Extension
Wandsworth Conservation Area - Atelierdb Architects
A residential extension precedent demonstrating how contemporary timber cladding and dark metal frames can be integrated into a traditional brick terrace context.
- What we like about this project
- The upper gable features operable timber louvers that slide or filter light over the recessed balcony.
Materials
- timber
- metal
- glass
- brick
Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-screen
- gabled-extension
- dark-metal-frames
- glass-balcony
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- residential
- modern-traditional
Visual tags
- residential-extension
- contemporary-tradition
- slatted-timber
- glazed-facade
- brick-juxtaposition
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story gabled extension projects forward from a traditional terraced brick elevation, featuring large sliding glazed panels at ground level and slatted timber screens above.
- Facade system
- Combination of horizontal timber brise-soleil/screening, dark metal-framed sliding glass doors, and solid wall framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frame supporting upper timber-clad volume over ground-floor open-plan glazed living spaces.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic two-story residential extension, scaled for family living relative to standard terrace houses.
- Lighting
- Bright direct midday sun creating crisp shadows on the brickwork and dark metal reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, clean, and crisp, contrasting warm timber tones against dark metal and weathered brick.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential back garden bounded by traditional brick masonry walls and neighboring pitched roofs.
- Spatial experience
- The deep ground-floor sliders and upper balcony dissolve the boundary between the interior living spaces and the rear garden terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical emphasis in the gable and timber slats contrasting against the horizontal stacked floors of the adjacent terraces.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential extension
- Program
- Single-family residential rear extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, metal, glass, brick
- Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-screen, gabled-extension, dark-metal-frames, glass-balcony
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, residential, modern-traditional
- Visual tags
- residential-extension, contemporary-tradition, slatted-timber, glazed-facade, brick-juxtaposition
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story gabled extension projects forward from a traditional terraced brick elevation, featuring large sliding glazed panels at ground level and slatted timber screens above.
- Facade system
- Combination of horizontal timber brise-soleil/screening, dark metal-framed sliding glass doors, and solid wall framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frame supporting upper timber-clad volume over ground-floor open-plan glazed living spaces.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic two-story residential extension, scaled for family living relative to standard terrace houses.
- Lighting
- Bright direct midday sun creating crisp shadows on the brickwork and dark metal reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, clean, and crisp, contrasting warm timber tones against dark metal and weathered brick.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential back garden bounded by traditional brick masonry walls and neighboring pitched roofs.
- Spatial experience
- The deep ground-floor sliders and upper balcony dissolve the boundary between the interior living spaces and the rear garden terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical emphasis in the gable and timber slats contrasting against the horizontal stacked floors of the adjacent terraces.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential extension
- Program
- Single-family residential rear extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture