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House on Bassett Road
Bassett Road, London, United Kingdom
House on
Bassett Road is a contemporary renovation and remodeling of a Victorian town
house in Kensington, West London by Paul+O Architects. The project incorporates
a double-height glazed extension to the rear featuring a unique motorized
sash-window.
Previously
divided into four flats, the project reinstates the double fronted four-storey
house as a single dwelling house, creating both horizontal and vertical ‘open
plan living’ while retaining the integrity of the original compartmentalized
plan.
Through a
reorganisation of the internal layout and relocation of the staircase to one
side of the house, open-plan living was achieved without disrupting the
original architecture into one large amorphous space.
Located in
a conservation area, the principle intervention is to the rear, thereby
retaining the integrity of the street façade. The rear elevation features a new
6m double-height extension - replacing an earlier unimaginative single-storey
70s extension - connecting ground and first floors and achieving spacious
open-plan living in 3-dimensions. The extension incorporates a unique motorized
oversized triple sash window measuring 6.4m x 4m, which opens out to the
garden. Supplied by Vitrocsa, the Guillotine window is a contemporary
interpretation of the ubiquitous Victorian sash window on a much larger scale.
It extends to the full height and width of the extension
flooding the principal living spaces with light and creating uninterrupted
views of south-facing garden.
The extension
is minimal in its design and the palette of materials (glass and a new flank
wall of cement render) is purposefully designed to distinguish it from the original
brick building, an approach encouraged by English Heritage, who suggest that
additions to period buildings should make clear what is of our time and what is
historic.
House on
Bassett Road utilises a sophisticated KNX intelligent house system, a recurring
feature in Paul+O designs, enabling both zoned and timed energy consumption
throughout the house. This system is used to control lighting; with the use of
sensors artificial lighting levels are adjusted automatically in accordance
with the amount of daylight or ambient light. The practice specified table lamps and wall washes
throughout to negate the use of inefficient downlights. An under floor heating
system installed only on the lower-ground floor makes the most of natural
heat-rise, to warm the rest of the house. Furthermore, additional insulation to
all external walls dramatically reduces heat-loss.
Bassett Road is a contemporary renovation and remodeling of a Victorian town
house in Kensington, West London by Paul+O Architects. The project incorporates
a double-height glazed extension to the rear featuring a unique motorized
sash-window.
Previously
divided into four flats, the project reinstates the double fronted four-storey
house as a single dwelling house, creating both horizontal and vertical ‘open
plan living’ while retaining the integrity of the original compartmentalized
plan.
Through a
reorganisation of the internal layout and relocation of the staircase to one
side of the house, open-plan living was achieved without disrupting the
original architecture into one large amorphous space.
Located in
a conservation area, the principle intervention is to the rear, thereby
retaining the integrity of the street façade. The rear elevation features a new
6m double-height extension - replacing an earlier unimaginative single-storey
70s extension - connecting ground and first floors and achieving spacious
open-plan living in 3-dimensions. The extension incorporates a unique motorized
oversized triple sash window measuring 6.4m x 4m, which opens out to the
garden. Supplied by Vitrocsa, the Guillotine window is a contemporary
interpretation of the ubiquitous Victorian sash window on a much larger scale.
It extends to the full height and width of the extension
flooding the principal living spaces with light and creating uninterrupted
views of south-facing garden.
The extension
is minimal in its design and the palette of materials (glass and a new flank
wall of cement render) is purposefully designed to distinguish it from the original
brick building, an approach encouraged by English Heritage, who suggest that
additions to period buildings should make clear what is of our time and what is
historic.
House on
Bassett Road utilises a sophisticated KNX intelligent house system, a recurring
feature in Paul+O designs, enabling both zoned and timed energy consumption
throughout the house. This system is used to control lighting; with the use of
sensors artificial lighting levels are adjusted automatically in accordance
with the amount of daylight or ambient light. The practice specified table lamps and wall washes
throughout to negate the use of inefficient downlights. An under floor heating
system installed only on the lower-ground floor makes the most of natural
heat-rise, to warm the rest of the house. Furthermore, additional insulation to
all external walls dramatically reduces heat-loss.
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