Dedans - Dehors / GH-Giddins House hansonarchitects.co.uk
Private dwelling (March 2010 - November 2010)
/ client (couple)
project architect - full services
(pitch, design development, planning permission, tender, construction,interior design)
/ client (couple)
- London, Putney SW11
- Footprint 150m2 existing + 130m2 ground floor refurbishment & extension + 60m2 terrace
- Renovation & reorganisation of the heart of the house + rear extension and terrace
- Contract sum > £245,000
project architect - full services
(pitch, design development, planning permission, tender, construction,interior design)
Description of Project
This project is a new conservatory at the rear of a large Edwardian house in a quiet suburban part of Putney in South London. The building is located directly under the Heathrow flight path and one of our clients’ major requirements was to design a predominantly glass structure that was sufficiently attenuated to withstand this noise as well as comply with the thermal insulation requirements of the current Building Regulations.
The new space touches the heart of the house (stairway, existing kitchen, dining and living areas) and re-connects the enclosed areas with a clever game of doors and panels that close or open for a complete free flow and a spectacular top lit entertainment space with panoramic views of the rear garden provided by large glass sliding and fixed frames.
The inside and outside spaces merge and blur boundaries with a careful use of natural materials, continuous levels and fine repeated patterns such as the random slate joints reflected in the steel balustrade detail, the narrow board timber floor and cladding, the kitchen and terrace slate superposed arrangement.
On the one side, the timber floor wraps up the wall to form a large, cantilevered timber ceiling, which is then expressed outside as a timber box floating on the garden lawn. On the other, the generous slate terrace emerges from the ground and penetrates the middle of the house joining existing and new timber extensions and housing a see-through, shared, fireplace.
Great care has been taken in the discrete detailing of the structure and the final build quality achieved by the contractor is exemplary.
This project is a new conservatory at the rear of a large Edwardian house in a quiet suburban part of Putney in South London. The building is located directly under the Heathrow flight path and one of our clients’ major requirements was to design a predominantly glass structure that was sufficiently attenuated to withstand this noise as well as comply with the thermal insulation requirements of the current Building Regulations.
The new space touches the heart of the house (stairway, existing kitchen, dining and living areas) and re-connects the enclosed areas with a clever game of doors and panels that close or open for a complete free flow and a spectacular top lit entertainment space with panoramic views of the rear garden provided by large glass sliding and fixed frames.
The inside and outside spaces merge and blur boundaries with a careful use of natural materials, continuous levels and fine repeated patterns such as the random slate joints reflected in the steel balustrade detail, the narrow board timber floor and cladding, the kitchen and terrace slate superposed arrangement.
On the one side, the timber floor wraps up the wall to form a large, cantilevered timber ceiling, which is then expressed outside as a timber box floating on the garden lawn. On the other, the generous slate terrace emerges from the ground and penetrates the middle of the house joining existing and new timber extensions and housing a see-through, shared, fireplace.
Great care has been taken in the discrete detailing of the structure and the final build quality achieved by the contractor is exemplary.