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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. HomeMade in London by bureau de changeMarch 5th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: bureau de change ‘HomeMade’ is the first residential scheme by London-based design studio Bureau de Change. The project takes two neighbouring properties and merges them into a single family home with a new extension providing a kitchen and living space at the rear of the property.  Rear facade : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma
 Front Facade : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma The first design step was to connect the two properties by opening up many of the dividing walls and creating openings to give visibility, access and a more unified feel. “By changing the plan form in this way, we fundamentally altered the flow of the houses.  study : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma We didn’t want to be constrained by the old format – we wanted to address it as a single family space. A key part of this was identifying a new ‘heart’ for the home.” said Billy Mavropoulos, architect and Bureau de Change partner. This ‘heart’ is created through an oak-wrapped box which sits at the meeting point between the original house and the new family space. Within this box is contained storage, partitions and a new cloakroom. At its edge sections of timber are peeled at right angles to form an open staircase leading to the floors above.  staircase : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma Beyond this core sits the new kitchen and dining space – created by wrapping the entire rear facade in glass, as though the two buildings are being physically pulled together by the glazing. This 11 metre-long façade consists of tall sliding glass doors which blur the boundary between the inside and outside.  bathroom : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma At the edges, the glass doors ‘climb’ over the original building, creating skylights and windows with the same finish and detailing. Inside this space, the steel kitchen islands are hidden within two oversized resin shells which appear to have been pulled up from the floor.  Living area : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma Inside the house, original features have been retained or reused wherever possible. But at the rear, the character of the new extension is also adopted in the first floor where new windows form large glass walls in the bathroom and at points, are extruded to create seating. Throughout the house the differences between old and new, light and dark are celebrated.  bedroom : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma “We were very sensitive to how materials and colour were used to create a coherent identity for the house and balance between the old and new. In the extension, the coolness of the polished resin floor is warmed by the large reclaimed brick walls and the routed oak core. Elsewhere in the house bright white walls are set against dark timber floorboards. The result are rooms which have a unique character, but a house with a unified story.”  bathroom : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma  Extension : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma  entrance : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma  dining area : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma  staircase : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma  circulation : Image Courtesy © Eliot Postma
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