Harvey Road
Private house
Crouch End, London
Winner 'Best House', Haringey Design Awards 2018
'Best Use of Materials' Award
New London Architecture Don't Move, Improve! 2017
Situated on a quiet residential street in Crouch End, the house is the home of a family with two children. The former ground floor layout was biased towards the front of the house, resulting in undefined open spaces, mainly oriented towards the street and a neighbouring infill extension. The re-structured and enlarged floor plan refocuses the attention towards the garden. The potential of the deep plan was maximised by creating two complimentary living spaces - an active rear ‘garden room’ and a calm, enclosed drawing room - whilst providing ancillary functions in the darker central area.
The new garden room houses the kitchen, dining and play area, with a deep upholstered bench along a folding oak framed window. The space is tectonically defined by the new oak-clad structural elements which bear the load of the floor above. These structural elements blend with the built-in oak furniture to define a simple and ordered space.
Harvey Road
Private house
Crouch End, London
Winner 'Best House', Haringey Design Awards 2018
'Best Use of Materials' Award
New London Architecture Don't Move, Improve! 2017
Situated on a quiet residential street in Crouch End, the house is the home of a family with two children. The former ground floor layout was biased towards the front of the house, resulting in undefined open spaces, mainly oriented towards the street and a neighbouring infill extension. The re-structured and enlarged floor plan refocuses the attention towards the garden. The potential of the deep plan was maximised by creating two complimentary living spaces - an active rear ‘garden room’ and a calm, enclosed drawing room - whilst providing ancillary functions in the darker central area.
The new garden room houses the kitchen, dining and play area, with a deep upholstered bench along a folding oak framed window. The space is tectonically defined by the new oak-clad structural elements which bear the load of the floor above. These structural elements blend with the built-in oak furniture to define a simple and ordered space.
Photography: Ståle Eriksen
Photography: Ståle Eriksen