Research Methods - Lillington Gardens

Project Brief

Research methods focussed on 1960 housing developments, and the project was to interrogate changes in the socio-political climate that have caused declines in the development of similar estates in the modern climate, as well as critically interrogate the design and landscaping ideals behind the design. This project looks into Lillington Gardens (1961-71) by architect partnership Darbourne and Darke. The portfolio discusses the changes to the estate's community following the implementation of the governments 1980 Right to Buy scheme for council housing inhabitants. With the estate in central London, many council housing tenants purchased their flats and sold them to private buyers for large amounts of money, allowing them to move out of the area creating a split in tenancy types of social and private owned, in contrast to the once exclusive social housing. The portfolio explores the reasons, changes and current state of the estate compared to the initial proposal's intentions.