Start-up green
Part of the regeneration of Westminster’s oldest council estate, Ebury Edge was delivered from concept design to completion in 2 months. The colourful timber-clad terrace provides community for creative start-ups.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
“Meanwhile-use” project (2020-2024) while surrounding area is regenerated
5,400 sq. ft. temporary development: 2-storey affordable workspace, café + community centre
Workspaces (from 130 sq. ft.) sized to provide affordable foothold for small local businesses
Winner of Community Prize, New London Awards 2021
👷🏾♀️Contractor & Developer
Emily Berwyn – Executive Director @ Meanwhile Space CIC
✍️Architects & Engineers
Jan Kattein – Director @ Jan Kattein Architects
Gabriel Warshafsky – Director of Projects @ Jan Kattein Architects
Rose Shaw – Architect @ Jan Kattein Architects
Francesco Ferrari – Associate Structural Engineer @ Arup
🌱Sustainability
100% electric – air heat source pump provides heating and cooling
Innovative demountable timber superstructure: can be adapted and re-deployed after use in 2025
Lightweight structure, including suspended timber ground floor, requires minimal foundations: reducing embodied energy
Includes rainwater attenuation + water storage system
🥦 Wellbeing
Worked closely with key stakeholders to establish brief: local homeless charity + community garden interviewed to fulfil all requirements
Scaffold trellis and elevated planting deck places gardening at the heart of the scheme
Community hall and café in central core creates plenty of social space
Space allocated to companies with clear social and community benefit, prioritising locals
🎈Bonus feature
Catering social enterprise Fat Maceys have been secured as café anchor tenant. Providing training for homeless people is the core of their business model. They have provided 36,000 hours of work experience, earned £35,000 in housing deposits, and supported 33 trainees. Making “meanwhile” meaningful.
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