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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. Austen House Pod in Hampshire, UK by Adam Knibb architectsFebruary 27th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Adam Knibb architects Space is at a premium in the centre of Winchester that is why the clients at Austen House approached Adam Knibb Architects to come up with a cleaver and creative increase of space to their house.  Image Courtesy © Martin Gardner
 Image Courtesy © Martin Gardner Austen House was a recently converted dwelling situated on the site of the Old St. Swithun’s school located along North Walls in Winchester. Vacated in 1929 the School had out grown the city centre location allowing the premises to be taken over by the library and then further development into residential dwellings. Austen House forms part of this old development, which originated as the toilet block!  Image Courtesy © Martin Gardner  Image Courtesy © Martin Gardner The clients love the location but desperately wanted more natural light, a south facing aspect and more space. It was conceived that with an access way beside the property which only had to provide a right of passage for cars very occasionally, it was possible to build out and create a new room over the top of this space. The client undertook all the necessary legal proceedings for permission of a flying freehold, whilst Adam Knibb Architects created a very contemporary solution.  Image Courtesy © Martin Gardner  Image Courtesy © Martin Gardner Vertical timber cladding and large sections of glass have been designed in to give a greater feeling of verticality and sense of place. With the tight nature of the site, principles of construction had to also be considered. The project was partially completed off-site to ensure minimal disruption on site. A sky lantern provides additional aspects to the sky linked with actuatorcontrolled ventilation. The pod itself stands delicately on two galvanized steel columns at the extent of the boundary.  Image Courtesy © Martin Gardner  Image Courtesy © Martin Gardner  Image Courtesy © Adam Knibb architects  Image Courtesy © Adam Knibb architects  Image Courtesy © Adam Knibb architects  Image Courtesy © Adam Knibb architects
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