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30 Cardozo Road
30 Cardozo Road
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30 Cardozo Road
London, United Kingdom
A partially subterranean house designed to give generous accommodation on a small plot while preserving long views across the site from the street. The project demonstrates an approach that allows density to be increased without damaging a sensitive urban conservation area in north London.
The site had once been the garden of an end of terrace nineteenth century house. It formed a connection between two terraces, its low profile giving the street a sense of spaciousness by providing a long view. The design set out to preserve this view and reintroduce a garden on the site.
A decision was taken to build down rather than up. The elevations follow the height and line of the original boundary, preserving the long view while working in a memory of the site’s history. A hinging section of the street wall leads to a courtyard bounded by curving walls intended to draw visitors into the space. The house itself is entered from the courtyard.
By curving the walls away from the neighbouring garden, any sense of enclosure is prevented. The roofs are intensively planted, promoting biodiversity while giving an attractive outlook to neighbours in upper storey flats.
The living area is arranged over a split level to allow a degree of separation within a connected space. The basement spaces are arranged to give a sense of perceived distance between parts of the house to counter the compactness of the actual volume.
High ceilings create a sense of spaciousness. Roof lights provide daylight. Sunlight can pass through a glazed slice that cuts the roof and wall of the lower ground floor to reach a basement roof light. The inside face of the street gate is reflective to bounce more daylight into the basement.
The site had once been the garden of an end of terrace nineteenth century house. It formed a connection between two terraces, its low profile giving the street a sense of spaciousness by providing a long view. The design set out to preserve this view and reintroduce a garden on the site.
A decision was taken to build down rather than up. The elevations follow the height and line of the original boundary, preserving the long view while working in a memory of the site’s history. A hinging section of the street wall leads to a courtyard bounded by curving walls intended to draw visitors into the space. The house itself is entered from the courtyard.
By curving the walls away from the neighbouring garden, any sense of enclosure is prevented. The roofs are intensively planted, promoting biodiversity while giving an attractive outlook to neighbours in upper storey flats.
The living area is arranged over a split level to allow a degree of separation within a connected space. The basement spaces are arranged to give a sense of perceived distance between parts of the house to counter the compactness of the actual volume.
High ceilings create a sense of spaciousness. Roof lights provide daylight. Sunlight can pass through a glazed slice that cuts the roof and wall of the lower ground floor to reach a basement roof light. The inside face of the street gate is reflective to bounce more daylight into the basement.
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