Godson Street
Godson Street
Edgley Design
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
YEAR
2016
LOCATION
London, United Kingdom
TYPE
Commercial › Office, Residential › Apartment Private House
Godson Street is a Community Joint Venture project between Edgley Design, CKS partnership and Spaced Out Architecture.
The brief was to create a mixed use building which would meet the varying needs of the partners, expressing the individuality of stakeholders while bringing this ‘difference’ together in a harmonious overall scheme.
The overall concept was to re-imagine the Georgian houses that once occupied the site, with a lightwell to the front and internal stair to one side.
A rear lightwell creates a liveable basement. Large glazed windows to the ground floor enliven a once forgotten backstreet.
The layout has been inverted, with bedrooms to the lower levels where a more closed relationship to the street does not affect internal amenity.
The living spaces are moved to the upper floors, where larger windows can give light and views out without compromising privacy.
The living spaces are articulated as a metal clad, sculptural form that has been folded out of the front elevation to create windows and views to the south, maintaining privacy across the street.
An angled roof creates north facing rooflights to the second floor.
The faceted form of the roof is derived from a rights to light analysis of neighbouring residences.
Five mixed use buildings are created, with commercial space to ground and basement and residential apartments above, and a townhouse to the north.
