900+ Passivhaus Masterplan for Hounslow

Plans for building 900+ Passivhaus homes are being developed as part of Hounslow Council masterplan for redeveloping its Convent Way housing estate in Heston. 

 

The Council identified the 1960s estate as no longer suited to modern living, difficult and costly to maintain and difficult to adapt to meet residents’ housing and accessibility needs. Following a consultation, 80% of residents voted in favour of the major estate regeneration that will provide the new homes, generous parks and outdoor space, as well as community facilities.

PHT member QODA Consulting has been chosen as the Passivhaus consultant and M&E Designers, with PHT member Bell Phillips Architects as the lead architects and masterplanners. 

 

Delivering Passivhaus homes set within new parks, streets and well-connected green infrastructure is a significant and challenging aspiration on such a constrained site.The design will foster a high quality of life for residents, create a cohesive and safe community and will be highly sustainable in line with zero carbon policies. 

Ashmi Thapar, Senior Architect, Bell Phillips Architects

 

Key team Client: London Borough of Hounslow Lead Architect and Masterplanner: Bell Phillips Architects Passivhaus consultant & M&E Design: QODA Consulting

 

 

Tim Bell from Bell Phillips Architects will be discussing the Convent Way project as a Keynote case study during the UK Passivhaus Conference 2022 in Exeter and online on 26 October 2022.

 

Further information

UK Passivhaus Conference 2022 - Exeter & Online

Convent Way Estate

Passivhaus Social Housing

Passivhaus Benefits Guide

Previous PHT story: Social housing championing Passivhaus at scale - 12 May 2021

Bell Phillips Architects Convent Way Estate

Inside housing: London borough submits application for nearly 1,000 new homes - 11 July 2022

Building Design: Bell Phillips lodges plans for 900-home Passivhaus estate regeneration - 12 July 2022

22nd April 2022

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