The proposal seeks to maximise the internal room height whilst not reducing the amount of sunlight and daylight to rooms on a new fifth floor level around the lightwells of the the existing mansion Block. The new dwellings are arranged around existing lightwells and wrap around the extended circulation cores. The volumes are drawn apart to create a series of open-ended external courtyards between the rooms of each dwelling, potentially doubling the perceived area of accommodation. The dwelling remains closed in part to the lightwell, where a recessed entrance formed out of the first volume makes a covered threshold. A doorway set between two parallel walls leads into the enfilade of rooms that in turn open to the courtyards and sky above.

Stage: Concept Design
Type: Residential
Location: London UK