Designed by Snug Architects for the charity One Small Thing, this scheme is one of only 25 projects recognised with this award, which follows a host of other accolades.

A Pioneering Project

Hope Street is a progressive pilot project for women in the justice system, designed to support a healing trauma service and provide an environment that improves long-term prospects.

The design deliberately rejects the institutional character often associated with the justice system, instead applying trauma-informed design principles to create a welcoming and domestic-in-scale setting.

Mesh’s Contribution

Our engineers worked closely with the Hope Street design team to provide:

• Energy studies
• Overheating and ventilation assessments
• Embodied carbon analysis

This collaboration delivered an impressive 93 per cent reduction in carbon emissions, whilst helping the project to target a BREEAM Outstanding rating.

The Project Team:

Client - One Small Thing
Briefing - Heatherwick Studio 
Architects - Snug Architects 
Landscape Architect - Harris Bugg Studio 
Interior Architect - Focus Design Ltd 
Energy & M&E design - Mesh 

Image – Snug Architects | FotoHaus

Project Awards:

• RIBA National Award
• RIBA MacEwen Award - an examplar of architecture for the common good
• RIBA South Award 
• RIBA South Client of the Year Award
• RIBA South Sustainability Award