St Matthew's Key Worker Block
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Keyworkers building
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Block of 12 energy efficient one and two bedroom flats built on an infill plot as part of the wider masterplan to regenerate the St Matthew's Estate
The four storey block was developed to demonstrate how housing associations can adopt environmental principles.
All living rooms face south with large windows and direct access to south-facing winter gardens and balconies. These the sun rooms are two metres deep which is large enough to fit a table and chairs
Water heating is provided by solar panels and thermal panels fitted on the roof, or by a wood pellet burning boiler. Energy bills are expected to be less than £98 per year.
Data
- Completed: 2007
- Floor area: 1,400m2
- Sector: Residential
- Total cost: £1.9M
- Funding: Housing Corporation grant
- Address: St Matthew's Estate, Brixton, London, SW2 1NL, United Kingdom
Tags 
Affordable housing, Balcony, Brownfield site, Flats, London, London Borough of Lambeth, Photovoltaics, Social housing
Materials
Professional Team
- Architect: PRP Architects, ZEDfactory
- Project architect: Stephen Harris
- Client: Presentation Housing Association
- Quantity surveyor: Philip Pank Partnership
- Main contractor: Mulalley & Co Ltd.
