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Primrose Hill House
Primrose Hill House
London, United Kingdom
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Other Projects by Robert Dye Architects
Primrose Hill House
London, United Kingdom
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2013
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Function.
The historic mews houses at both no. 5 and 3 were poorly remodelled in the 1970s, both cramped, introverted, and shut off from the street. Seeing our earlier rebuild for their neighbour at no. 3, our client asked us to realize the potential of no. 5 by expanding and re-organising it to accommodate the demands of a growing family. We took the opportunity to pursue two objectives in a single residential commission: to realize the client's brief to create a contemporary home with a sense of openness, and to complete a meaningful contribution to the local streetscape.
Form.
On this very tight site we extended backwards, underneath, and sideways; the client owned a slither of land onto which we shifted the entire street-end wall, articulated with a glass flash-gap to the retained front façade. We created a new basement level, unified with the ground floor / courtyard level by an open stair against the front and glass floor across the back. At loft level to open up to the sky and garden views, we rebuilt two dormers in structural glass at the front and cut in a hidden balcony for the master bedroom at the rear.
Innovation.
Having built a like-minded project next door, we thought to explore how upgrading the private terraced house we could also make a meaningful contribution in repairing local streetscape. Re-organising the ground floor of the front façade, pairing with no. 3, allows reinstated openings to re-engage the houses with the street. The articulated glazed corner and new end-of-terrace wall re-define the site as corner condition rather than as 'broken' terrace. The house, with its neighbour, unifies and extends the mews terrace while speaking to the Public Housing at the end of the street.
The historic mews houses at both no. 5 and 3 were poorly remodelled in the 1970s, both cramped, introverted, and shut off from the street. Seeing our earlier rebuild for their neighbour at no. 3, our client asked us to realize the potential of no. 5 by expanding and re-organising it to accommodate the demands of a growing family. We took the opportunity to pursue two objectives in a single residential commission: to realize the client's brief to create a contemporary home with a sense of openness, and to complete a meaningful contribution to the local streetscape.
Form.
On this very tight site we extended backwards, underneath, and sideways; the client owned a slither of land onto which we shifted the entire street-end wall, articulated with a glass flash-gap to the retained front façade. We created a new basement level, unified with the ground floor / courtyard level by an open stair against the front and glass floor across the back. At loft level to open up to the sky and garden views, we rebuilt two dormers in structural glass at the front and cut in a hidden balcony for the master bedroom at the rear.
Innovation.
Having built a like-minded project next door, we thought to explore how upgrading the private terraced house we could also make a meaningful contribution in repairing local streetscape. Re-organising the ground floor of the front façade, pairing with no. 3, allows reinstated openings to re-engage the houses with the street. The articulated glazed corner and new end-of-terrace wall re-define the site as corner condition rather than as 'broken' terrace. The house, with its neighbour, unifies and extends the mews terrace while speaking to the Public Housing at the end of the street.
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