The AJ100 practice\u2019s designs for student flats and 71 social rent homes were submitted to Southwark Council earlier this month on behalf of developer iQ Student Accommodation.<\/p>\n
Working with landscape architect Planit, Howells\u2019 proposals would replace the existing modernist building with two blocks rising to six and eight storeys, one providing student rooms and associated services and another for the social rent homes.<\/p>\n
The student block, to the west of the site, is arranged around four cores, with most floors containing eight cluster units of five and seven-person flats with kitchen, living and dining space overlooking the street.<\/p>\n
In addition to the cluster flats, a number of self-contained studio units and wheelchair-accessible rooms feature.<\/p>\n
All students will be able to access 486m2 of spaces including a public caf\u00e9, flexible commercial rooms, a gym and shared student amenities on the ground floor of the student block, which has an entrance on Loman Street and an internal courtyard. A roof terrace will provide additional outdoors amenity spaces.<\/p>\n
The social rent homes, located to the east of the site, will be 100 per cent dual-aspect. According to planning documents, the new homes have been \u2018carefully designed to promote wellbeing, community and long-term flexibility\u2019.<\/p>\n
Howells says in the documents that the form and fa\u00e7ade of the development \u2018establishes two distinct buildings that share a familiar scale and grain\u2019, including \u2018terrace-like\u2019 residential blocks on Sawyer Street and a taller and \u2018contemporary\u2019 student element on Pocock and Loman Streets.<\/p>\n