

London studio Satish Jassal Architects has created a two-bedroom bungalow from handmade-bricks behind retailers and eating places on Turnpike Lane in Haringey, England.
Named Haringey Brick Bungalow, the 66-square-metre house is accessed by means of a one-metre-wide passageway hidden between the excessive road’s business premises.

The 110-square-metre web site and slim passageway was “like constructing by means of a straw”, dictating many design and building choices.
“This was a really tough backland web site, however the important thing message is that with cautious planning, you may succeed,” stated Satish Jassal Architects founder Satish Jassal.

To be able to maximise the potential of the small web site footprint, the architect staggered two rectangular volumes to create two courtyards – on the entrance and rear of the dwelling.
Two inexperienced roofs high the constructing, characterised by their asymmetrical pyramid shapes topped with rooflights.

The house was made with pink, handmade bricks that preserve their “tough and imperfect texture” to create a “lived-in” feeling to combine the constructing into the atmosphere.
The bricks have been stacked vertically on the base of the house and horizontally close to the roof to create variation within the facade.
“This home is a part of a household of brick homes that we now have been growing over the past 10 years, typically on tough websites reminiscent of this one,” stated Jassal.
“All our properties share a standard materiality and architectural language and are knowledgeable by an understanding of their explicit place and the necessities of their residents.”

Oak-framed home windows, white stone sills and black metal components – reminiscent of the doorway gate, courtyard fencing and brise-soleils that deflect harsh daylight over doorways and home windows – full the bungalow’s materials palette.
“The darkish metalwork, pink brick, yellow oak, and white stonework complement one another and transition from darkish to gentle and clean to textured,” stated Jassal.
“The supplies have been chosen to enrich one another and to climate gracefully collectively over time.”

The inside of the bungalow consists of an identical vary of supplies with uncovered brick partitions, oak flooring and glulam beams.
“The tones and textures of supplies are expressed each externally and internally, bringing within the heat of the pure exterior supplies internally and humanising the areas,” stated Jassal.

Two bedrooms are situated diagonally throughout the house from each other, linked by a central dwelling, eating and kitchen house – this open plan permits entry into the courtyards from all areas throughout the residence.
“The 2 lodging wings of the home have been rotated and overlook the courtyards,” stated Jassal. The dwelling areas span each wings and look out to each courtyards, bringing in a special high quality of sunshine all through the day.”
“The 2 courtyards present facet and lightweight from a number of instructions making the home really feel extra open and spacious than the ground space suggests,” he continued.

The construction of the extruded roof is supported by a metal body, designed to trace solar rays to light up the central house throughout the day.
Glulam beams have been spaced evenly down the coffered ceiling, paying homage to a chandelier – this goals to stress the three-and-a-half-metre top on the centre of the ceiling.
“The peaks of the 2 asymmetrical roofs hover over the dwelling areas, and the joists step as much as two central roof lights, making the home really feel voluminous,” stated Jassal.

As a result of slim entry of the positioning, supplies have been chosen for his or her modularity and skill to assemble with out massive equipment.
For instance, metal screw piles have been used to get rid of the necessity for a big piling rig – particular person brick modules have been used to calculate the home’s dimensions.

Different bungalows not too long ago featured on Dezeen embrace bungalows constructed with bio-bricks crafted from native soil and a bungalow extension that was constructed with supplies recovered from demolition.
The images is by Richard Chivers.
Venture credit:
Architect: Satish Jassal Architects
Consumer: Shazad Ashiq
Structural engineer: Corbett Tasker
Venture supervisor: Satish Jassal Architects
Inside designer: Satish Jassal Architects
Permitted constructing inspector: London Constructing Management
Foremost contractor: PK Building London
Groundworks contractor: All Floor Options
Power Guide: Atspace
Arboricultural: Arboricultural Options