A new 1,000 sq.m community centre and twenty three new Council homes located in Crouch Hill, North London. Working closely with the community through design workshops to develop the proposals. An existing car park at the corner of the Holly Estate was used as the footprint for the new building with minimum disturbance to the residents and protecting the mature trees surrounding the site.

The interior of the community centre is designed to allow for different groups to adapt and inhabit the space over time as their own to suit their needs. A range of facilities including a sports hall, children’s centre, roof garden, offices, music recording space and residents office spaces are organised around a central ‘inhabited lobby’. This double height space provides a focus for the community centre combining circulation areas, with links to surrounding rooms and the potential for it to host events too.

This project was completed by Andrew Carr at Brady Mallalieu Architects. Photos by Keith Collie and Andrew Carr.