Initial Brief

A department within Hartlepool Borough Council (Housing Hartlepool) are currently redeveloping run down residential estates throughout the town be demolition and rebuild. Many of these houses are only 50-60 years old. One particular site (Easington Road) is situated on a main road into and out of the town and remained derelict and run down for a couple of years; Not only does it look a complete eyesore, but it emphasizes the stigma attached to northern towns and cities.

According to the chief regeneration officer in the town, due to the current economic climate, it seems it is to be a long time before this area is redeveloped.

In response to this predicament, I intend to put a regeneration proposal forward to redevelop this location. Not only do I want to demonstrate that there are other cost effective solutions to the problem but I want to bring these houses into the future:
• Sustainably
• Functionally
• Aesthetically
The carbon footprint for this estate was created the day the estate was erected, Demolition and rebuild is only going to more than double the damage already done in the way of resourcing new building materials and disposing of the old.

The personal mission statement I intend to follow is
“It is never too late to try and rectify mistakes already made, the past cannot be changed, but the way we amend these obstacles can. It is possible to regenerate this estate to create an eco-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, function residential space with a re-established sense of community.”