A sunken lounge and ornamental crimson tiles outline this residential extension, which structure studio Bureau de Change has added to Clay Home in East Finchley, London.
The rear extension is designed for a household of three and provides them an area for leisure and leisure actions whereas accommodating their prolonged household.
Bureau de Change’s design takes visible cues from the Victorian structure of the present semi-detached home, in addition to sunken boxing rings from the identical period.
In line with the studio, Victorian boxing rings knowledgeable the design of a dialog pit that occupies the a part of the extension between the kitchen and backyard.
“Within the early Victorian period, the sunken boxing ring design was employed to optimise spectator views, enabling a clearer sightline of the occasions unfolding contained in the ring,” mentioned the studio’s co-founder Billy Mavropoulos.
“This typology was additionally supposed to ascertain a pure barrier between the fighters and the viewers, a attribute we harnessed to kind the inside spatial divisions, complemented by a shift in supplies from the kitchen to the residing space,” he informed Dezeen.
In the meantime, the extension is clad in crimson clay tiles in a variety of shapes, supposed to echo these on the Victorian dwelling’s unique curved window, roof and porch.
“These tiles exhibit a particular and conventional profile, showcasing components like membership and sq. cuts,” mentioned Mavropoulos. “Recognising the distinctive worth of this present architectural function, we had been decided to not overlook it however relatively leverage its uniqueness to craft a shocking but contextual new addition.”
Alongside the sunken lounge, Clay Home contains an open-plan kitchen and eating room that leads right into a residing space on the entrance of the house.
The extension is described by Bureau de Change as having an “unorthodox geometry”, which Mavropoulos mentioned is a response to an adjoining extension and native planning legal guidelines that required a separation of 45 levels between neighbouring properties to minimise disruption.
“To optimise the inner area, the extension incorporates the present occasion wall of the neighbour’s rear extension, utilizing its lowest top to find out the eave top,” mentioned Mavropoulos.
“Consequently, it takes on a skewed, faceted form that’s instantly knowledgeable by the quick environment.”
Clay Home is full with a pared-back materials palette, with off-white partitions and wood flooring and furnishings.
Giant home windows that puncture the extension assist illuminate the area whereas framing views out to the rear backyard.
London studio Bureau de Change was based by architects Mavropoulos and Katerina Dionysopoulou in 2012. Its different current tasks embody the inside design of a mixed-use growth in an artwork deco constructing in Fitzrovia and a house in south London that makes use of concrete to imitate the motifs from surrounding Nineteen Thirties brick housing.
Different current extensions featured on Dezeen embody an addition to a house in Stoke Newington by Whittaker Parsons that’s clad in copper and larch and one other in Australia by Grotto Studio that’s clad in charred timber.
The images is by Gilbert McCarragher.
