper maisonettes 16
2 bedroom/4 person flats 4
1 bedroom/2 person flats 4
• Other provision - Two retail units
Commercial underground car park
Landscaped garden
• Key targets - Providing social housing on a Central London site
• Green features - Super-insulation
Condensing boilers
Heat-recovery units
Roof-mounted solar hot water panels
Plot area: 7,672 m2
Floor Area: 6,390 m2
Coverage: 0.31
Parking places: 287
1. Access to the public car park
2. garden and playground
3. Community facilities building
4. Townhouses
5. Duplex houses
• The horseshoe form encloses an interior space.
• kitchens, parking and bin stores are placed in the
façades facing the street .
• The inner face is relatively private.
• Living rooms, private gardens and balconies are
placed on the inside to take advantage of this
privacy.
• The centre of the enclosed space is landscaped as a
garden.
• The two arms of the building comprise
terraced four storeys high.
• have a balcony at each level and a terrace on the roof.
• The five-storey central section consists of
three-storey house-type maisonettes with
gardens.
• Providing a shop at ground level.
• the site is provided with 21 residential parking spaces at
ground level and a 265-space basement public car parking
area.
analysis inference
1.Mixed dewellings. 1.Social housing. reduce long-term maintenance costs of individual buildings.
2.Separate access for each dewellings. 2.Complete privacy for the habitants. there is no sense of overcrowding
3.Separate gardern,lawn,roof terrace provided. a wall in common, the chances
3.Most of the dewellings were townhouses and luxurious duplexs. of some disturbance from the neighbors is quite possible.
4.Children have the advantage of private gardens and also direct access to the
secured garden and park.
4.They have separate private gardern.
5. More land availability.
5.Basement car parking.
6. Livingrooms, private gardens and balconies are placed on the inside to take
advantage of this privacy.
6. kitchens, parking and bin stores are placed on façades facing the 7.Creating a buffer space at each floor level reducing the temperature.
street. 8.Giving privacy to the habitants,were residential houses are placed backside
7. have private gardens but a balcony at each level and a terrace on and above.
the roof. 9. The contrast between inside and out is emphasised by the finishing materials
8. shops at ground level facing the road. – brick on the ‘hard’ exterior and timber boarding on the ‘soft’ inside
façades.
9. Materials used were bricks and timber. 10. central semi-private open space .More spacious public and private
10. The dwellings are arranged around an open courtyard. garderns.
Source: AT HOME IN THE CITY,
GRAHAM TOWERS
POST UPTOWN PLACE
• Location - charlotte, north
carolina
• Architect - david furman
• Apartment size range- 510 to
1600 sq ft.
• Other provision - 5 level
concrete deck parking garage.
plan
section
Units plan
• Five storey building with
ground level shops.
• 5 level concrete deck
parking garage.
• The parking deck is
surrounded by residential
construction, totally hiding
from the street.
• The building upper corner
has a roof terace.
• The interior of the block has multi level
courtyard with pools and fountains.
• Exterior material consists of brick, concrete
block and stucco.
Source : MULTI FAMILY HOUSING,
MICHAEL J.CROSBIE
