Vansit
Forest Gate — Studio Jayga Architects
A residential rear extension precedent combining crittall-style glazing with warm red brick and a tiered urban garden by Studio Jayga Architects.
- What we like about this project
- The stark transition from traditional London brick vernacular to a charcoal-clad modern rooftop volume.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- steel
- timber
- slate
Visual identifiers
- crittall-doors
- red-brick-extension
- terraced-garden
- stepped-roofline
Style tags
- contemporary
- residential
- contextual
Visual tags
- residential
- rear-extension
- brick-architecture
- urban-garden
- glazed-facade
- Geometry
- Stepped rear volumes featuring a single-story brick extension with a glazed grid facade, backed by older multi-level brickwork and a dark metal-clad rooftop addition.
- Facade system
- Steel-framed glazed curtain wall integrated into a structural masonry cavity wall.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry with steel framing supporting the glazed rear opening.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale; single-story extension framing a compact courtyard.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon low-angle sun casting long shadows across the adjacent party wall and illuminating the rear facade.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, serene twilight atmosphere blending domestic interior light with a quiet urban courtyard.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential rear garden surrounded by neighboring brick party walls and rooftops.
- Spatial experience
- The yard acts as an outdoor room stepping up to the glazed dining aperture, connecting garden landscaping directly to the interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical metal mullions of the glass doors echo the vertical window rhythms on the upper brick tiers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential rear extension
- Program
- Single-family residential rear living and dining extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, steel, timber, slate
- Visual identifiers
- crittall-doors, red-brick-extension, terraced-garden, stepped-roofline
- Style tags
- contemporary, residential, contextual
- Visual tags
- residential, rear-extension, brick-architecture, urban-garden, glazed-facade
- Geometry
- Stepped rear volumes featuring a single-story brick extension with a glazed grid facade, backed by older multi-level brickwork and a dark metal-clad rooftop addition.
- Facade system
- Steel-framed glazed curtain wall integrated into a structural masonry cavity wall.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry with steel framing supporting the glazed rear opening.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale; single-story extension framing a compact courtyard.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon low-angle sun casting long shadows across the adjacent party wall and illuminating the rear facade.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, serene twilight atmosphere blending domestic interior light with a quiet urban courtyard.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential rear garden surrounded by neighboring brick party walls and rooftops.
- Spatial experience
- The yard acts as an outdoor room stepping up to the glazed dining aperture, connecting garden landscaping directly to the interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical metal mullions of the glass doors echo the vertical window rhythms on the upper brick tiers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential rear extension
- Program
- Single-family residential rear living and dining extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture