Council garden estate

A council garden estate is a housing estate planned and built for the rehousing of people from decaying inner city areas, pioneered by Ted Hollamby at Cressingham Gardens, Lambeth, in the 1960s.^[1] It was a reaction to the philosophy of Ernő Goldfinger, Lubetkin and Le Corbusier who saw a housing estate as an architectural monument. Hollamby sought an anti- monumental architecture, to design for the wishes and needs of the people. High density (250 persons per ha) was achieved by pedestrianising the estate and having external car-parking ^[2]

Cressingham Gardens in London, where the tenants maintain the gardens and walkways

References

1. "Cressingham Gardens, Lambeth: 'warm and informal…one of the nicest small schemes in England". Municipal Dreams. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
2. Mulholland, John C. "The Case for Saving Cressingham Gardens". Retrieved 8 November 2015.