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''Cressingham Gardens is a council garden estate. It is located on the Southern edge of Brockwell Park. It comprises 306 dwellings, a mixture of four, three and two bedroom houses, and one bedroom apartments. It was designed at the end 1960s by the Lambeth Borough Council Architect, Edward Hollamby, and built at the start of 1970s. Its design was inspired by the social reformers who advocated, and showed the benefit of providing houses with gardens for those who can only afford to rent. And it was a reaction to the failure of council estates of multi-storey apartment blocks to provide a good family homes. Ted Hollamby's innovative design showed how it was possible using low rise dwellings, to achieve the same residential density as estate of multi-storey apartment blocks. And how, pedestrianizing the estate allowed much better use of the space between the dwellings, as this space could be used for gardens rather than: car parks, and access roads. The estate has been proven success and has enabled a good quality of life for its residents, and led to the development of a mutually cooperative community. There are however, structural defects on the estate. There are problems with the guttering, and the land drains. These problems have led the Labour controlled Lambeth Council elected in 2014 to propose demolishing the estate, and replacing it with an estate of multi-storey apartment blocks.〔 The majority of the new apartments will be for those can afford to buy. The site is a prime location, and two bedroom apartments could sell for over half a million pounds. This makes re-developing the estate profitable. In July 2015, the residents were granted permission to seek judicial review of the Lambeth Council's decision to demolish the estate and not consider the option of repair and refurbishment. In November 2015, the high court ruled that it was unlawful for Lambeth Council not to consider the option of repair and refurbishment. There is also a controversy concerning listed status. An application for listed status was made and rejected. It is suggested by those interested urban design that Historic England failed to appreciate the importance of Cressingham Gardens as architectural model for a high residential density inner city housing. == History == The 1969 Lambeth Council was controlled by the Conservative party. The Conservatives, at that time, believed that the council should provide homes for all those who could not afford to buy a house. In inner London, in the 1950s and 1960s, estates with multi-storey apartment blocks provided the dominant architectural model for council housing. The seminal study Family and Kinship in East London, showed that such apartments did not prove as satisfactory family home as a house with a garden. And by the 1970s many councils were returning to building houses, rather than multi-storey apartment blocks, and Lambeth Council was a leader in this trend. As Borough Architect, Ted Hollamby had designed different types of council dwellings, tower blocks, tenements, houses. He 'passionately believed that council housing should be as good, if not better than private housing'. His design for Cressingham Gardens was informed by failure of multi-storey tower block to provide good family homes. He was also aware of the importance of gardens in enhancing the quality of life of the residents of a dwelling, His design for Cressingham Gardens ensured 'every home its splash of greenery and colour'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/cressingham-gardens-lambeth-2/ )〕 In recognizing the importance of gardens, he was following an English tradition of the garden city and garden suburb In 1969 Ed Hollamby submitted his team's design for Cressingham Gardens to the Housing Committee. The deputy chairman of the housing committee was Sir John Major. The committee recognized the exceptional importance of the innovative design and minuted 'congratulations to Cressingham’s architects on their ‘bold and imaginative scheme'. The initial contractor for the building estate was for £1.58 million, or approximately £5,500 per dwelling.〔 If the retail price index is used to convert to 2015 prices the costs are: £24 million for the build, with a cost per dwelling of £80,000. The building of Cressingham Gardens was interrupted by a National building strike, and contractors terminated the contract. in 1970 Lambeth Council became Labour Controlled. To complete the estate, the new housing committee, on Ken Livingstone, who was deputy chairman, authorized the use direct labour. Building the three hundred dwellings took seven years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cressingham Gardens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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