Ideas competition for a 45ha large masterplan, based on a re-imagination of the principles behind the Garden City Movement, emphasising a sustainable and caring community. “Re-imagining the Garden City” has won the Award of Excellence for the Concept-Analysis and Planning category in the 2020 WLA Awards.
Letchworth Garden City is the original Garden City based on the principles developed by Ebenezer Howard and given form by the architects Berry Parker & Raymond Unwin. In the spirit of the original Garden City the proposal hopes to plant the seed for the social interaction that creates a healthy and socially sustainable community where people care for one another and for the landscape.
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Landscape as strategic pivot point
The masterplan is focused on a modern interpretation of the ‘Hamlet’ and is developed from the inside out; from the smallest residential scale to the larger hamlet scale. Landscape is a key catalyst for the masterplan and has informed all strategic design decisions and the framework of the new masterplan is built around links and synergies between productive, performance and amenity landscapes.
A wild landscape surrounds the masterplan, providing shelter from noise and wind whilst enhancing the sense of enclosure and biodiversity. The new parkway takes advantage of the existing hedgerows and connects the site to Letchworth Garden City, providing different activities along the way.
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Socially and sustainable community
In the spirit of the original Garden City the proposal hopes to plant the seed for the social interaction that creates a healthy and socially sustainable community where people care for one another and for the landscape.The masterplan is focused on a modern interpretation of the ‘Hamlet’ and is developed from the inside out, from the smallest residential scale to the larger hamlet scale.
A wild landscape surrounds the masterplan, providing shelter from noise and wind whilst enhancing the sense of enclosure and biodiversity. The new parkway takes advantage of the existing hedgerows and connects the site to Letchworth Garden City, providing different activities along the way. Source by C.F. Møller Architects.
Image © C.F. Møller Architects
- Location: Letchworth Garden City, UK
- Architect: C.F. Møller Architects
- Client consultant: RIBA Competitions
- Client: Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation
- Size: 45 ha, 900 Dwellings
- Year: 2019
- Images: Courtesy of C.F. Møller Architects
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Master Plan 
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Regenative System 
Crop Rotation 
Tree Alignment 
Sections 
Scheme 
Mobility
