Morgans Management Ltd
T2S is working with its long term client, Morgans Management Limited, on delivering this fantastic development in Friern Park, North London. Planning was sought with the local authority for 21 apartments within a detached 4 storey building.
A critical aspect of the design is the lowered balconies to the front elevation, which allow amenity and daylight in the Ground Floor which sits below the pavement level. Guarding is hidden by greenery to soften the buildings impact on the street frontage, whilst complying with all requisute regulations.
On the upper floors, recessed balconies are integrated to ensure the overall massing and design reads in a clear and coherent manner.
Construction methods have been kept traditional, with two types of brickwork used to create a playful pattern applying simple techniques.
The brickwork pattern is particularly evident on the elevation to the Northern boundary where is helps to break up the overall massing and linear nature of the upper floors. This unifying language creates a forgiving device which allows windows and openings to move and shift to react to the internal layouts.
This pattern also allows the complex massing to be read in a clear fashion. Here, the massing sets back and angles away from the adjacent habitable windows to prevent an overbearing condition.
The development of the mass and shape of the building was discussed with the Local authority at great lenght. As with most London sites, the surrouding context and constraints help to develop the design to create a building which sits comfortably within its surroundings.
This is particularly prevalent on the southern boundary, where the massing is scuplted to on the 2nd and 3rd floor to prevent a sense of enclosure and overbearing condition when read from neighbouring properties.
A previously consented design was used to define the scale of height of the building to the front elevation.
Sulivan RoadThe works involved the refurbishment and extension of an existing building in Fulham; adjacent to the Hurlingham club and within close proximity to the Thames. 14 apartments were created, with additional commercial space to the rear, whilst the existing Commercial tenant, and top floor residential tenants, continued to operate and reside in the building. The resultant facade works are a striking Architectural solution to a highly constrained but sought after property.
...
Gloucester AvenueGloucester Avenue is a complex collection of buildings configured in a courtyard arrangement in North London. The site sits in the heart of the Primrose Hill conservation area and straddles the North Western Trainline into Euston Station. Once planning consent was sought, the works were constructed on-site to deliver 39 residential apartments, 1 detached house, and just over 8000 sqft of Commercial B1(a) floor space.
...
Leaside RoadThe client had owned this existing commercial building on Leaside Road in Hackney for a number of years, and wanted to explore options to develop the site into something of merit. A series of developments had been recently completed to transform this area into a prominantly residential area, enjoying the local landscaping and Leaside Canal. The resultant development, which has been submitted for Planning consent, accommodates 35 residential apartments, including 6 affordable apartments, with 10,000ft2 of commercial space.
...
Avenue HeightsThe project brief was to extend a existing linear residential block on the edge of Crouch End, North London. As the design developed, the client extended the works to demolish and rebuild the linear block to improve the quality of the apartments whilst maintaining the contemporary architectural style.
...