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The Heygate Estate was a large housing estate located in Walworth, Southwark, south London. The estate was demolished as part of the gentrification of the Elephant and Castle area. It was home to more than 3,000 people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Design for Social Sustainability : A Framework for Creating Thriving New Communities )〕 The Heygate was situated adjacent to Walworth Road and New Kent Road, and immediately east of the Elephant and Castle road intersection. ==Construction== The Corbusian concept behind the construction of the estate was of a modern living environment. The neo-brutalist architectural aesthetic was one of tall, concrete blocks dwarfing smaller blocks, surrounding central communal gardens. The architect's concept was to link all areas of the estate via concrete bridges, so there was no need for residents to walk on pavements or along roads. In fact, it was even planned to build bridges to the neighbouring Aylesbury Estate, further south in Walworth. Designed by Tim Tinker, the estate was completed in 1974. The estate was once a popular place to live, the flats being thought light and spacious, but the estate later developed an unfounded reputation for crime, poverty and dilapidation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Heygate estate )〕 One resident complained about constant noise, crime and threats of violence as a result of the estate being used for temporary housing ahead of its redevelopment. He claimed that the sheer scale of many of the blocks also meant there was little sense of community. However, other residents disagreed that the estate should have been considered a slum and an eyesore, or that the buildings failed to foster a sense of community. Around 30 separate testimonies from former residents have been collated by a local microblogging site. Architect Tim Tinker described the estate's 'notorious' reputation as a "''farrago of half-truths and lies put together by people who should have known better.''" Many others disagreed. 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「Heygate Estate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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