Our main priority is helping clients make great architecture that serves their needs and responds in a vital way to its context and cultural surroundings. In order to do this and to further the studios own knowledge base we invest in a wide programme of research which enables us to be inventive and to find new and sometimes unexpected solutions to the problems that we are posed.
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We work in collaboration with like-minded consultants in order to further our thinking and skill level and since our inception, we have always looked to develope concepts grounded by good research that have a light touch on the planet, are low in carbon and energy-use. We look to our research to help us and our clients mitigate the impact of climate change.
dainton cottage
The Dainton Cottage proposal is a contemporary addition to a cottage in South West London. Built in 1906, the original cottage is a two bedroomed semi-detached and is joined to the adjacent Dainton House. Purchased by a local developer who has an aspiration to maximise development value through design quality, WR-AP were engaged to reinvent the existing cottage and to provide additional accommodation whilst maximising the end development value.
The proposed design additions to the cottage have created a four bedroomed property, with four bathrooms and ample living accommodation. In order to maximise the potential of the corner plot WR-AP also advised the client team to incorporate an additional annexe building within the site that could be used as an extended family dwelling.
The new extension is separated from the cottage via a glazed slot that allows for the juxtaposition of the old and new elements to sit alongside each other harmoniously. The glazed slot also acts as the circulation zone into the new basement area and brings welcome natural light into an otherwise dark environment.
The new building elements consist of a materiality that mixes historical building techniques such as brickwork with modern rain screen cladding techniques with materials such as bronze.
Date of completion: November 2020
Total Cost: Confidential
Gross internal Floor Area: 1350sqft
Client: Confidential
Structural Engineer: Betts Associates
Party Wall Surveyor: White & Lloyd
Main Contractor: Eramo UK Limited
Photography: Ben Tynegate & WR-AP
Film: Ben Tynegate
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