MarshKeene submerges London home extension to create single-level dwelling

Structure studio MarshKeene has refurbished and prolonged an end-of-terrace Victorian townhouse in Nunhead, south London, with a unifying brick plinth wall.

The studio resolved the unique constructing’s disconnected, multi-level structure by excavating the location to create a single-level, semi-submerged rear extension that accommodates the kitchen and eating space.

“We partially submerged the extension into the backyard to permit its flooring to align with the prevailing lounge,” defined MarshKeene.

“In doing so, we unified the home throughout one stage, remodeling the benefit with which you progress via the home and guaranteeing beneficiant ceiling heights.”

Named Plinth Home, the house encompasses a brickwork plinth wall designed to create continuity between inner and exterior area and overcome the challenges posed by the location’s sloping topography.

The plinth wall surrounding the property is made out of pale buff brick and mortar. It features as a retaining wall whereas offering an in-built seating space.

Inside, a 2.5 metre-high door connects the hallway to the unique dwelling space and the extension past.

MarshKeene designed the door to slip away right into a recess within the wall, permitting the area to be opened and divided as required.

The kitchen and eating space has a poured concrete flooring, bespoke joinery and white partitions, which distinction the darkish kitchen items.

The studio used pure supplies and easy inside finishes all through the property.

Folding glass doorways with inexperienced frames join the area to a sunken terrace and the backyard past. A second set of glass doorways and an image window present additional views and entry to the backyard.

As Plinth Home sits on a triangular plot of land, MarshKeene informed Dezeen that the design was meant to “have interaction the extension with the backyard in a number of instructions”.

The studio added a zinc-clad loft extension with standing seams that proceed the vertical strains of the ground-floor extension’s wood cladding.

It accommodates a rest room, bed room, and examine that has a big single-pane window with views over the encompassing space.

“The design of the rear and loft extension is all about capitalising on the bizarre twin side nature of the home, framing surprising views from each the home and backyard,” defined the London and Hampshire-based studio.

Different home extensions lately featured on Dezeen embody Studio Hallett Ike’s darkish brick extension to a London flat and Yellow Cloud Studio’s extension that includes an inner courtyard.

The pictures is by Lorenzo Zandri.