Structuralist House

Architecture Residential Greater London, England, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland

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Seated at the dining table, the mirrored splash-back allows eye contact with someone cooking or washing dishes in the kitchen.

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Viewed from the kitchen, the level threshold between interior and exterior promotes direct interactions between those outside and inside.

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The roof-light punctuates the dining area, subtly zoning it in the open-plan space.

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Built-in shelves at the junction of three interior levels encourage interplay between users of the different spaces.

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Various zones of use are defined by changes of level, and varying degrees of aural and visual opacity created by thresholds being closed, open, or glazed with sandblasted or clear glass.

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Referencing the rectilinear vocabulary of the new building forms, the kitchen is a small-scale composition of concrete and timber volumes and planes.

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From the garden, one looks up through the terrace and kitchen-living-dining level, to the raised-ground-floor living space, and then the street beyond.

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The roof-light allows framed views of the sky, trees, and surrounding houses.

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Description

The design of the four indoor and outdoor levels of the ground floor promotes interactions between inhabitants and visitors. The living room, on the upper-ground floor, overlooks the kitchen-living-dining space on the half-level below. These spaces are open to one another, divided only by a frameless glass balustrade, allowing conversations between them—particularly to and from the sitting area and dining space below—and views to the kitchen and garden beyond. A further half-level below the lower-ground floor, the utility room is separated from the dining space by a large panel of sand-blasted glass, allowing a play of light and shadow between the two areas. Built-in shelves at this junction of three interior levels encourages users to pause, prompting interplay. A mirrored splash-back facilitates conversation between people using the kitchen and those sitting on the island and dining table behind them.

Details

Project size 83 m2
Building levels 3

Project team

WILLIAM TOZER Associates Architects