College Road takes co-living to new heights with a 50-storey tower of 817 co-living apartments named ‘Enclave: Croydon’ and a 35-storey tower of 120 affordable homes.
College Road demonstrates the potential of volumetric construction to unlock disused land with sustainable dense buildings. The project locates nearly 1000 homes on a site of just 2000m2 in two adjoined towers. Drawing inspiration from its mid-century neighbour, Richard Seifert’s NLA building, located directly to the East, the façade has been designed for graphic impact from every viewpoint. Enclave: Croydon is innovative as the first co-living asset class to be approved by the GLA under the London Plan.
In future College Road’s colonnade will connect to the emerging cultural quarter. HTA collaborated with artist Adam Nathaniel Furman to wrap seven 19m high columns in slip-cast porcelain tiles in a graduated blue glaze creating an uplifting new landscaped route.
