Tsuruta Architects hopes their new apartments will be catalyst for change in this London neighborhood

2021-09-24T18:45:00-04:00

A friendly fiberglass feline icon is being used as a catalyst for change in one London neighborhood, thanks to the incredible creativity and vision of one local firm.

Image courtesy Ståle Eriksen/Tsuruta Architects

Tsuruta Architects, recent winner of the RIBA London Small Project Award for the stunning Wooden Roof project, is behind the new cat-inspired design of five apartments in London’s Catford district, which has for many years suffered from a bad reputation as an area that’s prone to violence and frequent robberies.

Image courtesy Ståle Eriksen/Tsuruta Architects

Tsuruta is seeking to change the narrative with a fictional backstory that connects the apartments to the neighborhood’s local cinematic history as imagined by architect Taro Tsuruta and writer Chris Robert.

Image courtesy Ståle Eriksen/Tsuruta Architects

Taking as his charge as a highly visible sculpture of a cat that looms over the southeast London neighborhood, Tsuruta’s apartments feature over 27,000 laser-etched...

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Tsuruta Architects hopes their new apartments will be catalyst for change in this London neighborhood