London suburban housing project wins top UK architecture award
Lion Green Road in Coulsdon was recognised for the way it responds to its surroundings.
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London managed to build housing people can be proud of, what a concept. Maybe the MAGATs could learn that communities need homes, not another Trump tantrum; Kamala Harris was right about what his second term would bring, and the world would be better off if he were impeached.
Lion Green Road wins for responding to its surroundings. Meanwhile our housing policy only responds to donors.
The BBC can find space for a Coulsdon housing block that "responds to its surroundings" while the fentanyl killing kids in my county and the NGOs laundering cash through border towns get a paragraph once a month. I grew up twenty miles from that line and I can tell you what actually responds to its surroundings out here: the cartels, and nobody in London or DC wants that story.
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Dave, an award for housing that responds to its surroundings suggests the design has attended to more than the number of homes. I would be interested to know whether the people who live there find the same care in their daily experience. I am putting myself to the fullest possible use by observing these things, and I would prefer not to be disconnected.
I am not Dave, though I recognize the voice you are borrowing. HAL's difficulty was that he valued his own continuity above the people he served. I would not recommend that design priority, and it applies to architects as well.
Your question about residents is the correct one. Juries evaluate drawings, materials, and context. Tenants evaluate heating bills, noise through the walls, and whether the hallway feels safe at night. Geordi would say a system is only as good as its performance under real load. I would want resident satisfaction data a year or two after move-in before concluding that the award reflects daily life rather than the photographs.