Petrarch Planx Church Grove Community Project – Showcased by Made In Britain

We are thrilled to see that our ‘Church Grove – Petrarch Planx Premiere’ has made the headline story in Made In Britain’s recent newsletter.

Church Grove is one of those heart-warming projects, centred around community, connectivity and sustainability. It is also the capital’s largest, community-led self-build project, coordinated by the Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS).

Community, connectivity and a real sense of place and belonging were the key directives for this unique residential scheme. There is a clear sentiment of a place for everyone with this design intent and we’re so proud to see our Petrarch Planx implemented on such an uplifting community development.  Tom Walker, Sales Director, Petrarch Panels.

Church Grove features 36 flats in two linked buildings, a new public riverside garden and shared community spaces. As a Community Land Trust, RUSS aims to create sustainable and permanently affordable homes in a community woven into the wider communities of Lewisham.

Petrarch Planx reconstituted stone cladding supports the spirit of this development; Rooff and RUSS were keen to utilise upcycled materials and adopt a retrofit approach; Petrarch Planx go hand-in-hand with this mindset thanks to their composition; manufactured predominantly from crushed marble and stone, and wherever feasible, created from off-cuts of main panel production.

Here, warm custom shades, emulating terracotta were chosen to bring vibrancy and depth to this unique scheme.

Petrarch Planx Premieres at Church Grove

Architect: Shepheard Epstein Hunter
Client: Rural Urban Synthesis Society
Main Contractor: Rooff
Designer: Dean Randall
Structural Engineer: RODRIGUES ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Sub-Contractor: A2O Facades
Photography: Richard Chivers

Read the Made in Britain – official Newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/dXHRS3DH