Erskine Mews is a quaint street in Primrose Hill, Camden; a beautiful part of London a stones through from Regents Park and Camden Market.
A resident wanted to take the lead and propose the extension of all 5 properties on the Mews, which were split into 2 separate opposing blocks in a linear configuration. The properties were built post war and were solid brick forms with large modernist windows offering plentiful light into the rooms.
The Mews was surrounded by a wider block of taller Georgian terraces on 4 sides, creating a sheltered but bounded condition where lots of windows were overlooking one another.
Tasked with creating extensions to each of the 5 properties, a detailed analysis of the surrounding blocks took place to ascertain the distances and potential challenges the works may face.
Initial concepts were drawn to create a squared form which was chamfered to reduce the impacts to the surrounding neighbours. The chamfered design also helped to create 5 separate forms which seemed desirable to create a sense of individuality.
The intention was for the extensions to house amenity space, so the angular form was extended to create screening for privacy.
Some of the extension, were larger than others due to the site constraints. One, for example, was closer to the main terrace and so the windows nearby were more impactful.
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