Pembury Circus in Hackney
Pembury Circus is a mixed use development containing 268 flats, a community hall, a nursery and some shops, including a branch of the Co-op. Nearly half of the flats - 119 of them - are designated "affordable" of some kind, which is an unusually high proportion.
There is no provision for car parking on the site, other than a few bays for disabled people and a car club. It is a high density development, though the block that forms the highest part is not, at 12 storeys, particularly tall. It is heated from a low carbon energy centre and it is "permeable" - which basically means you can walk or cycle all the way through it to connect with the surrounding area - and it is striking to look at, with different blocks built in different styles in an effort to fit in with neighbouring older buildings. Pembury Circus has attracted plaudits from a clutch of housing and design organisations and recently won the Best Mixed Use Development Award from the prestigious Leading European Architects Forum (LEAF).
There is no provision for car parking on the site, other than a few bays for disabled people and a car club. It is a high density development, though the block that forms the highest part is not, at 12 storeys, particularly tall. It is heated from a low carbon energy centre and it is "permeable" - which basically means you can walk or cycle all the way through it to connect with the surrounding area - and it is striking to look at, with different blocks built in different styles in an effort to fit in with neighbouring older buildings. Pembury Circus has attracted plaudits from a clutch of housing and design organisations and recently won the Best Mixed Use Development Award from the prestigious Leading European Architects Forum (LEAF).
