BIG magazine issue 4

Drawing on design

Shifting landscape

Inspiring harrow – Architecture for the future

Building to work, conserve and create

Bu i l d / I n n o v a t e / Gr o w Ha r r o w ISSUE 4

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news Unveiling of the first

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architecture aspiration

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architecture landscape

civic centre designs, award prospects, business networking, winning actors

Big ideas and high ideals are driving Harrow's programme of regeneration

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The public spaces between buildings take centre stage early in the design process

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map What is happening – and

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projects The latest progress

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architecture workspace

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markets Fast facts and quick

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sitematch Seeking a

where? Quick location guide to the developments featured in Harrow BIG

on regeneration schemes across the borough

Architects and designers are helping boost business prospects

figures about Harrow

architecture conservation

The borough's wealth of historic buildings live side by side with cutting-edge new builds

development partner for Greenhill Way

Editorial director Siobhán Crozier Editor Debbie Ashford Design Kate Harkus Assistant editor James Wood Production manager Christopher Hazeldine News and digital editor Marco Cillario Business development director Paul Gussar Business development manager Harry Seal Project manager Sue Mapara Subscriptions manager Simon Maxwell Managing director Toby Fox Cover image A performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Arc House – photo by Anthony Coleman Images Heath Robinson Museum, Gort Scott Architects, Apple, Ewan Monroe, Lion photo © Mark Rogers/Long Way Home Productions/The Weinstein Company, Barratt London, Kalle Söderman, Fred Ernst, Madeleine Walker, Peter Visser, St Edward Homes, Anthony Coleman, David Tothill, Harrow Council, Steve Cadman, Maxim Photo, Adam Khan Architects, Fairview New Homes, Jill Tate, ACAVA Printed by Park Communications Published by 3Fox International, Sunley House, Bedford Park, Croydon CR0 2AP T 020 7978 6840 W 3foxinternational.com Subscriptions & feedback bigharrow.com © 2017 3Fox International Limited. All material is strictly copyright and all rights are reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without the written permission of 3Fox International Ltd is strictly forbidden. The greatest care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of information in this magazine at time of going to press, but we accept no responsibility for omissions or errors. The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of 3Fox International Ltd.

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Along with architects Gort Scott and Allies and Morrison, it launched initial design plans

at a community event in January and offered a tour around the site of the new building.

The new civic centre, containing council offices and community space, is part of a planned transformation of Wealdstone,

website development A new Harrow Council website gives the latest information on the building projects happening across the borough, covering housing schemes, schools, parks and public areas. It will keep both residents and developers up to date with the latest changes, news and events. You can sign up to receive regular bulletins at www.buildingabetterharrow.co.uk

it will keep both residents and developers up to date with the latest changes, news and events.

creating jobs and business opportunities.

The area will also benefit from a £1.5 million grant from the Mayor of London’s Regeneration Fund to provide creative work spaces and fund a new public square.

assisted living units for stanmore More than 100 homes are to be built at Jubilee House in Stanmore. Harrow Council’s planning committee gave the go-ahead on 18 January to plans lodged by Elysian Residences to build 102 assisted and independent living units in two buildings on Merrion Avenue.

The properties will be provided with wheelchair access and allocated as affordable.

Images courtesy of: Apple; Ewan Munro; Weinstein Company

The council has kicked off its conversation with the community about plans for its new civic building on Wealdstone High Street.

station planning Transport for London is considering a development scheme to improve both the transport facilities and surroundings of Harrow on the Hill station. It has earmarked the railway station and neighbouring bus station for ‘significant improvement’ including step-free access and more buses. It says the 1.01-ha site around the station could deliver a 600-home scheme, which would improve transport and access in the town centre.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “As part of making London’s transport system one of the very best in the world, we must ensure it is accessible for all Londoners. As part of building a modern and affordable transport system, I’m determined to make sure all Londoners can get around London safely and easily.”

Harrow Council leader, Councillor Sachin Shah, said: “Opening up the station will help open up our town centre too.”

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the lion king Harrow-born Dev Patel has been nominated as Best Supporting Actor at the 89th Academy Awards for his role in the recent Garth Davisdirected film, Lion.

Patel, who grew up in Rayners Lane, is only the third actor of Indian descent to ever receive an Oscar nomination.

He scooped a Bafta award in the same category

in February 2017. Patel has previously received Bafta recognition: he was shortlisted for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2008 when he starred in Slumdog Millionaire.

News double nomination Harrow Council has been shortlisted in the category of Entrepreneurial Council of the Year in the prestigious LGC Awards 2017, which honour the best work in local authorities across the country.

The nomination recognises Project Phoenix, which has spearheaded six innovative projects that offer new services to the public.

These include the creation of a special needs transport hub with Brent, opening up gardening services and expanding commercial waste services.

The council is also a finalist in the Innovation category for its work with IBM to develop better integrated health and social care.

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Building works to increase the size of three schools are nearing completion. Longfield and Grimsdyke primary schools and Welldon Park infant school are all expanding from three to fourform entry in the council’s school expansion programme.

The improvements, carried out

by Willmott Dixon, will also upgrade catering facilities to make it easier to provide hot meals, create extra space for special educational needs and update play areas.

Errol Brown from consulting engineers Arcadis says the schools’ growth and development will deliver immediate benefits, providing a contemporary learning environment for the wider local community.

In addition, work to expand and refurbish two further structures, Welldon Park junior school and Stag Lane primary, will start later in 2017.

good to do business More than 200 businesses attended the borough’s annual Harrow Means Business event to support local companies. Organised jointly by Harrow Council and membership support group Your Business Community, it was the fifth time that businesses could network and find out about the support and advice that is on offer from the council and a range of different exhibitors.

The event also highlighted the council’s regeneration plans to the sector that plays a crucial role in building a better Harrow.

Councillor Keith Ferry, deputy leader and portfolio holder for

business, said: “This is one of the most popular events for Harrow’s business community – putting local entrepreneurs and SMEs in direct contact with experts to help them on their business journey. It was also an opportunity for us to listen and answer their questions.

“The success of the event proves how well we are doing as a council to support them. Harrow is home to thousands of small businesses and entrepreneurs and we will help them every step of the way. Not just to become successful, but also to ensure they are involved in our exciting plans to build a better Harrow.”

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Great aspirations HOW TOP QUALITY DESIGN WILL BE ENSHRINED IN THE BOROUGH’S BUILDING BOOM

Words Pamela Buxton

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arrow is about to transform. With a £1.7 billion investment programme projected to create 5,500 new homes, two schools, a library and a new civic centre, the borough is on the cusp of unprecedented regeneration that is expected to bring 3,000 new jobs and other opportunities.

The impact of the regeneration on Harrow’s townscape is potentially considerable, with pockets of high-density development on the old and new civic centre sites and the former Post Office site of Harrow Square.

Achieving a harmonious melding with the surrounding landscape will be one of the key priorities. So will ensuring that high-quality design is enshrined and delivered within these new developments.

These are the challenges facing the council, which has been busy recruiting a new team of regeneration and urban design experts with skills to lead not only the council’s own flagship schemes, but influence those of private developers.

It is setting up a Construction Delivery Unit, drafting new guidance to inform planning policies, and, significantly, it is recruiting a new Design Review Panel to help encourage the best in architecture and urban design.

“We’re now probably the best design and regeneration team in an outer London borough and we’re very proud of that,” says Tobias Goevert, who was recruited last year from the Greater London Authority (GLA) as Harrow’s head of regeneration and

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design. “This shows a strong commitment to design-led projects that don’t just tick boxes but are genuinely high quality proposals.”

For its own projects, the council has been using the GLA’s framework of architects to appoint through ‘light-touch’ design contests rather than expensive formal competitions.

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This ‘brave’ move has enabled it, says Goevert, to recruit younger and more innovative designers. Already Harrow has lined up acclaimed British practices Stephen Taylor Architects, Sergison Bates and Allies and Morrison (Poets’ Corner on the current civic centre site); Gort Scott and We Made That (the new civic centre in Wealdstone); Karakusevic Carson (Byron Quarter: the existing leisure centre site); and Adam Khan Architects and Adams & Sutherland (housing in Vaughan Road).

A challenge for the council in its partnership schemes is ensuring that they are of high quality but still commercially viable. “It’s a balance between controlling the content and letting partners bring in their own ideas,” says Goevert.

Harrow’s outer London location is another issue. While it is attracting considerable interest from investors, the borough traditionally has low density development.

“We have to demonstrate that we can deliver high quality projects that are denser but also aligned with the context of suburbia,” Goevert says.

The council wants to encourage a debate on what this might be, whether looking at mansion blocks rather than towers, or developing a suitable local architectural style and palette.

the sense of scale takes its cues from some of the older developments

One of the first major projects to come forward as part of the wave of regeneration is Harrow Square, next to the railway in central Harrow, by a joint venture of Barratt London and the Hyde Group.

Designed by the London office of American architects SOM, the scheme will provide 318 one to three-bedroom homes in three blocks rising to 20 storeys, as well as a public square and a library.

The landmark scheme succeeds previous plans that were turned down for planning permission and at appeal, partly on the grounds of design quality.

SOM’s lead architect on Harrow Square is associate director Peter Jackson, a lifelong Harrow resident, who says the practice was mindful to integrate the residential towers within the existing townscape. p.14

in my view We asked architects and other experts involved in the area to nominate inspiring developments from around the world and tell us how their approach could apply to Harrow.

adam khan Adam Khan Architects

nominated project

Hornbækhus, Copenhagen

architect

Kay Fisker, 1922 Hornbækhus is a courtyard perimeter block in Copenhagen with a fantastic big park inside. It’s a real shared landscape for the residents with facilities such as a launderette, a place to park prams and sheds for storage. We saw that people had a very positive view of living on an estate. When you find developments where households can genuinely share communal space, it’s to be treasured.

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Hornbækhus is also interesting because it’s quite a long, repetitive development yet creates a vibrant mini-community.

People really like living there, it’s actually very gentle. I sometimes think that people read too much into the need for variety and change in an architectural elevation. The things that make a development a good place to be are found in the quality of the thresholds and the ease with which collective life can take place there.

As flats get smaller because of the cost of property, there’s a lot more interest in the inclusion of shared facilities, whether it be gyms or workspaces.

We are interested in including them

in our development at Vaughan Road in Harrow. The ground floor will all be communal space, maybe for coworking or for hire.

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“The sense of scale takes its cues from some of the older developments around the town centre,” he says, referring to the stepped form of each block, which relates to the width of the Edwardian buildings nearby.

“We’ve been able to stay involved and work very closely with Barratt Homes to ensure that the quality we established at early stages and at approval are carried through to delivery.”

Jackson is hopeful that the council’s stated commitment to high quality will bear fruit in the many regeneration initiatives in the pipeline: “Harrow has been looking at how it deals with the pace of change it’s facing very productively, and has stepped up its approach to how it responds to large scale applications.

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“If it continues to pursue the care and diligence it has shown to date in addressing the challenges, then the outcomes should be good for everyone.”

The Design Review Panel (DRP) will have an important role in providing expert design advice on significant planning applications.

Architect Alex Ely of Mae Architects, who took part in an interim panel session on the Vaughan Road and Poets’ Corner schemes, says: “It’s good that the council sees value in a DRP to scrutinise and test whether the brief is right and whether the architect is pushing things as far as they can.”

Fran Balaam, who is Harrow urban design lead and senior regeneration officer at the GLA, is helping to set up the panel. She says: “The DRP’s voice will be particularly important at a time of such rapid change for Harrow, with both the ambitious council-led p.17 programme and privately led

harrow has been looking at how it deals with the pace of change very productively

in my view holly lewis We Made That

nominated project Luchtsingel, Rotterdam

architect ZUS, 2016

Luchtsingel is a series of bright yellow footbridges over railway lines and roads in the north of Rotterdam, which provide connections to the city centre. It’s innovative because it was crowdfunded with €25 donations and every donor’s name is on a piece of timber cladding on the bridge. It speaks of some sort of democratic participation in the public realm and is a really exciting visual way of demonstrating it.

in my view dinah bornat Co-founding director, ZCD Architects

nominated project

Christchurch Square, Hackney, London

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John Spence and Partners This image of public space (below) on a 1970s housing estate in Hackney, east London, was taken by photographer Madeleine Waller who, like me, is interested in how people use the spaces that are built for them. The estate is a series of two and three-storey houses and four-storey apartments.

It’s really important to make spaces where children can meet and play. This space is a central square with trees and mounds where they have freedom to play how they want.

You don’t normally get pictures of people just being happy and getting along: promotional imagery is more about aspirational lifestyle.

From our research we’ve identified a few key criteria for public space, such as direct access from home to car-free space; a network of overlooked, shared spaces; and elements such as benches and allotments that encourage use by different groups at different times of the day.

Aesthetically, it doesn’t necessarily look like the sort of thing you might have in Harrow. But it’s an interesting model for how to get people involved in their public areas and bring new life to drab space.

We’d like to do this on the projects we’re working on in Harrow.

We’re leading a project for Trinity Square in Wealdstone, where we are finding ways of making new public space and encouraging people to use it.

There’s definitely an ambition to look at temporary uses and to invite the people of Harrow into the design process. The same ambitions are true for the civic centre itself. We’ll be responding to what we find on the ground to encourage community engagement.

There are lots of barriers to creating this kind of space although some planners do understand it. Harrow Council recently invited me to give a presentation on the subject.

We’re using our research as evidence for how this approach to public space can help create more resilient communities.

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in my view paul karakusevic Partner, Karakusevic Carson Architects

nominated project

IJburg housing district, Amsterdam IJburg (above) is an interesting housing development built on reclaimed land on the edge of Amsterdam. It’s a series of streets of low to medium density designed by a collection of emerging practices with different housing associations, self builders and developers to create a rich mix of tenures. It’s very liveable and family friendly and creates a really good piece of city.

IJburg’s approach is particularly pertinent to our work in Harrow at Byron Park, which is our first

project in a suburban location and quite a challenge.

It’s a very different proposition for us. Placing towers everywhere isn’t the appropriate urban response.

Instead, we’re looking at creating mainly a low to mid-rise mansion block development with a few higher rises over the park but organising the buildings to create an appropriate density that’s liveable and isn’t at odds with the locality.

We love the idea that the housing will be alongside a collection of civic uses including the town hall and leisure centre, creating a utopian modern neighbourhood in a new Harrow vernacular. The aim is to build the first phase of 200-300 homes in the next three years with the whole development completed in 10-12 years.

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Housing Zone initiatives creating new interest in Harrow as a place to invest.

adam towle Regeneration manager, London Borough of Harrow

nominated project

Byker Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne

architect

“It’s very important to us that all this builds a really high quality place which is sustainable.

The climate has changed. The new model for suburbia requires a new approach to design.

We can’t build at that [low] density anymore.”

Ralph Erskine, 1969-1982 When I studied architecture, one of the projects that stuck in my mind was the Byker Estate in Newcastle, not necessarily for the quality of the architecture (although some of it is very good) but for the quality of the process the design team went through.

It’s an excellent example of a design approach led by community participation and engagement.

Ralph Erskine set up his office on Byker in a former funeral parlour and had an open-door policy so that everyone could pop in and share their thoughts. I’d love to be able to do something similar in Harrow. Although we’re not dealing with demolishing an existing estate like Erskine was, the process he used is still one that we can aspire to.

Byker was a bold experiment. It hasn’t all aged well but some elements such as the dualaspect flats and the incorporation of small semi-private spaces around verandahs or deck access are features that we are looking at, including in our plans for Poets’ Corner.

Instead, she says, Harrow needs a distinctive yet relevant identity, with careful integration of new development into the low-rise context and attention to the role of landscape and public realm.

As plans for regeneration progress, it’s crucial that residents also have a say in the sort of development that is coming Harrow’s way.

To this end, Harrow is working with engagement expert Daisy Froud, who is embedded with design teams for both the new civic centre development and Vaughan Road. She says it’s important to engage with communities at the start of a project rather than when the design has been drawn up.

“People want to be reassured that growth and housing is being provided in a co-ordinated way, and that residents’ views regarding change are taken into account,” she says.

Community priorities are generally that new development should be an asset rather than an imposition and that the new development will make good quality homes.

Few would argue. As Harrow embarks on this intense period of regeneration, design quality has certainly never been so important and it is taking incisive steps to ensure the optimum outcome.

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Space odyssey FAR FROM BEING A VOID, THE SPACES BETWEEN BUILDINGS ARE KEY TO CREATING HARROW’S SENSE OF PLACE

Words Kirsty MacAulay

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Previous page: the award-winning Stanmore Place.

Below: thoughtful landscaping and outdoor activities draw people to Arc House, Lowlands Park.

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hink of a city and you tend to think of its buildings: New York’s Empire State Building or London’s Big Ben. However, the spaces between the buildings – the streets, squares and parks – can have just as much impact as the architecture. Imagine the Taj Mahal: the water features and that bench make a significant contribution to the magic of the building.

Recognition of the importance of public realm, or the space between buildings, has grown dramatically over the last few decades. The Millennium footbridge, the transformation of the South Bank and the creation of the Olympic Park have captured the public’s imagination just as sharply as new buildings like The Shard.

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Providing safe, pleasant spaces for a community to enjoy can bring economic benefits and promote a sense of pride, as well as health and social improvements. It doesn’t have to be a landmark bridge: small-scale local changes can have a marked effect.

An outstanding example of the importance of landscaping in boosting an area is the distinctive setting that distinguishes Stanmore Place, which St Edward turned into a vibrant development of 755 new homes and commercial space. The award-winning landscaping, designed by fabrik, created feature lakes, tree-lined avenues and facades covered in foliage, and has contributed to the scheme’s popularity.

It is taking great steps to change this, improving streets and pedestrian routes, creating new public spaces and extending its green grid of leafy pathways.

Focusing on public realm is an important part of Harrow Council’s programme of regeneration. It had identified its urban realm as “generally weak, poorly designed and maintained, cluttered and unattractive” in its 2014 Regeneration Strategy.

The brief was to create a performance area in the green space. The result is a new building that contains theatre space and a cafe with an outdoor amphitheatre around it, which hosted jazz concerts and a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream last summer.

now a welcoming green space offering peaceful relief from the urban environment

A successful recent scheme is Lowlands Park on the edge of Harrow town centre. The previously neglected area is now a welcoming green space offering peaceful relief from the urban environment.

Graeme Sutherland, director at Adams & Sutherland architects, feels the project is as much about the surroundings as the new building: “We see it all as one: building and public realm. You need to consider: why is the building sitting where it is and how is it linked to the space around it? We used the location of the building to enhance the landscape.”

The changes also made the park more accessible. Sutherland continues: “Commuters to Harrow on the Hill station had to walk past a car park and navigate a busy road. Now people can walk through the park, which is a delightful way to get to work.”

Landscape architect Jonathan Cook explains that tree planting was integral to the park’s makeover and included 80 new trees. A treelined boulevard now runs across the park to the tube station.

He says: “Big oak trees were planted to give the park structure and a sense of place. In one section we planted Tai Haku cherry trees, which have very intense blossom.

the only way the city can survive is by having meaningful green space

We also planted quince, pear, plum and cherry trees to provide seasonal interest and fruit. The orchard idea came from Harrow’s Metroland heritage.”

Sutherland adds: “We are very interested in making the landscape work harder; it is an incredibly valuable asset. The only way the city can survive in the future is by having meaningful green space. It is also so important in mitigating climate change and flooding.”

Cook is considering the inclusion of ‘rain gardens’ to alleviate storm-water effects in the Poets’ Corner scheme on the civic centre redevelopment in Harrow. Rain gardens are essentially bog gardens filled with waterloving plants, which can soak up excess water.

The existing trees on the 4.6-ha site are an important consideration, as Cook explains: “The London plane trees are high quality and have been there for 50 years. The more we can keep the better, but we can’t necessarily keep them all. We have to make a sensible

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Below: leafy approach to Arc House, Lowlands Park from Harrow on the Hill station.

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judgement. It’s good we’re able to be involved at the beginning of the project.” There will also be new planting.

pedestrian and we want to include something like cobble stones to indicate that cars need to slow down.”

Cook adds: “Seasonal interest is important.

When planning planting you have to think: what will it be like when walking home from work on a winter’s day?

Another of Harrow’s key projects is the creation of a green, landscaped pedestrian and cycle route that will connect Headstone Manor to Wealdstone town centre, through the huge redevelopment scheme of the former Kodak site.

“The streets and alleyways are the most important element in creating a nice space for people: what you can see and smell, and the wildlife that comes with it.”

Stephen Bates, partner at Sergison Bates Architects, which is also working on Poets’ Corner, agrees: “The streets and gardens are absolutely at the heart of this project. They are just as important for giving character.

“We are giving as much thought to the spaces as to the architecture. Actually, public realm is the most important aspect at the masterplanning stage. I’m really excited about it and Harrow Council shares our vision for making it special.

“Street furniture and lighting will be specific to the area. The focus will be on the

at the masterplanning stage public realm is the most important aspect

This project complements Harrow’s Green Grid scheme, which encourages residents to get closer to nature through a network of pedestrian and cycle paths between green spaces, town centres and public transport.

The ambition is to put residents back in touch with the green spaces that have been hidden or difficult to access, as well as creating open areas that become destinations in themselves.

This ambition is increasingly at the heart of Harrow’s plans. As Sutherland points out: “In some ways public realm is more important than buildings. You don’t actually use or walk through many buildings but everybody can use public areas. Getting them right can make all the difference.”

Harrow View - The Kodak Alaris Site In December 2015 outline planning permission was secured for the comprehensive, mixed-use development of the Kodak Alaris site known as Harrow View.

Since Land Securities first entered into contractual agreements with Kodak Alaris in 2007, there have been many milestones that have been achieved. An outline planning consent for the entire Kodak Alaris estate was approved in 2012. There has been a significant shift in planning policy since the original permission, led by the Greater London Authority (GLA),

which has seen Harrow and Wealdstone identified as one of the key areas for delivery of new housing in London.

As such, in partnership with the London Borough of Harrow, Land Securities brought forward a fresh planning application which was approved in December 2015.

Persimmon acquired the western part of the site, known as Harrow View West, from Land Securities in 2015. Construction has now started for the delivery of homes on this site.

The redevelopment of the remaining Kodak Alaris site will deliver a host of regeneration and economic benefits for the wider borough of Harrow.

In 2016 Land Securities completed an agreement for the development of the front part of the remaining site, known as Harrow View East.

The new 2015 planning permission includes: • Up to 1,800 homes to sit alongside the 3 form-entry primary school, offices and shops already proposed on the eastern part of the site • 15,000 sqm of space for facilities with the potential to benefit the entire community • Leisure centre/ health centre with provisions for GPs, dentists, physio, crèche and pharmacy • Senior living accommodation • Care home providing assisted living • Community centre • Community facility associated with the Kodak Alaris chimney • 28,000 sqm of open space • Play areas

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Wider Economic Benefits The development itself will create significant employment during the construction of each of the phases.

Once completed and operational, the redevelopment of the factory site will create up to 2,300 new jobs in a range of sectors including retail, leisure, business, healthcare and education. The development also has the potential to deliver flexible employment space and small office units, providing suitable space for start-ups and Small to Medium Enterprises.

Land Securities and Harrow Council have developed and agreed an Economic Development Strategy for the site which will extend over the development of each phase. This strategy aims to build Harrow’s reputation, to encourage, enable and support business growth, and to target inward investment and the wider economic development of the borough as a whole.

The Harrow View East development is subject to both S106 contributions and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) which goes towards funding a range of local physical and social infrastructure.

This includes schools, health and social care, community facilities, improvements to open spaces, biodiversity, emergency services and the funding of Crossrail.

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Past forward HOW DOES HARROW PRESERVE ITS FINE HISTORIC BUILDINGS WHILE MEETING FUTURE NEEDS FOR HOUSING?

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tand by St Mary’s Church on the top of Harrow on the Hill and you can survey a wealth of local history as well as London’s newest landmark buildings.

Favoured by poet Byron during his days at Harrow School in the early 1800s, this pretty Grade-I house of worship now looks out on the capital’s most iconic destinations, including Canary Wharf and the BT Tower.

Consecrated in 1094, it has a Purbeck marble font and a pulpit that is a superb example of late 17th century woodcarving.

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It also forms quite a landmark of its own.

“When you drive towards Harrow from any direction you can always see St Mary’s Church at the top of Harrow on the Hill,” says Baj Mathur, retired architect and trustee of the Harrow Heritage Trust. The trust plays a crucial part in the community, awarding plaques for historically important buildings, commissioning public works of art and hosting regular architecture awards.

Another of the borough’s iconic sights is Harrow School, which dates back to 1243 and counts such luminaries as Winston Churchill and former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru among its alumni. The finely crafted architecture has provided the backdrop to Netflix television series The Crown and Oscarwinning film The Theory of Everything.

Mathur says there is very much more to the borough however: “When we talk about the heritage of Harrow in architectural and planning terms, we often refer to three medieval villages: Pinner, Stanmore and Harrow on the Hill.” Noting that the Metroland areas of North Harrow and Rayners Lane can now be added to the list, he adds: “What we have are these villages, Metroland,

conservation areas and individual gems, so Harrow has a lot of great architecture.”

Harrow has 29 conservation areas that are protected from unsympathetic development by law, with a great number of buildings that are culturally distinctive of the era they represent. The Grade II*-listed Zoroastrian Centre in Rayners Lane, previously the Grosvenor cinema, is a brilliant example of the art deco style of the 1930s.

Mathur is relieved it has survived: “This building was in a bad state 20 years ago before it became the Zoroastrian Centre.

We appreciate the people who converted the building, which is why we gave them a plaque to recognise the work they did.”

This building is one of many art deco and modernist structures featured on photographic printer Josh Abbott’s website, Modernism in Metroland. Harrow resident Abbott began the website while studying for an imaging technology degree at the University of Westminster’s Harrow campus.

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the council tries to preserve this balance as new buildings are built but without creating a pastiche of a bygone era.”

Harrow Council naturally takes its responsibility towards the area’s important architecture seriously but also recognises the need for new developments. Bentley Priory Museum in Stanmore, opened by Prince Charles in 2013, is visited by thousands of people every year, who are keen to learn about the mansion’s history as the RAF’s Fighter Command’s headquarters during the second world war.

He says: “I used to travel through Rayners Lane station and became curious about its design and history. It was quite different to most buildings I’d seen before. It has a strong sense of style with its concrete flat roof, brickwork and rounded shops. It was one of the buildings that started my journey around suburban London and beyond.”

Pinner Court, a 1930s art deco apartment complex, is another of the buildings that captured Abbott’s interest. “It shows the influence of Hollywood in its Spanish colonial design, a style that was used in the hope that homegrown film stars would be attracted to live there. For modernist architecture, one of the most interesting areas is Stanmore, which has a wealth of inter-war and post-war houses, such as the art deco Warren Estate.”

Abbott’s website started with 25 buildings and has now grown to a few hundred. He believes it is important to strike a balance between developing for the future and preserving the architectural signposts of Harrow’s social and economic history: “I think it’s important that

It blends harmoniously with luxury flats designed by ADAM Architecture who won the accolade of Best Architecture Multiple Residence at the UK Property Awards in 2014.

The housing replaced disused RAF structures with conscious attempts to keep in sync with the Grade II*-listed manor’s style, which was remodelled by architect Sir John Soane.

Eleanor Pulfer-Sharma, Bentley Priory Museum director, is happy that, apart from learning about the Battle of Britain, visitors want to see the mansion’s architecture. She adds: “The new houses also complement the grandeur of the historic house and the natural environment of the site.”

Harrow Council’s regeneration manager Fergal O’Donnell highlights Bentley Priory as a prime example of a heritage site that is driving regeneration, and also ensuring that historic treasures are preserved. He says: “The regeneration of the borough and preservation of Harrow’s historical buildings and heritage are not necessarily exclusive. Regeneration is often driven by the acknowledged value and historical grounding that development around a historical site can provide.”

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Below: Rayners Lane station (top), Harrow School war memorial building.

exciting new building in the park. It could have simply appeared to be an extension of West House next door, but we decided it needed to be a building on its own merits. We wanted a kind of pavilion in the park that had personality and was striking, but did lovely things for the park.”

“Heath Robinson is an important artist and expectations were high from everybody.

We were aware that people from across the country and the world would flock to see Heath Robinson’s work.”

Zombory-Moldovan says the design made “an oblique reference” to the artist’s work, especially in the roof. He adds: “There is a sort of surprising sense of illogical logic to the construction of the ceiling. You see the nuts and bolts of the building, which is very much what Heath Robinson shows in his work.”

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The Heath Robinson Museum and luxury flats at Bentley Priory are two striking examples of how Harrow’s historic buildings have inspired the architecture of new developments. Another major housing project currently under construction, Harrow Square in Harrow on the Hill, has followed suit after close consultation with council officers.

The custodians of Bentley Priory have ensured they engage with the community through talks, workshops and schools’ visits. Architect at ZMMA, Adam ZomboryMoldovan, felt a responsibility to art fans and the Pinner community when he helped to create the Heath Robinson Museum. This highly anticipated venue, created through a £1.13 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, is dedicated to the satirical cartoonist and opened in October 2016 in Pinner Memorial Park. Zombory-Moldovan says: “It was very important to us that there was an

O’Donnell says there was close engagement with the council’s planning and conservation experts throughout the design development of this Barratt Homes-led project, to keep the impact on the local heritage to a minimum, “particularly the highly sensitive views of St Mary’s Church.”

There is plenty of old and new architecture to celebrate in Harrow, and plenty to see locally and beyond, from that special vantage point up at St Mary’s Church.

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tREaSURES of HaRRoW Harrow Council’s ambitious blueprint for Building a Better Harrow will improve lives, provide jobs, enhance conditions for business and energise Harrow as a place.

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BUildinG a BEttER HaRRoW REGEnERation pRoJEctS Harrow Council is leading a regeneration programme that will change the landscapes of both Harrow and Wealdstone town centres and bring forward thousands of new homes, shops, offices, schools, public spaces and green spaces, cultural and leisure facilities, transport improvements and public facilities, like health centres. opEn HoUSE london REcommEndEd BUildinGS Open House London is the capital’s largest architecture event which takes place in the third weekend of September each year. The event aims to promote awareness and appreciation of good design by offering access to buildings and sites not normally open to the public.

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harrow square Barratt London, in partnership with Hyde Housing Association, has started building 318 studio, one, two and three-bedroom homes on the multimillion-pound regeneration site in the heart of Harrow.

investment programme. The design of the development has been carefully considered to create a new focal point for the town centre, and will contribute to the regeneration masterplan for the wider area.

They launched Harrow Square, a landmark development on the site of the Royal Mail sorting office on College Road, at an event in central London, attended by nearly 100 people. The first phase, Hartley Apartments, attracted strong interest in the development, with 24% sold on the night.

Gary Patrick, regional sales director at Barratt London, commented: “Harrow Square is a crucial element in Harrow’s ambitious regeneration plans; a scheme that will benefit the entire community, with a new public space designed by internationally renowned architects.”

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Surrounding a central public square, with a new library at its centre alongside retail space, Harrow Square will not only provide much-needed new homes but will also be a focal point for the rejuvenated town centre, as part of the £1.75 billion Harrow Opportunity Area

Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, most apartments feature private balconies or roof terraces, offering dual aspect views. All residents will also have access to communal roof terraces with views over Greater London. The first phase is expected to complete in 2018.

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lyon square Redrow Homes has put the first two blocks of its Lyon Square collection of one, two and threebedroom flats in Harrow town centre on the market.

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Curtis Court and Grove Court are the first in the development of 300 flats on a one-hectare site along Lyon Road. The development will feature a landscaped square at

its heart, including two children’s play areas, a concierge service, underground parking and a cycle store, with further plans to develop a gym. It will also incorporate office and commercial space as well as improving pedestrian access to the town centre.

First completions are expected in autumn 2017.

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Contractors Lakehouse are expected to complete by the end of 2017.

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vaughan road Adam Khan Architects and landscape architects Adam and Sutherland are designing a scheme to turn a former car park at Vaughan Road in West Harrow into housing and commercial space. It will be the first block of flats designed and delivered through the council’s regeneration programme.

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Harrow Council will deliver the project and retain all the accommodation on completion. It is submitting a planning application in spring 2017 and is seeking a contractor to carry out the work. If permission is granted, the aim is to start on site at the end of the year.

The development, which is within walking distance of Harrow on the Hill station, will provide a mix of private and affordable flats for rent, as well as two units for commercial and community use on the ground floor.

grange farm Harrow Council is in the process of selecting a development partner to take forward the comprehensive redevelopment of Grange Farm housing estate in South Harrow.

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The ambitious plans propose replacing the existing housing, which was originally built in the 1960s as a temporary solution, with a range of new buildings providing homes for both market and affordable rent.

It will be the first housing estate regeneration delivered by the council.

Plans in the £100+ million scheme include a community centre to host local activities and a variety of open spaces, both public and private.

The scheme, designed by architect Hawkins\Brown, aims to reconnect the estate with the surrounding area and reinvigorate it, as well as providing residential mix and choice.

A steering group of local residents, chosen following a community meeting last year attended by more than 100 people, is involved in the developer selection process.

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lexicon, gayton road Fairview New Homes has started work on a development of 355 new homes in Harrow on the Hill. The Enfield-based developer began work at the site in Gayton Road late last year and is set to release the first homes for sale in March 2017.

The 355 new homes at Lexicon will all be apartments, ranging from one to three bedrooms in size. A total of 230 apartments will be sold on the open market, while 53 will be made available as private rented housing and 72 are aimed at being affordable rented homes.

The development, which will be known as Lexicon, is being built on a site encompassing the former Harrow library, an apartment building and a car park.

A new commercial space will provide affordable workspace, offering residents a springboard for startups and other entrepreneurial initiatives, as well as a cafe.

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council-owned build-to-rent, social and affordable homes, and those for market sale. New improved public space for community events, as well as indoor and outdoor recreation and sport, will help to create a vibrant neighbourhood and leisure destination for Harrow residents.

Karakusevic Carson Architects were appointed in September 2016 to design the masterplan and the detailed phase one for planning application.

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Staying local DEVELOPERS ARE DESIGNING NEW WORK PLACES WITH HARROW’S ENTERPRISING WORKFORCE IN MIND

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ll businesses aim to present a professional, credible image to promote themselves. But starting up in London can be a struggle, particularly when finding a base: demand for property means high rents and insecure tenancies.

Leena Lakhani searched for months when looking to set up a north-west London branch of Home Instead Senior Care, which provides home care for people all over the country.

She says: “I struggled to find somewhere that ticked all the boxes. In the end I chose the Stanmore Business and Innovation Centre because it has the professional, businessorientated atmosphere I wanted, even though other places were more affordable.”

Stanmore Business and Innovation Centre was designed and set up specifically for startup and small businesses offering affordable rates and flexibility, as well as business support, in more than 50 self contained offices.

Lakhani explains: “We are the number one independent care provider in the country and we are all about the quality care that we give to clients. That’s what we get here and the building adds value to our business.

“The offices are nice, the reception is professional and I could port my phone number. Although I’d like more parking and somewhere to have lunch, people are impressed with the location in landscaped grounds with a fountain and lake. The good impression doesn’t stop at the door: people also compliment us on our own office.”

Since setting the company up in March 2016, Lakhani employs two people and her office is a base for around 40 caregiver staff. She

people are impressed with the location in landscaped grounds

knows that if she expands, there are bigger offices in the centre to move into.

Across the borough, the council is encouraging all new building developments to include provision for startup and expanding businesses. New developments at Artisan Place, Gayton Road, Lyon Square and Palmerston Road incorporate workspace in their plans. With 87% of Harrow companies employing up to four people, emerging businesses are a vital part of its economy.

The council is working with renowned Studio TILT, a London-based design and architecture practice with an interest in how people interact with each other and the spaces around them.

This focus is on emerging concepts for the design of the new civic centre in Wealdstone, using people-centred design approaches, or codesign. Studio TILT is also helping the council develop planning specifications to ensure new workplaces suit the business demographic across the borough.

Director Oliver Marlow says the built environment can have a profound impact on a new business: “Where you work, both inside and outside, impacts how you feel about going to work, doing your work and whether you are fulfilled.

“The workspace has to be fit for purpose certainly – with heating, good light and facilities – but really you need it to be dynamic, exciting and inspiring.

“We think of space as a platform, as a way to create the right conditions for interaction and collaboration, which are both critical for a new business.

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“This could be access to technology, a choice of work settings like conference or quiet rooms, or something a little more nuanced: the choice of materials, the way the light reflects from a window. Good design should be invisible almost, things just feel appropriate and effortless.

“We are helping the council understand changes in the way people work and the need for mission-driven workspaces that help entrepreneurs and new businesses find their feet and grow. Harrow has a wealth of well-educated young people who could set themselves up in Harrow with occasional meetings in central London, rather than commuting every day.”

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Marlow believes coworking is shifting the regeneration agenda: “The intention used to be to draw in a large company with 2,000 employees; now it is about attracting 1,000 companies, each with two employees. This kind of diversity, breadth and potential is more exciting and economically rewarding.”

For the civic centre project, with working title The Wealdstone Project, Marlow is encouraging a shift in perspective across council departments with teams thinking flexibly about the way they work.

An early idea is for the new building to be flexible enough to encompass different uses in collaboration with communities and businesses from across the borough.

A key area that Harrow is committed to developing is its creative industries. Of its 12,000 businesses, 2,000 are in the creative sector. The aim is not only to create employment, but to nurture talent and keep it local, host events and provide cultural

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facilities that attract both local people and visitors from further afield.

It is a strategy that makes economic sense, according to Duncan Smith, from pioneering educational charity ACAVA, Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art. He is director of one of the largest studio providers in the country, with 26 buildings housing around 600 artists, and is working with the council to set up artists’ studios.

With five workshops already operating on the Artisan Place development and more purpose-built studios in the pipeline, Smith believes that the council is making a good choice. “Few people recognise that the arts are one of the fastest growing and most lucrative industries in the country. They encompass film, video, animation, computer games and website design so they make up a huge industry. Art is a serious business. It’s the R&D department of creative industries.

“Our artists also take art out into the community and contribute to health and wellbeing, education and a sense of community.”

At a time when pressure on property prices and land use is squeezing out traditional and creative industries, Marlow knows that it’s not easy to get the balance right. He says: “The council or a developer has to understand what is needed in a new workspace to attract and support the right talent and organisations.

You have to create the right incentives, the right market and potential for regeneration.

“Overall Harrow is well positioned for jobs, knowledge and growth and we are making sure this is reflected in the blueprint for these new workspaces whether in creative industries, food or IT. “It may not necessarily be a new Silicon ‘Hill’, but it is certainly an exciting and unique opportunity.”

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Harrow Council is considering seeking a development partner to bring forward Greenhill Way in Harrow town centre, which is one of its four key regeneration sites.

The 0.76-ha site is of central importance to the town centre’s rejuvenation. The right scheme could re-energise the area, create vibrancy and drive economic growth.

Greenhill Way is currently a 274-space car park with 90% occupancy during the weekend. Visitors are also on the increase, which is in contrast to other parts of London.

It is close to Harrow on the Hill underground station, offering easy access to central London via the Metropolitan line.

The site is designated for mixed use in the Harrow and Wealdstone Area Action Plan and the council has already completed a comprehensive feasibility study, delivered by leading architects Karakusevic Carson.

The study considered a range of options around high quality commercial and residential development, including homes, offices, retail, hotel and leisure. The council is currently committed to retaining a significant proportion of parking provision on site.

The final strategy for Greenhill Way will need to be consistent with the council’s commitment to delivering excellent urban design, architecture and public realm, high quality housing options, economic growth and inward investment.

If you are interested in working in partnership on this, or in other opportunities, please get in touch with: Paul Nichols – divisional director, regeneration, enterprise and planning paul.nichols@harrow.gov.uk Tobias Goevert – head of regeneration and design tobias.goevert@harrow.gov.uk

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HELP TO BUY NOW AVAILABLE ON SELECTED PLOTS WWW.LYONSQUARE.CO.UK 1 Plans are currently in place for residents’ gym. Travel times taken from TfL. Help to Buy is a Government-backed initiative in partnership with housebuilders. Available on selected plots, subject to status, terms and conditions. Help to Buy cannot be used in conjunction with any other scheme. It is highly advised, for a swift, smooth transaction that an IFA/Solicitor advised by Redrow Homes is used. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other Redrow offer.

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