Renovation of Social Housing Protected Structures.

The transferable knowledge in this project revolves around several interlocking themes; identifying characteristics within social housing that creates cohesive communities, and protecting those characteristics through a large-scale renewal project, the building science based approach to building fabric analysis and design, and the working within the extreme the spatial economy that was employed in the planning of the buildings in the 1930s. The building is constructed from bricks up to level 1, and cast in-situ concrete from level 2 to level 4. It is currently uninsulated and was retrofitted with PVC windows approximately 30 years ago, and has suffered numerous small scale insensitive renovations. The project is a complete retrofit of the buildings including replacement of windows, upgrading of the energy performance, complete replacement of all kitchens and bathrooms, windows, floor and wall finishes, all without fundamentally changing the character of the buildings.