House in a Garden
Project Info
Replacing a dilapidated bungalow built in the 1960’s in the garden of an 1840’s villa, the house is on ground and two basement floors surrounded by gardens, light wells and skylights.
The ground-floor, pavilion-like structure floats, creating distant views through gaps in the city skyline. Wood it used throughout the project: structurally for the roof; as wall, floor and ceiling linings; and for the floating staircase. The glulam structure is unique in terms of the double curvature and the slender section sizes. The roof curves to conclude in an oculus. Shaped and informed by light and shadow, the roof’s tent like form creates a new place for life to occur. Wood-lined ‘internal’ spaces (living rooms and bedrooms) are juxtaposed with marble-lined ‘external’ spaces (wet areas, pools and courtyards).
LocationLondon
ArchitectGianni Botsford Architects
Structural EngineerBuilt Engineers
Wood SupplierRoof ZÜBLIN Timber GmbH, Floors, Walls, Ceilings, Stairs Dinesen
ContractorNew Wave
SpeciesEuropean spruce, birch and Douglas fir
Landscape ServicesTodd Longstaffe-Gowan
Roof StructureZÜBLIN Timber GmbH
Stair ManufacturerSteelOne srl