Laycock Street Development
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Eastern elevation to courtyard
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High density residential development organised around a publicly accessible shared courtyard
Four different buildings frame the courtyard. To the north a seven storey building overlooks an area of parkland. The ground and basement storeys contain a doctors surgery and upper floors have maisonette ‘scissor’ flats including double height spaces. This creates dual aspect flats within a deep floor plan that all enjoy both south facing balconies and views across the park to the north.
The eastern building includes a variety of flat configurations combining different elements: terrace balconies, rear gardens, private entrances from the courtyard and duplex apartments at high level.
A terrace of four bedroom houses with courtyard gardens form the western edge. The courtyard plan sets the upper floors of the building back from the boundary avoiding overlooking to neighbouring properties.
The southern block is a terrace of six bedroom houses each with rear gardens and a block of two bedroom flats all managed by Community Housing Association.
Individually each property combines a flexible internal space with a generous outdoor space, either in the form of usable balconies, courtyards or gardens.
The centre of the courtyard includes a series of sinuous benches organised in carefully considered groupings. Parts of the building project forward from the main facade to address the courtyard, create low level roof terraces and frame entrances to the ground floor units.
Data
- Begun: Dec 2006
- Completed: Apr 2010
- Floor area: 8,700m2
- Sector: Residential
- Total cost: £12M
- Funding: Private
- Tender date: Apr 2006
- Procurement: Construction Management
- Address: Laycock Street, Islington, London, N1 1SW, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Brady Mallalieu Architects
- Project architects: Martin Dunseath, Sara Thomas, Tim Goode
- Client: Folgate Estates, Community Housing Association, Islington Central Medical Centre
- Main contractor: Folgate Estates
- Structural engineer: Scott Wilson
- Services engineer: Scott Wilson
- Client consultant (surgery): Love Jenkins
- CDM coordinator: Scott Wilson
- Fire consultant: Arup Fire
- Highways Consultant: WSP Development
- Acoustic consultant: 24 Acoustics
Suppliers
- Cladding Contractor: MPG Facades
- Brickwork: Ibstock Brick Ltd
- Blockwork: Lignacite
- Copper cladding: CGL Systems
- Timber floors: Junckers
- Windows: Raynaers
- Ceiling (surgery): Dampa ApS
- Floors (surgery): Forbo
- Flat roofing: Sarnafil
- Sanitaryware: Armitage Shanks
- Floor tiles (surgery): Concept Tiles
- Timber acoustic linings (surgery): Tavapan
- Waterproofing: Grace
- Zinc cladding: VM Zinc