House and Studio Lambeth is a new building that Carmody Groarke architectural firm has put into the brickwork of a Victorian warehouse in south London.
The house and the studio are located on a long, narrow plot surrounded by apartments. Instead of vacating the location, the London studio decided to work with the fabric of the old warehouse. The new building fits in easily.
"The customer was very interested in keeping all the old walls and remnants of the past," said project architect Andrew House.
"Although the walls were structurally very difficult to carry this extra weight, this has contributed to an already very complex boundary condition," he told Dezeen.
This idea of a brick became an ongoing motif throughout the design. New areas assume a delicate brick exterior, but are lined inside with smooth concrete, which occasionally shows up behind the original brick walls.
On the ground floor, the footprint of the site is completely transferred to office space, which faces a dramatic, concrete-lined concrete walkway.
Above, the living spaces are conceived as a collection of "pavilions", a series of individual units of different heights connected by an inner street lamp. A concrete staircase connects the two levels.
Each of these small buildings, clad in brickwork but lined with concrete inside, was designed according to the sensitivities of the surrounding houses to minimize and overlook obstacles.
The living area itself occupies only half of the area at its northern end and extends to a large roof garden, which lies on the office space below, surrounded by a perforated brick wall and overlooked by a large living room and kitchen area.
This garden not only offers outdoor space, but also offers the neighbors a "visual relief".
There are four bedrooms, one of which is divided by a concrete bathroom with a large shadow gap. These are located next to a games room, a small office and a home theater.
The small area that separates the pavilions from the original storage wall allows the light to pass through tall, narrow glazing to the living areas. This room is accessible both from the garden and from the doors of the bedroom and at the same time serves as a thin terrace.
Almost all interior features and features such as fixed seats and shelves are made of concrete and combine the interior.
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