homemade - single family residence by bureau de change
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'homemade' single family residcence by bureau de change
front facade
'homemade’ is the first residential scheme by london-based design studio bureau
de change. the project takes two
neighbouring houses and merges them into a
single family home with a new extension providing a kitchen and living
space at the
rear of the lot. the plan connects the two properties by opening up many of the
dividing walls and
creating openings to give visibility, access and a more unified feel.
the 'heart' of the family space is created through an oak-wrapped box which sits at the meeting point between the original
house and the new family room. within this fabric 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.
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.
entrance view
the 11 metre-long façade consists of tall sliding glass doors which blur the
boundary between the inside and outside.
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.
core/staircase
staircase detail
new living area
new dining area
study room window
entrance
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I love the cleanliness and textures. Put the stoopid plastic chair on the curb.
Jim
wonderful
Jim, your ignorance of contemporary furniture design as well as basic grammar is offensive…aside from that, it is a wonderful space.
With all that space they still managed to squash a heavy table like that up against the wall. Well thought out guys!
diz, no need to be ignorant to dislike this chair. What’s the point of having a unic great house and putting in it the most common furniture when there are millions of interesting pieces ? snobbery of owning an Eames ? prestige ?
Sorry for my poor grammar I’m not english (may be you meant spelling ?)
aside from that, it is a wonderful space.