CASE STUDY-ROW HOUSING

ROWLEY WAY –LONDON , U.K

RIFQUTH
4th SEMES

B.ARCH
ROWLEY WAY
ARCHITECT: NEAVE BROWN, Camden Council's Architects Department.
LOCATION: LONDON ,U.K
AREA: 15 ACRES
PROJECT TYPE: HOUSING
PROJECT YEAR: 1972- 1978
PROJECT BRIEF: THE CONSTRUCTION IS USING SITE-CAST, BOARD-MARKED WHITE,
UNPAINTED REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSISTING 520 APARTMENTS AND ALSO INCLUDES
A SCHOOL, COMMUNITY CENTRE, YOUTH CLUB, HEATING COMPLEX, AND PARKLAND.

LOCATION
LANGTRY WALK, LONDON NW8 0DU, UK

SITE
SURROUNDING

RAILWAYS

ABBEY ROAD

PARK
ACCESSIBILITY INTRODUCTION
BUS TERMINAL:
TOTAL AREA: 15 acres
TOTAL BUILT UP AREA : 5 acres (housing)
PLINTH AREA: 7.42 acres
COMMUNITY
CENTRE
TOTAL NO OF UNITS: 520
NO OF FLOORS: 8 , 4 STOREY APARTMENTS

AMENITIES:
SCHOOL
COMMUNITY CENTRE
YOUTH CLUB
HEATING COMPLEX PARKLAND
PARKLAND

STREET SECTIONS

RAILWAY ROUTE
SITE PLAN

VEHICULAR ACCESS

PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS
•THE ESTATE CONSISTS OF THREE PARALLEL EAST-WEST BLOCKS
• OCCUPIES A CRESCENT-SHAPED SITE BOUNDED ON THE SOUTH BY BOUNDARY ROAD .
•THE DESIRE TO CONTROL THE SOUND AND VIBRATION FROM PASSING TRAINS WAS A MAJOR
CONSIDERATION IN THE LAYOUT OF THE ESTATE.
•TWO ROWS OF TERRACED APARTMENTS ARE ALIGNED ALONG THE TRACKS.
• THE HIGHER, EIGHT-STORY BLOCK DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE RAILWAY LINE IS ORGANISED
IN THE FORM OF A ziggurat
•ACTS AS A NOISE BARRIER BLOCKS THE NOISE OF THE TRAINS FROM REACHING THE INTERIOR
PORTION OF THE SITE
• ITS FOUNDATIONS REST ON RUBBER PADS THAT ELIMINATE VIBRATION.
•A LOWER, 4-STOREY BLOCK RUNS ALONG THE OTHER SIDE OF A CONTINUOUS PEDESTRIAN
WALKWAY
•THE THIRD ROW OF BUILDINGS

MICRO LEVEL ZONING

 PARKING
BLOCK PLANNING
GARAGE PARKING IS LOCATED BENEATH THE BUILDING, AND UNDERNEATH THE
BUILDING AT THE REAR ALONGSIDE THE RAILWAY TRACKS.
8-STOREY HIGH BUILDING

MAISONETTES ALSO OCCUPY THE TOP TWO LEVELS OF THE LARGER 8-STOREY

BUILDING OPPOSITE, WITH ENTRANCE FROM A WALKWAY ON THE 7TH FLOOR THAT

RUNS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE STRUCTURE. DWELLINGS IN THE LOWER FLOOR

IN THIS BLOCK ARE ENTERED FROM OPEN STAIRS SERVING TWO DWELLINGS PER

FLOOR. THE FLAT ROOFS OF THE STEPPED ELEVATION PROVIDES PRIVATE OUTDOOR

AREAS FOR EVERY HOME

PARKING
SLOTS OF

DIMENSION : 2.5M X 6M
ARE
PLACED AT GROUND
FLOORS

SITE PLAN

WALKWAYS
•PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS
SECTION

ELEVATION

PLANNING
VISITOR PARKING

THE PREMISES IS INTERNALLY CONNECTED

THROUGH
PATHWAYS / WALKWAYS

TOWARDS PARK
ENTRANCE TO THE ESTATE
4 STOREY HIGH BLOCK
TERRACED HOUSES
LOWER, 4-STOREY BLOCK RUNS ALONG THE OTHER SIDE OF A
CONTINUOUS
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. MAISONETTES WITH SHARED ACCESS,
TERRACES, AND
GARDENS OVER-LOOKING THE PARK AT THE REAR

SITE PLAN

TERRACED
HOUSE

PLANNING
 DESIGN FEATURES
3. BALCONIES
5. SERVICES
1.STAIRCASES
WIDTH : 1M LIFT
IS PROVIDED ALTERNATIVELY AFTER EVERY 2 BLOCKS .
SPAN: 3.3M •TYPE 1
CAPACITY OF LIFT =5PERSON
LANDING: 5TH , 12TH STEP WIDTH: 1.2M LIFT
NO : 1 LIFT FOR EVERY 2 BLOCKS.

CORRIDOR LIGHTING

•TYPE 2

GAS BOILERS

MERITS DEMERITS
LENGTH:0.9M
2. CORRIDORS DEPTH: 1.2M
STAIRCASES ENHANCE THE AESTHETHICS AS WELL AS STAIR RUNNERS TILL 7TH FLOOR WITH A
SINGLE LIFT

FUNCTIONALITY OF THE BUILDING. FOR 14 HOUSES IS A DRAWBACK

WIDTH: 1.8M
4. SPIRAL STAIRCASE
CORRIDORS ARE WELL VENTILATED WITH HUGE AMOUNT BALCONIES AND CORRIDORS ARE NOT
COVERED
THESE STAIRCASES ARE LOCATED IN INTERIORS
AS WELL AS AT OF LIGHT. WHICH
RESULTS IN RAINWATER, SNOW ASSEMBLAGE.
THE REAR SIDE OF THE BUILDING AS FIRE
EXIT. UNDERGROUND PARKING REDUCES THE NOISE INTO THE
BALCONIESPLACED IN FRONT OF EACHOTHER LOSES THE

BLOCKS. PRIVACY INTENDED

THE BARE CONCRETE ENVELOPE BEAUTIFULLY

INTEGRATES WITH THE GREEN LANDSCAPE.

DIA: 1.2M