{"id":6491,"date":"2026-04-05T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:29:53","slug":"arts-and-crafts-details-enliven-london-housing-by-metropolitan-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/arts-and-crafts-details-enliven-london-housing-by-metropolitan-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts and Crafts details enliven London housing by Metropolitan Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Farmstead<\/div>\n

Textured brickwork, arch motifs and large mansard roofs nod to the Arts and Crafts style surroundings of Farmstead Road, an affordable housing<\/a> development in London<\/a> by local studio Metropolitan Workshop<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located on an infill site in the 1920s Bellingham Estate in Lewisham, the 24-unit development was designed for not-for-profit, resident-led association Phoenix Community Housing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Farmstead
Farmstead Road is a housing development by Metropolitan Workshop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The surrounding Bellingham Estate was originally designed as a cottage estate, comprising smaller-scale terraced homes that were influenced by the Arts and Crafts and Garden City movements.<\/p>\n

To maintain the scale of these surroundings, Metropolitan Workshop<\/a> divided Farmstead Road into three volumes, containing a mixture of two and three-bedroom apartments, all designed to Passivhaus standards.<\/p>\n

\"Aerial
It occupies an infill site in the 1920s Bellingham Estate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We had to demonstrate that it was possible to develop a sensitive design which didn’t compromise the integrity of the estate’s radial masterplan and character,” said studio partner Tom Mitchell.<\/p>\n

“We did this by adapting the layout to the surrounding estate geometries, so that, when you zoom out, you’d think it was part of the original estate design. Luckily, the planning officers agreed,” he told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

\"Affordable
Arts and Crafts references feature throughout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Facing the street corner, the development replaces an existing terrace with two “gatehouse” volumes. These frame a driveway into a shared parking area and green space at the centre of the scheme.<\/p>\n

This shared space is hugged by a larger block with a butterfly-shaped plan, which was created in response to the surrounding site boundary.<\/p>\n

\"Farmstead
The brickwork is complemented by orange metalwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The two angled wings of this block flank a central open-air stairwell that looks back towards the street through a large arched opening \u2013 a motif that is repeated on the balconies of the gatehouse blocks.<\/p>\n

Each block has been finished in brickwork chosen to closely match the surrounding estate, with textured and tiled areas introduced alongside entrances and openings.<\/p>\n