VATRAA
2022
A residential rear extension precedent by VATRAA combining dark brickwork with an angled glass roof to flood an internal kitchen counter with natural light and courtyard views.
- What we like about this project
- The glazed roof slopes upward to maximize daylight penetration while maintaining privacy from upper-story neighbors.
Materials
- dark-brick
- glass
- concrete
- metal
Visual identifiers
- dark-brick-extension
- angled-glazed-roof
- corner-window
- kitchen-interior
Style tags
- contemporary
- warm-minimal
- residential-extension
Visual tags
- rear-extension
- residential
- brick-masonry
- daylighting
- twilight
- urban-garden
- Geometry
- A single-story rear extension featuring an angled, shed-style glazed roof meeting a dark brick masonry wall with a large picture window.
- Facade system
- Dark handmade brick cavity wall with frameless structural glass roof and corner picture window.
- Structural guess
- Masonry load-bearing walls supporting a steel-reinforced glass roof assembly.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale, capturing a single-story rear garden extension.
- Lighting
- Twilight conditions with warm interior under-cabinet and recessed lighting glowing through the large window, contrasting with cool blue dusk ambient light.
- Atmosphere
- Cozy, moody twilight atmosphere contrasting dark masonry with warm interior illumination.
- Environmental context
- Urban backyard enclosed by historic brick masonry party walls and neighboring multi-story residential rear elevations.
- Spatial experience
- The extension projects into a small courtyard garden, bridging interior kitchen space with external landscaping through expansive glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical diagonal roof slope juxtaposed against orthogonal brick piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular extension
- Program
- Residential kitchen extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- dark-brick, glass, concrete, metal
- Visual identifiers
- dark-brick-extension, angled-glazed-roof, corner-window, kitchen-interior
- Style tags
- contemporary, warm-minimal, residential-extension
- Visual tags
- rear-extension, residential, brick-masonry, daylighting, twilight, urban-garden
- Geometry
- A single-story rear extension featuring an angled, shed-style glazed roof meeting a dark brick masonry wall with a large picture window.
- Facade system
- Dark handmade brick cavity wall with frameless structural glass roof and corner picture window.
- Structural guess
- Masonry load-bearing walls supporting a steel-reinforced glass roof assembly.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale, capturing a single-story rear garden extension.
- Lighting
- Twilight conditions with warm interior under-cabinet and recessed lighting glowing through the large window, contrasting with cool blue dusk ambient light.
- Atmosphere
- Cozy, moody twilight atmosphere contrasting dark masonry with warm interior illumination.
- Environmental context
- Urban backyard enclosed by historic brick masonry party walls and neighboring multi-story residential rear elevations.
- Spatial experience
- The extension projects into a small courtyard garden, bridging interior kitchen space with external landscaping through expansive glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical diagonal roof slope juxtaposed against orthogonal brick piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular extension
- Program
- Residential kitchen extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture