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Tin House

residence

Henning Stummel Architects, 2015

Smugglers Yard, 105 Devonport Road, W12 8PB

Making efficient use of an irregular urban site, this house is made up of interconnecting top-lit pavilions arranged to define a tranquil private courtyard.

Getting there

Tube

Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush Market

Train

Shepherd's Bush

Bus

207, 260, 283

Access

Facilities

Accessibility notes

Large parts of the house are at ground level and wheelchair accessible

What you can expect

This is a residential home around a calm and peaceful court yard

About

The Site

This site in suburban London is set away from the street and the surrounding properties overlook it. Ensuring privacy is most critical. Our response has been to work with a low and inward looking courtyard arrangement. This offers the greatest privacy, both visually and acoustically.

Design

The design is a composition of different, mainly single storey pavilions allowing us to respond to the different conditions around the perimeter and create an ensemble that looks onto a secluded and serene courtyard. Each pavilion accommodates a room and has a roof that slopes on all four sides with a top light over the middle. This shape reduces the contour, whilst maximizing the volume. The top light offers fantastic natural light.

Secondary spaces such as toilets and stairs are hidden within the capacious double walls of the links between pavilions, so that the final design reads as an enfilade of generous top lit spaces. The pavilions are gently moulded to make efficient use of the site.

All the pavilions will be finished in a standing seam metal cladding. It will be a modest utilitarian finish that will highlight the sculptural quality of the design.

Online presence

www.henningstummelarchitects.com

www.instagram.com/henning_stummel_arch

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