Wimbourne Street – Mikhail Riches

Design Principles

This site on the corner of Wimbourne Street and New North Road enjoys long views over Shoreditch Park to the East and faces south along Wimbourne Street itself. We have an opportunity to provide great homes that are sunny with a good aspect and views, and to also make a positive contribution to the wider area.
Our proposals aim to provide animation to Wimbourne Street at pedestrian level, with duplexes at ground floor, each with their own front garden and door onto the street. A landscaped entrance courtyard creates a buffer space between the busier New North Road, and serves as a prelude to the double height main entrance to apartments above.
We have taken reference from the adjacent Wimbourne House, drawing upon architectural features such as its large glazed openings, wide brick pilasters, cornicing every two storeys and the painting of lower two storeys to form a ‘base’. We have developed these themes in our scheme whilst also evolving a landscape strategy to further inform the proposal’s setting in it’s immediate context.

Project Team David Mikhail, Sophie Cole, Edward Hemmings, Tobias Eussner

ClientHackney Council Housing Supply Programme

Landscape ArchitectBBUK

Structural EngineerMomentum

M&E EngineerGreengauge

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A proposal for a prominent corner site enjoying long views over Shoreditch Park

New housing in Hoxton for Hackney Council's Housing Supply Programme
Project Team David Mikhail, Sophie Cole, Edward Hemmings, Tobias Eussner
ClientHackney Council Housing Supply Programme
Landscape ArchitectBBUK
Structural EngineerMomentum
M&E EngineerGreengauge
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