MEWS HOUSE
DF_DC
ARCHITECTS
DF_DC
DESIGN TEAM
Diego Calderon, Dario Franchini, Mathias Broniatowski
MANUFACTURERS
AutoDesk, Investwood, Astro Lighting, Adobe, The Concrete Flooring, Trimble Navigation
AREA
98 m²
YEAR
2020
LOCATION
London, United Kingdom
CATEGORY
Houses, Renovation, House Interiors
The project is a series of interventions on a 1980s mews house in west London.
Sitting on the northern side of a cobbled mews, the house had to be extended at ground and loft levels to accommodate for the young family who had bought it after being vacant for some years, without detracting from the visual continuity of the street.
The project focused on extending and reconfiguring different parts of the house, trying to develop a common language for the otherwise unrelated elements.
Hardwood frames are introduced for structural and spatial intervention, taking several guises in the process – roofs, screens, porches.
The main living areas gain a scale and unadorned dignity previously missing in the original typology, with the expression of “raw” materials and simple form.
The kitchen and lounge levels are separated by a timber screen acting as a weak compartment, allowing them to be partially connected.
The remaining external space is paved, as a small, open extension to the living areas.
