residence
, 1957
9b Rosslyn Hill, NW3 5UL
The nearby mid-century icon, Erno Goldfinger's Willow Road and the later and further afield, Barbican Centre inspired the design approach of the deep retrofit and enlargement of this 1950s two-story terraced house. The house has also been made entirely fossil-fuel-free. It is fitted with an air source heat pump, solar panels and whole house mechanical ventilation with heat recovery system.
Belsize Park
Hampstead Heath
1, 268, 46, C11
Only the ground floor of the property will be open to the visitors including a garden studio. The property has a limited seating available.
10:30–12:30
The design of this small yet charismatic house evolved around the following principles:
• Fabric first approach to retrofit;
• Create a fossil-fuel free home;
• Low embodied carbon, re-using materials and reducing landfill;
• Unfashionable style refreshed and respected;
We reshuffled the old layout turning the previous kitchen, which faced the busy road into a new home for the technologies powering the house’s heating and hot water. The new kitchen extension is now located at the pivotal point connecting the house to the rear garden and leading to the garden studio.
The materials were chosen for their sustainable credentials and high quality. The rich palette of mid-century colours is set against the restored parquet, new Barbican-like tiled floors and plywood furniture.
Fabric-first approach of retrofitting meant that the cavity walls were filled with blown insulation and further upgraded with internal insulation. New mechanical ventilation with heat recovery was installed and an air source heat pump coupled with PV and solar-thermal panels provides heat and hot water for the property.
Walking tour
London has the same population as New York, but twice the surface area. From suburban sprawl to tower blocks, "brownfield first" to Net Zero, density has been a contentious issue. This walk in Belsize Park will take us through 200 years of forgotten history of London's changing urban density, while discussing pressing contemporary issues around affordability, sustainability, and urban economics.
