Allen Pyke Associates - Richard's Close

Care Home Scheme wins Award

Amenity courtyard area enclosed by evergreen shrubs
Back elevation of Extra Care and Communal building, facing communal garden
View into the communal garden with raised planter in foreground
Secure courtyard with timber decking
Overall masterplan setting out the landscape strategy
The southfacing communal courtyard contains raised beds with attached seating for ease of experiencing scented planting
Railing detail of timber decking in northfacing courtyard
View down onto the entrance courtyard with extent of adoption marked in yellow
View from the cafe/communal area out onto the southfacing communal courtyard
Timber decking in communal courtyard with central planting

Richard's Close, Ewart House, Harrow (pdf)

Allen Pyke Associates were appointed by Octavia Housing Association to develop an landscape strategy and detailed hard and soft package for construction, in partnership with JCMT architects and Mansell Construction.

The scheme includes an extra care unit where consideration was given to creating a safe and engaging environment for the elderly. The scheme was designed to reach Bream Very Good standard and included the modification of a standard adopted street and footpath into a shared surface lane that the council agreed to adopt.

Construction was completed in 2010 and has just won a 'Best Place to live in London' award in the Royal Town Planning Institute's annual London Planning Awards.