The first workshop of RUSS’s ‘co-design’ process took place on Sunday 1st May at Crofton Park Community Library. Our Residents’ Group for the Church Grove project were shown the ropes by RUSS’s architects and advisors, and the first discussions on
RUSS’ emerging project at Church Grove, Ladywell was featured in London newspaper the Evening Standard on Saturday 7th May 2016: Lewisham residents build their own dream homes to beat London’s housing crisis
The inaugural meeting of the Church Grove residents’ group– those lucky people selected by ballot to self-build RUSS’s first homes– took place on 6th May in Deptford. Future neighbours met for the first time, and our architects and project managers
Friday 29th April 2016 will go down in RUSS folklore as the day we secured the Church Grove site for our first affordable, self-build housing project in partnership with the London Borough of Lewisham. The conditional Development Agreement (DA) paves
Got expertise or skills in architecture, design, sustainability, event organising or administration? Do you want to work with RUSS’ architects and self-builders as they embark on the process of designing new affordable homes for London? RUSS is calling for volunteers
On Friday 18th March RUSS’ members gathered at the Council Chamber of Lewisham Town Hall for the Church Grove ballot. From the 150+ applications received, the ballot randomly selected 32 successful applicants to design and self-build their own home in Ladywell. More
Applications have now opened for our first RUSS housing project at Church Grove. Here’s the full press release: A rare opportunity for Lewisham residents to apply for one of 33 affordable new homes within the borough has been announced. Expressions of
In December RUSS’ Board and Project Team spent a day in Bristol visiting innovative projects to tackle the housing crisis in the city. We were invited by Bristol Community Land Trust (BCLT) on a board-to-board knowledge exchange funded by the National
Exhibition: Walter’s Way: The Self-Build Revolution Where: Architectural Association School of Architecture36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES When: 16 January 2016 – 13 February 2016 Mondays to Fridays, 10am – 7pm, Saturdays 10am – 5pm Free entry Presenting the work
One of our founding members Barbara Hicks has passed away. Barbara was one of the original self-builder at Walters Way in Honor Oak Park. Her success at building her own timber frame eco-home whilst simultaneously teaching full time and raising a
