Urban Park, a New Way of Living
Urban Park, a New Way of Living
Program: Urban Park
Year: 2020
Location: London, UK
Status: Concept
Design Team: Iason Ntounis, T. Kordonouri
Tutor: Hannah Corlett (HNNA)
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
MA in Architecture and Historic Urban Environments
The proposal looks to change the isolated and neglected housing area of Somers Town located between Euston Road, St Pancras and Euston Station into an island of attraction. An urban park is inserted, shaped by a continuous but penetrable circular band: A boundary where some things end and others are helped to begin; Where different groups meet and interact; A home for creativity. Architecture is the medium, in which the desires of the inhabitants are fulfilled.
Three kinds of inhabitants co-exist: the visitors that pass by; members of the community directly involved in the activities; and the temporary residents of the collective neighbourhood. The new building hosts programs in layers which change vertically from public at ground to semi-public interactive activities, to private and ascetic living, respectively.