White House Hostel on Kingston Road in Ashford, Surrey will provide much needed specialist accommodation for single homeless people with complex and specific needs, who are not able to access mainstream accommodation. The development is designed to provide a homely environment for residents, integrated seamlessly into the local community, with excellent environmental and sustainability performance and a landscaped amenity space. The development, managed by Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH), provides 27 bedsit rooms 27 en-suite rooms with shared kitchens, four self-contained flats, and a landscaped amenity space open to all residents. The emphasis of the client’s brief was focused on providing a homely environment which integrated seamlessly into the local community, and boasts excellent environmental and sustainability performance in use.
The design for the scheme demonstrates that a simplicity in form, massing, density, and scale can deliver a highly successful and efficient purpose-built facility which will provide support for many vulnerable members of the community. The identity and material choice of the building referenced many of the local Ashford context alongside the opportunity to present this new facility at one of the many gateways into Ashford, Surrey.
