This backland development is currently under
construction and comprises five 3 bedroom courtyard
houses, four two bedroom flats and a commercial unit
fronting Heath Road.
Previously a garage site, the project had an
unsuccessful planning history before Thomas
Alexander crafted the approved scheme and was
considered an un-developable site by the vendor.
The proposal of courtyard houses with adaptive roof
forms minimised the massing at sensitive areas of the
backland site and created a predominantly inward
facing housetype to minimise overlooking and create
light, bright and tranquil living spaces.
The concept seeks to celebrate the prior industrial
use of the site. Formal brickwork creates a strong
relationship with the streetscape and a standing seam
cladding suggests a more industrial finish to pay
homage to the prior raw materiality of the backland
site.
The relationship between these two materials is ever
changing throughout the scheme. At the streetscape,
tall and slender brick piers ofer a strong stance and
appear to be controlling and holding back a metal
clad form which peers between the brickwork. They
are graceful in nature and appear to effortlessly
restrain the metal form.
Phase two of the project is due to be completed in
the first quarter of 2020 and will deliver 4 flats and a
commercial unit to the frontage at Heath Road.
Richard Chivers
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Greek 'Volakas' Polished Marble wall and floor tiles by Stone Republic.
Materials supplied by Stone Republic including Marble, Sandstone, Granite, Wood Flooring and Block Paving.
The midcentury modern style seen in the reading area is used once again in the living room furniture, being a style that works perfectly with the more traditional features of the space such as the parquet flooring and ceiling moulding. A gold framed circle mirror is used on the chimney breast as a focal piece, while colourful accents are seen in the rug, scatter cushions, books and shelf accessories, echo the colours seen in the large wall map, and add to the element of fun created in the space.
Photographs by Helen Rayner
Floating shelves - boreilly53
©Anna Stathaki
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