Ely Court: Alison Brooks in conversation with Yemí Aládérun & Zoë Berman

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Completed in 2015 as one part of Brent Council's 15-year-long regeneration masterplan, Alison Brooks' Ely Court rehouses South Kilburn Estate’s existing tenants in a subtle series of urban blocks. Recalling the block and street pattern that characterised the archetypal 19th century London suburb, a reinstated mews street draws pedestrians into the middle of the shared block. A previously isolated and under-used green space between the post-war slab blocks is reimagined as a new garden square. In a conversation hosted by Part W members Zoë Berman & Yemí Aládérun, Alison discusses her unique approach to housing design.

Watch the discussion here