The new building has been designed and organised to provide life and activity at the lower levels, repairing the fractured street scene that currently exists on Drayton Green Road and Hastings Road. As a result, generous student amenities are located on the lower floors to provide activity within and create visual interest for passing pedestrians. These include spaces for study, exercise, socialising and quiet with open and private study spaces, a gym, private dining rooms and lounges with connections to the outside.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, JTP has carried out in-depth research with existing and former students. These have included surveys, workshops and online questionnaires which have informed the designs of several of our student schemes and helped to provide optimal student experience and living. Following this research, the value of external amenity space for health and wellbeing was highlighted as an important asset for students. The design team has therefore maximised the offer of external areas with the introduction of two outdoor spaces for students to enjoy, including a central courtyard garden and rooftop terrace.

Adjacent to the railway and integrating with the local context, the main entrance to the student accommodation sits to the north-west corner of the site and is set back from the road with a chamfered edge to address the station approach and create a welcoming entrance.

Off-site technology will be employed to deliver the project and include Tide’s precision-manufactured volumetric units to reduce the construction programmes by up to 50% whilst also cutting embodied carbon and delivering other environmental benefits.

Throughout the design process the design team liaised and engaged with the London Borough of Ealing, the GLA, DRP/CRP, local stakeholder and community groups and held two public exhibitions, alongside internal design review practices. The comments and feedback from these processes have helped optimise and refine the design.

Having overseen the design of the project through to RIBA Stage 3, JTP now passes the remaining post-planning technical delivery stages to HTA Design, and we wish them every success moving forward with 42 Hastings Road.

This milestone marks JTP’s second student accommodation project delivered alongside Tide who our team previously worked with at Lewisham Exchange delivering 758 student homes and 67 affordable homes. Lewisham Exchange completed in August 2021 and became the world’s tallest volumetric student building at the time of its completion.

“Marking our second collaborative PBSA with Tide, our team is pleased to continue our partnership with them to deliver another exemplar student accommodation building that responds to the existing and emerging surrounding context of Ealing. The project signifies the next addition to JTP’s student accommodation portfolio, offering students a true experience with a diverse range of rooms and enhanced amenity space.”

– Dominic Chapman, Partner at JTP

“Our proposal seeks to be an exemplar of student development, with high-quality living conditions and generous internal and external amenity space. We look forward to breaking ground on Hastings Road and contributing to West Ealing’s vibrant urban fabric.”

– Helen McManus, Head of Planning at Tide