Tuesday 20 October 2009

Odham's Walk Estate, 1981, by Donald Ball

Located opposite Covent Garden tube station.
As part of our Urban Ecology theory module we visited Odham's Walk, a social house scheme set above a podium of shops, addressing the shortage of quality housing & businessess within Covent Garden, aimed at supporting sustainable communities.

Elements of 'Mat' building typologies, which the unit is interested in this year, can be found within this project; showing signs of; varieties of space, repetative/iterative geometries, multiple level open public walkways, inbetween spaces, public coutyards & private patios, as well as multi programmed & sustainable social interaction, and it's setting within the city.

The conglomerate clusters and complex organisation of the spaces are a little unclear in my photos, so it is worthwhile others visiting at some point to experience these spaces. (axo to follow shortly)




above: taken from multi map

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