A minimal materials palette helps outline this glazed extension, which London studio DHaus has added to the again of a home in Hertfordshire, UK.
Designed to assist join the house to its backyard, the extension was designed to show a home that suffered from darkish and small areas right into a light-filled house with glass partitions that body views of nature.
The addition contains a largely glazed extension in addition to a separate studio, which sits on the finish of the backyard and comprises a house gymnasium.
“The basic idea was to border the tree and backyard with a brand new flush kitchen ground that was the identical top because the backyard stage,” DHaus co-director David Ben-Grunberg informed Dezeen. “We had been fascinated about creating heavy sculptural varieties in a restricted materials palette with three most important components of concrete, timber and glass.”
Linked to the remainder of the house by a set of wood stairs that run alongside a curving white panelled wall, the extension homes a kitchen and eating space that replaces the house’s earlier kitchen, which was darkish and lacked area.
To boost its connection to the backyard, DHaus dropped the extension by one metre to put the brand new area on the similar stage because the again backyard.
“The present kitchen was darkish and never massive sufficient for a eating area. we needed to create a light-filled area with a direct hyperlink to the outside,” stated Ben-Grunberg.
“The present rear of the home was reduce off from the backyard as the principle home was set one metre larger than the backyard,” he continued. “We dropped the completed ground stage to the backyard as the present home was set a lot larger than the backyard making a disconnect between the 2.”
Aiming to create a extra spacious zone in the home and invite pure mild into its inside, the studio contained the extension inside glass partitions, maintaining timber and concrete parts to a minimal and utilizing frameless glass the place potential to supply uninterrupted views of the backyard exterior.
“We needed to border views of the sky with a window field extra akin to sculpture, to border the attractive east-facing backyard and the big Birch Tree,” stated Ben-Grunberg.
Except for the big parts of glazing, accents of timber and concrete characteristic all through the extra area, together with a low concrete datum that runs across the border of the extension and doubles as a bench within the eating space.
A concrete wall was constructed at one aspect of the facade, which runs as much as the gate marking the sting of the positioning. To present the house a uncooked really feel, a concrete ground extends from the extension’s inside into the area exterior, creating an out of doors terrace that borders the backyard.
Inside, Douglas Fir timber was used for as most of the components as potential, together with the joinery, kitchen doorways and uncovered beams, which stretch alongside the size of the ceiling, interrupted by a skylight that provides further pure lighting.
A collection of Douglas-Fir furnishings topped with concrete worktops had been organized all through the area, providing areas for eating and cooking in addition to informal seating areas.
In addition to the extension, DHaus added a separate studio constructing to the top of the backyard, which homes a gymnasium. Designed to mirror the design of the extension, the backyard studio takes cues from the neighbouring construction’s materials palette whereas that includes uncooked finishes that give the constructing a extra unfinished character.
“The gymnasium was designed to reflect the language of the bigger home extension with a uncooked uncovered palette of blockwork and uncovered timber ceilings and divulges,” stated Ben-Grunberg.
“With the twist being to be as uncooked and uncovered as potential, the interior end is simply uncooked concrete blockwork, and we really feel it really works nicely for a gymnasium area.”
Different extensions that use massive parts of glazing to brighten current properties embody an all-marble extension that options vibrant white surfaces and glass doorways and a glass extension that refreshes a century-old cabin within the Czech Republic.
The pictures is by Nick Dearden.
