Beyond Repair?

Hendrick Hing Chun Lin (Year: 4)

Redeveloping an estate could take years if not decades to complete. Yet, it takes the Westminster City Council only 6 months to knock down a 9-storey residential block in Ebury Bridge Estate, with plans to ultimately demolish the entire estate. “BEYOND REPAIR?” aims at providing design alternatives to the ongoing council estate regeneration process in London. The project will look into the Ebury Bridge Estate, search for a solution that could fulfil the housing capacity without extensive demolition and repair the estate beyond just repairing through renovation, extension and infill development. Instead of being evicted from the estate, this proposal would allow residents to return to the place where they call home and act as a democratic alternative to the council’s demolition plan.