Projects (residential)- Bermondsey Island Igloo Regeneration & Hexagon Housing - urbansalon architects

Bermondsey Island Igloo Regeneration & Hexagon Housing Bermondsey Island forms part of the Bermondsey Square Redevelopment and provides the 13 new affordable rented 1 and 2 bed units for the scheme. It has been extensively developed from an ideas competition launched by the Architecture Foundation in 2003. The scheme which was built on the scheduled ancient monument Abbey site mediates between the main scheme and the complex surrounding environment.  The scheme includes a commercial unit on the ground floor and 13 flats apartments above. The scheme is over 5 floors and incorporates a set back and terrace on the residential frontages above third floor level to provide the visual landmark on Tower Bridge Road/Abbey Road. Each face of the building expresses a different balance of window to wall to animate the scheme provide views out and protect privacy.The roof accommodates solar thermal panels in order to supply all flats with underfloor heating. Each flat on the south side has a sunspace to assist the ventilation in the flat and help the flat benefit from passive solar gain.  The surface water falling on the roof and terraces is be collected as part of the building's rainwater harvesting system.