HERMITAGE MEWS

URBAN REDEVELOPMENT 

Hermitage Mews

Designed by Gbolade Design Studio to be highly sustainable, Hermitage Mews is a series of eight high-quality townhouses in Croydon, London, completed in Winter 2021. Featuring a mixture of three and four bedroom homes, this redevelopment used masonry as the primary construction material, much of which was reused from neighbouring sites, reflecting the red tones of the surrounding buildings in the area and lowering the development’s embodied carbon.

Mesh were an excellent asset to the project team to ensuring that we meet the RIBA 2030 Challenge on our eight future-proofed townhouses.


The quality of the development has been recognised by the estate agents responsible for the sale of the scheme, informing us that it is incomparable and outstanding for the area, where new homes aren’t yet meeting the same level of specification.

The project was upgraded to achieve the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge when already underway, as encouraged by the Architects. By this point the design of the building was fixed, having already been approved, and though the Architects had already considered a fabric-first approach, Mesh were brought on board to support and guide them to quantifying and achieving their sustainability goals. As the design was fixed, collaboration throughout the team and 3D BIM modelling - using Revit - were imperative in identifying and working on areas tight in space.  Working closely with the design team, Mesh intelligently integrated heat pumps, solar PV, mechanical heat recovery systems, and electric vehicle charging. All of which combined to reduce operational energy and embodied carbon levels by 75% compared to current building regulations.

Architectural Modelling

We have successfully completed:

  • Energy strategy planning
  • Building physics modelling
  • Overheating and ventilation analysis
  • Embodied carbon analysis
  • Daylighting analysis
  • MEP strategy and design

RIBA 2030 benchmarking


Project architect:

Gbolade

Project info here

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