Aspirations

In building this house we aspired to create an ingenious place to dwell, that at first might not fit within the conventions of living or working, but that is mindful of its environment.
We do not expect to change human’s perception of the environment, instead, we aspired to create architecture that adapts and grows in tandem with their way of life, whilst giving an opportunity to nature to regenerate. Creating a horizontal and equal relationship between humans and nature.

Land Use and Scale

Originally the land contained the rear garden of an end terrace house, however around the early '80s, it was converted into a storage/shed/garage. Although this house sits lower and sets back from the adjacent terrace house, it does not borrow alignments from it, rather it is simple in form and decoration, hinting at its industrial past and providing a contemporary contrast to the terrace.

Distribution

This house spreads over the basement, ground and first floor and it shows how small redundant sites can be used to provide high-quality sustainable design for residential use.

Key Design Aspects

A fundamental aspect of the design was to introduce a green roof, a green wall and a landscaped garden to enable nature to propagate and reclaim part of our urban environment. We introduced a series of openings that could enable inhabitants to contemplate, connect and understand these new natural spaces constantly evolving.

Built Area

42 sqm of land
85 sqm of Gross Internal Area
37 sqm of built Green Area