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Project posted by WILLIAM TOZER Associates

Rectilinear Intersect

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Location
England, United Kingdom
Year
2023
Structure
House (Single Residence)
Style
Modern
Interior openings are frameless, with concealed doors where necessary, to appear as rectangular incisions in the original building.
Interior openings are frameless, with concealed doors where necessary, to appear as rectangular incisions in the original building.
Moving through the house, one looks through layers of frameless openings in the interior and exterior walls and roofs.
Moving through the house, one looks through layers of frameless openings in the interior and exterior walls and roofs.
A mirrored wall appears as another incision in the building, and visually doubles the frameless openings in the interior and exterior.
A mirrored wall appears as another incision in the building, and visually doubles the frameless openings in the interior and exterior.
The open-plan interior is loosely divided by rectilinear volumes that continue the language of the exterior architecture at a smaller scale, concealing storage and hidden doors.
The open-plan interior is loosely divided by rectilinear volumes that continue the language of the exterior architecture at a smaller scale, concealing storage and hidden doors.
The open-riser staircase recalls the Stack artworks of Donald Judd, but in timber to match the floor of the original Victorian house.
The open-riser staircase recalls the Stack artworks of Donald Judd, but in timber to match the floor of the original Victorian house.
Fragments of the vocabulary of the new design appear in interventions throughout renovations of the house.
Fragments of the vocabulary of the new design appear in interventions throughout renovations of the house.
A timber-clad built-in desk forms a window surround to one of the frameless glazed incisions to the building envelope.
A timber-clad built-in desk forms a window surround to one of the frameless glazed incisions to the building envelope.
Held in door pockets, frameless interior doors enable the entrances to enclosed rooms to also appear as incisions to the interior of the building.
Held in door pockets, frameless interior doors enable the entrances to enclosed rooms to also appear as incisions to the interior of the building.
Within a traditional mansard roof form, a new top-floor continues the visual strategy of the ground floor, both in material palette and in the articulation of doors and windows as incisions.
Within a traditional mansard roof form, a new top-floor continues the visual strategy of the ground floor, both in material palette and in the articulation of doors and windows as incisions.
A concealed bathroom cupboard appears as only an incised rectangular line in the bathroom wall when closed.
A concealed bathroom cupboard appears as only an incised rectangular line in the bathroom wall when closed.

Details

Square Feet
1960
Bedrooms
3
Full Baths
1

Credits

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Architect
Landscape Design
Builder
ZUZ Construction Ltd.
Photographer
Lucasz Wielkoszynski
Publications
Grand Designs Magazine
Home Adore

From WILLIAM TOZER Associates

A composition of white-rendered and slate-clad rectilinear building volumes, offset from one another horizontally and vertically and incised with frameless, rectangular glazing, references the Conical Intersect artwork of Gordon Matta-Clark.

A rectangular wall of mirror doubles the perception of the new spaces and forms in the open-plan living-kitchen-dining space of the ground floor. Ambiguously, the wood-lined interior both accentuates interiority, by recalling traditional salons and nooks, and connotes exteriority through the use of timber matching the decking outside. This perception is furthered by glimpses of garden vegetation through the frameless windows and in the mirrored wall.

On the top floor, frameless rectangular openings to the walls and roof continue the exterior design strategy of the lower floors inside a traditional mansard building form. Timber cladding to the wall separating the bedroom and bathroom, and to the built-in desk and window surround on the floor below, visually recall the ground floor.