THE RETROFIT OF MILFORD TOWERS WITHIN THE CATFORD URBAN VISION MASTERPLAN

by Malgorzata Socha

Catford Urban Vision is a masterplan proposal for the transformation of heavily car dominated Central Catford into a pedestrianised ‘Island’. It has been developed as an alternative to the existing, developer lead Catford regeneration scheme which has been heavily criticised by the local community. Within the masterplan, the 1970s Milford Towers Housing Estate is proposed to be retrofitted with the additions of roof extensions, winter gardens and balconies to existing flats. The project also sees the currently very disconnected estate being linked to its context through a number of additional access points connecting the existing shopping centre underneath it to a newly developed shopping platform within the estate