Hypothesis: ‘By identifying and restructuring common conditions across Andover Estate, new opportunities for its redevelopment will arise, also responding to the wider context of the site’.

Following several estate regeneration debates, this thesis uses Andover Estate in London as an exemplar site to prove that by identifying and restructuring what seems as common in an estate, new opportunities will arise for its redevelopment. Such possibilities can respond to the needs of the current and future residents of the estate, as well as the general public.
The goal of the thesis is to transform Andover Estate in a sustainable community; that being a place where people desire to visit, live and work in, either in the present or the future. A place that meets the needs of its diverse users, contributing to a higher quality of life. A place that is inclusive, safe and that offers equal opportunities to all.

To do so, the whole site of Andover was surveyed thoroughly and 3 masterplan scenarios were generated to tackle diverse objectives. By using the successful design outcomes of each, an overall strategy was created. That strategy was applied on an exemplar area through operations of big and small scales, to examine which ones could be repeatedly applicable on the whole estate. The main operations were the design of four new buildings, the ‘Corner, Cluster, Bridge and Infill’, which utilized under-used spaces in order to foster social cohesion.

Key objectives of the thesis were:
• Densification: How can housing estates be part of the solution to increasing the housing supply?
• Regeneration Debate: How can the residents of the estate benefit from the regeneration?
• Stigma: How can the public engage more with the estate? How can the flow of people be increased?
• Automobile & 15 Minute City: How can a housing estate be converted into a community that is not depended on cars?

Thesis Tutors

Johanna Muszbek
Pietro Pezzani

Thesis VP

House-Lab

Thesis Critcs

Nick Ray
Richard Partington
Michael Wilford

Special Mentions

We would like to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude to our tutors and reviewers for their tremendous help, guidance and the time they devoted on our project.