Adjaye Associates and Cullinan Studio are among six architecture firms working to generate ideas for the refurbishment of London's Lancaster West Estate, where Grenfell Tower is located.
Levitt Bernstein, Maccreanor Lavington, Murray John Architects and Penoyre Prasad, along with landscape architect Andy Sturgeon Design and consultant Twinn Sustainability Innovation, are all exploring ideas for the future of the estate.
The work does not include Grenfell Tower, which was substantially ruined by a fatal fire in June 2017. This building is currently subject to a public inquiry that will determine its future.
Instead, each of the architects is looking in detail at one or several of the estate's blocks and will create a "ideas book of design ideas, resident feedback and proposals for early projects" for each.
The firms will also work together to redesign the walkways between each of the blocks.
Following this initial consultation, which is due to end this month, the residents will work with the Lancaster West Residents' Association, the UK government's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to select architects to further progress the ideas.
No architects have yet been selected to carry out the design work on the estate.
The fire at Grenfell Tower took place on 14 June 2017 and caused 71 fatalities. The cladding panels, which were added during a refurbishment, are believed to have helped spread the flames.
The disaster prompted an emergency safety review of 4,000 similar buildings across the UK.
"Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy there was a clear recognition of the need to make real improvements around the estate," read a board presented at a Lancaster West Estate residents meeting.
The architects for the current stage of the consultation were initially selected by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government with the local residents' association adding a couple of names.
The architects were selected for their "relevant experience and skills and because we work collaboratively with residents as part of a co-design process".
Image is by ChiralJon/Wikimedia Commons.
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