Urbanism
Environment
Design
Environment
Design
Bow - First meeting of series nine of TEN Group
The first meeting of the ninth series took place 10 August 2012 and explored ways of upgrading Council housing estates now that large scale redevelopment schemes are increasingly unlikely to be viable, and focussed on the feasibility of refurbishing existing tower blocks. We were greatly helped by representatives of Swan Housing Association, who have transformed the old Crossways estate in Bow from what was classed as the second worst estate in the country for crime to a really attractive place to live. The masterplanning and design was undertaken by PRP, and we are really grateful to Scott Sanderson and his colleagues for putting so much time into making our visit really useful.
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