Barrow Road
An interior precedent showcasing overhead daylighting through an exposed timber joist and skylight system above a contemporary residential kitchen.
- What we like about this project
- The alignment of the pendant lights centered directly under the open gaps between the structural timber joists.
Materials
- timber
- quartz
- painted-wood
- glass
- brass
Visual identifiers
- exposed-timber-joists
- skylight-ceiling
- dark-green-island
- pendant-lighting
- herringbone-flooring
Style tags
- contemporary
- warm-minimal
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- kitchen
- daylight
- timber
- open-plan
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition centered on a kitchen island and rear wall opening, framed overhead by rhythmic timber joists and skylights.
- Facade system
- Large sliding glass door assembly opening to exterior timber fencing.
- Structural guess
- Exposed timber joists supporting a glazed roof assembly over standard residential bearing walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential kitchen volume with comfortable domestic ceiling height.
- Lighting
- Abundant overhead daylight filtered through skylights between timber joists, supplemented by three glass pendant lights.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, luminous, and airy due to the soft overhead daylight washing the timber structure and white walls.
- Environmental context
- Residential interior with a glazed threshold opening to a private landscaped courtyard.
- Spatial experience
- A bright, daylit kitchen space extending visually to an exterior courtyard through sliding glass doors.
- Composition rhythm
- Rigid rhythm of exposed parallel wooden ceiling joists matched by vertical elements in the cabinetry and island.
- Style reading
- Contemporary warm residential interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining space
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, quartz, painted-wood, glass, brass
- Visual identifiers
- exposed-timber-joists, skylight-ceiling, dark-green-island, pendant-lighting, herringbone-flooring
- Style tags
- contemporary, warm-minimal, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, kitchen, daylight, timber, open-plan, contemporary
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition centered on a kitchen island and rear wall opening, framed overhead by rhythmic timber joists and skylights.
- Facade system
- Large sliding glass door assembly opening to exterior timber fencing.
- Structural guess
- Exposed timber joists supporting a glazed roof assembly over standard residential bearing walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential kitchen volume with comfortable domestic ceiling height.
- Lighting
- Abundant overhead daylight filtered through skylights between timber joists, supplemented by three glass pendant lights.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, luminous, and airy due to the soft overhead daylight washing the timber structure and white walls.
- Environmental context
- Residential interior with a glazed threshold opening to a private landscaped courtyard.
- Spatial experience
- A bright, daylit kitchen space extending visually to an exterior courtyard through sliding glass doors.
- Composition rhythm
- Rigid rhythm of exposed parallel wooden ceiling joists matched by vertical elements in the cabinetry and island.
- Style reading
- Contemporary warm residential interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining space
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior