Transparent House
Architecture Residential Greater London, England, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
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1. 1. Transparent House 01©WilliamTozerAssociates Looking from the garden, the corner of the extension is an intersection of openable glazing, frameless glazing, and an insulated plane of brickwork—all of which visually dissolve the envelope of the building. 3784 px 6000 px 12 MB A3 print |
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2. 2. Transparent House 02©WilliamTozerAssociates 1500 px 2294 px 3 MB Print - Low res only |
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3. 3. Transparent House 03©WilliamTozerAssociates A frameless rooflight on the stair landing provides a horizontal visual cut through the building envelope, reworking the gesture of the vertical glazing in the kitchen below. 3768 px 5856 px 7 MB A3 print |
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4. 4. Transparent House 04©WilliamTozerAssociates The white ground-floor ceiling and kitchen cabinets are expressed as a rectilinear plane and volume respectively on the exterior, further dissolving the building envelope visually. 6000 px 4000 px 14 MB A3 print |
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5. 5. Transparent House 05©WilliamTozerAssociates 3872 px 5888 px 12 MB A3 print |
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6. 6. Transparent House 06©WilliamTozerAssociates The articulation of exterior and interior openings recalls the cut of a drawn section line, revealing architectural space and form beyond. 5932 px 4000 px 10 MB A3 print |
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7. 7. Transparent House 07©WilliamTozerAssociates 2805 px 3732 px 3 MB A4 print |
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8. 8. Transparent House 08©WilliamTozerAssociates 3920 px 5296 px 13 MB A3 print |
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9. 9. Transparent House 09©WilliamTozerAssociates White and brick volumes are perceived from both inside and outside as moving freely through the building envelope. 4000 px 6000 px 14 MB A3 print |
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10. 10. Transparent House 10©WilliamTozerAssociates The design parti of rectilinear planes and volumes continues into the loft space. 3792 px 5920 px 14 MB A3 print |
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11. 11. Transparent House 12©WilliamTozerAssociates 3932 px 5888 px 12 MB A3 print |
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12. 13. Transparent House 13©WilliamTozerAssociates 4000 px 6000 px 15 MB A3 print |
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13. 14. Transparent House 14©WilliamTozerAssociates The interior spaces are defined by sculptural planes and volumes—some at the scale of cupboards and cabinets; others enclosing whole rooms, such as the bathrooms 3308 px 5736 px 7 MB A4 print |
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14. 15. Transparent House 15©WilliamTozerAssociates 3872 px 5840 px 10 MB A3 print |
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15. 16. Transparent House 16©WilliamTozerAssociates 3784 px 5840 px 10 MB A3 print |
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16. 17. Transparent House 17©WilliamTozerAssociates 4000 px 6000 px 17 MB A3 print |
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17. 18. Section©WilliamTozerAssociates 1881 px 1242 px 84 KB Print - Low res only |
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18. 19. Plans©WilliamTozerAssociates 1900 px 2501 px 199 KB Print - Low res only |
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19. 20. Exploded Axo©WilliamTozerAssociates 1976 px 3321 px 149 KB Print - Low res only |
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20. 21.Stairs Axo©WilliamTozerAssociates Concealed detailing lends the staircase the appearance of its depiction as arrayed planes in the axonometric drawing. 1572 px 796 px 42 KB Print - Low res only |
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21. 22. Axo©WilliamTozerAssociates Perception of the finished house is analogous to viewing an axonometric drawing of the design—where one understands all of the planes and volumes as a single architectural composition, despite being spread throughout the original building. 1900 px 2175 px 93 KB Print - Low res only |
Description
Alterations to the external envelope of the building leverage both literal and phenomenal transparency, allowing one to both actually see into and out of the building, and to have the sensation of doing so when perceiving solid elements. The new ground-floor ceiling is expressed as a solid white plane that protrudes form the modern interior space to the original Victorian exterior, striking a dramatic contrast with the London stock brick. Two white volumes similarly bring the materiality of the inside to the outside, while a contrasting horizontal plane of brickwork does the opposite, bringing the original elevation into the kitchen and dining space. This design parti continues thought the rest of the house—four floors of open-plan space, loosely divided into rooms by white volumes and planes that conceal doors and storage. Frameless glazing to the external envelope mimics the appearance of full-height openings between interior spaces.
Details
| Project size | 214 m2 |
| Completion date | 2021 |
| Building levels | 3 |
Project team
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WILLIAM TOZER Associates | Architects |