GAP Project has been established by like-minded architects, Jon Barnard and Manuel Filippi Farmar, who share the same passion for Architecture, Construction and Property Development.

 

We want to design and build homes that are more inclusive, more sustainable and that make great places to live, both for existing and new residents.

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Working across a diverse range of sectors and scales in the construction industry, including large and small scale residential, commercial, transport as well as at all stages of the design and construction processes, we are no strangers to delivering high-quality, robust and beautiful projects that benefit residents and neighbourhoods alike. 

 

We have both worked in Architectural practices of varying scales and working with clients ranging from Local Authorities and large-scale private developers all the way through to small-scale private developers and homeowners.

 

As passionate and experienced professionals, we aim to utilise our skills and knowledge to work with ambitious landowners to deliver new developments, improve the local area and drive profit for both ourselves and the landowner on a completely transparent basis.

 

Based in East London we have seen large scale urban regeneration projects transform the areas we live, work and socialise. In some cases, we have seen urban renewal of existing neighbourhoods that has resulted in dramatic social and economic improvement for the lives of existing and new residents and in some cases, we have seen forgotten industrial land transformed into entirely new thriving destinations such as the areas around Stratford and Hackney Wick where we both live. As architects we have found ourselves involved in many urban regeneration schemes, either at a masterplan level or helping to deliver individual projects within the greater scheme. Going forward, we want to play our part in urban regeneration by working with small-scale landowners transform empty sites and forgotten corners in the new homes that add to the rich diversity of the city, and through improving the quality of neighbourhoods help provide social and economic benefit to the wider community as well as driving some well-earned profit to the owners and professionals involved.  

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With the housing market in the UK struggling to reach the annual targets of new homes, the affordable housing delivered by local councils only accounts for 2% of new home supply while more than 40% of the market is in the hands of only 11 private enterprises. These companies are profit-driven rather than focusing on quality and affordability. Alternative models to deliver homes exists such as self-build projects but as the latest statistics available have shown, they only account for 15% of the housing supply which is way below the European average (55-75%). We, GAP Project, see this as our opportunity to deliver projects that are small-scale, low-risk, simple to deliver, kind to the environment, beneficial to their local areas, and profitable.