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Prah Road elevation ©Levitt Bernstein and Tim Crocker

Vaudeville Court is a new model for social housing and a timely example of what can be achieved in the context of north London. Although a small project of just 13 social rented homes, Vaudeville Court demonstrates the capacity for inventive, socially aware design to unlock small sites for housing, and help bind communities together.

Vaudeville Cour是社会住房的一个新模式，也是在伦敦北部可以实现的一个鲜活的例子。虽然只是一个只有13个社会出租房屋的小项目，Vaudeville Cour展示了创造性的能力，社会意识的设计，以解开小网站的住房，并帮助社区联系在一起。

View of external garden rooms ©Levitt Bernstein and Tim Crocker

Architects Levitt Bernstein were selected as the winner of the London Borough of Islington’s housing competition with an inventive design proposal focused on providing high quality social housing, maximising amenity space and growing home produce. The brief called for an exemplar development, designed specifically for a garage site in Finsbury Park, which could be replicated in other parts of the London Borough of Islington on similar infill sites.

建筑事务所Levitt Bernstein被选为伦敦伊斯灵顿区住房竞赛的获胜者，其创造性的设计方案专注于提供高质量的社会住房，最大限度地提高舒适空间和推广家庭农产品。该竞赛呼吁为Finsbury公园的一个停车场设计一个示范性的发展项目，这可以在伦敦伊斯灵顿区的其他类似的填充网站上复制。

Communal allotments ©Levitt Bernstein and Tim Crocker

Vaudeville Court, which delivers 13 social rented homes, is a new model for social housing and a timely example of what can be achieved in the context of London’s housing crisis.

Vaudeville Cour提供了13套社会出租房屋，是社会住房的新模式，也是在伦敦住房危机背景下可以实现的一个鲜活的例子。

Perforated brick screen detail ©Levitt Bernstein and Tim Crocker

From inception to completion, involvement of the local community was key. Residents of the adjacent tower were part of the selection panel for the winning scheme and involved throughout, with the residents’ gardening club particularly informing the design. As a result of these discussions, guiding design principles focused on providing flexible, light-filled new homes, generous storage and maximising privacy.

从开始到完成，当地社区的参与是关键。邻近塔楼的居民是获胜方案评选小组的一部分，并自始至终参与其中，特别是居民园艺俱乐部，他们为设计提供了信息。作为这些讨论的结果，指导性的设计原则集中在提供灵活、光线充足的新家，宽敞的存储空间以及最大限度地保护居民的隐私。

View into private courtyard garden for family duplex ©Levitt Bernstein and Tim Crocker

The design concept of ‘productive landscapes’ is realised by integrating both private and communal gardens, with fruit trees and raised herb gardens placed strategically near kitchen windows. Dwellings on upper floors have generous balconies and/or terraces, and access galleries have seats and ledges beneath brick trelliswork to encourage planting and ensure privacy within gardens below. The front gardens continue the existing character and scale of those adjacent, and substantial garden rooms for family living are at the rear.

“富有成效的景观”的设计理念通过整合私人和公共花园来实现，果树和抬高的草本花园巧妙地放置在厨房窗户附近。楼上的住宅有宽敞的阳台和/或露台，入口画廊在砖棚架下有座位和壁架，以鼓励种植，并确保下方花园的隐私。前面的花园延续了相邻花园的现有特征和规模，而家庭生活的大量花园房间位于后面。

Vaudeville Court_View of duplex entrance along St. Thomas’s Road ©Levitt Bernstein and Tim Crocker

A shared garden bonds the new and existing communities together, providing valuable amenity for all ages. Many residents from the neighbouring tower moved down into the terraces, freeing up over-occupied homes for others to move into.

共享花园将新社区和现有社区联系在一起，为所有年龄层提供了宝贵的便利设施。邻近塔楼的许多居民都搬到了露台上，腾出了过度占用的房屋，供其他人入住。

View of north elevation, St Thomas’s Road through to rear of Prah Road elevation©Levitt Bernstein and Tim Crocker

Access walkway ©Levitt Bernstein and Tim Crocker

The courtyard form of family homes at ground and first floor level, with apartments above, utilises the full potential of the urban site. The north-facing elevation has been carefully considered to provide oblique views, thus improving security whilst ensuring the privacy of south-facing existing dwellings. All new homes are dual-aspect to promote good levels of daylight and cross ventilation. This significantly improves internal comfort and wellbeing for occupants.

庭院形式的家庭住宅在地面，上面的公寓，利用了城市的全部潜力。朝北的立面经过了仔细的考虑，以提供倾斜的视野，从而提高了安全性，同时确保了朝南的现有住宅的隐私。所有的新房子都是双面的，以保证良好的日光水平和交叉通风。这大大提高了内部舒适度和居住者的幸福感。