Overview

Lenton Green and Radford


Nottingham, UK

Project type: Estate & Housing Renewal
Location: Nottingham, UK
Client: Nottingham City Homes, Keepmoat
Stage: Completed

Lenton Green and Radford are city regeneration projects in central Nottingham, where 1960's high-rise buildings will be replaced by high quality homes for families and older people, to re-balance the mix in neighbourhoods currently dominated by student housing.

JTP organised and facilitated a series of drop-in sessions, and a Community Planning Weekend offering the opportunity to share views on the redevelopment as well as develop ideas for improving the surrounding area. JTP also prepared the Detailed Planning Applications and working drawings.

JTP's design team have not treated the site as a blank slate for experiments in urban design, but have instead listened very carefully to the needs, wants and desires of the existing communities that the new development will serve. Older residents in the blocks to be demolished at Lenton Green worked with JTP’s architectural team to co-design their new homes within a state of the art independent living scheme.

The masterplan for Lenton Green responds carefully to context. A strong north/south tree-lined road widens to the south creating an attractive triangular green space, incorporating a series of existing mature trees and framing an existing church. To the north two small mixed-use blocks create a distinctive gateway into the site, and frame a new piazza alongside an existing art-deco cinema building.

New streets of high quality family housing at Radford have reconnected the area to the surrounding street network.

The buildings have been detailed to make contemporary references to the local vernacular architecture, both in material and design. The brick detailing and distinct gable-ends of the new housing on both sites, which taper up towards chimney stacks, reference the city’s industrial buildings. Perforated metal screens at Lenton Green are based on patterns from the lacemaking trade that was once Lenton’s key industry.

The scheme has been recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) as a leading housing development in the region, and one which delivers exceptional design and architecture.

Awards

RIBA East Midlands Awards 2018
Regional Award - Shortlisted
LABC East Midlands Building Excellence Awards 2017
Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development - Winner
LABC Building Excellence Awards 2016 - Grand Finals
Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development - Winner

Project type: Estate & Housing Renewal
Location: Nottingham, UK
Client: Nottingham City Homes, Keepmoat
Stage: Completed
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Project Team
Clare San Martin
Clare San Martin
Consultant
Andrew Dobson
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Associate
Tags
Regeneration, Nottingham, Collaboration, Mixed tenure, Care
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