This building was an oddity in a largely Georgian developed part of Central London. Its 7 storey form appeared to openly oppose the hierarchy of the wider blocks, opting to be horizontal instead of vertical, top heavy instead of bottom heavy, in an evocative Stirling style.
The task was to retain the existing residential units which existed to the lower floors, refurbish and extend the remaining parts and create a design which unified this into something interesting and palatable to the surrounding area.
Conversation area policy which strident in its claims that the building made a negative contribution to the neighbourhood, so any development could be justified in the sense that it could remedy the harm done to the visual amenity.
The existing building sat on 3 streets – Great Portland Street; Carburton Street and Bolsover Street – which offered a unique Architectural opportunity in prime London real estate. Each street had its own language which offered an intriguing Architectural challenge.
Various concept designs were created to analysise formal and informal versions of a over cladded framework to create a truly 3-dimensional building. This could react to the different street scenes which had their own window proportion and hierarchy.
New MaldenThe client's brief was to develop the upper floors whilst retaining the existing Commercial space on ground floor. Planning permission is sought for 9 residential apartments within a modern building over 5 stories. The intention is to occupy the commercial space before the rest of the development is completed so the team has had to factor this into the design. The existing first floor, roofs, structure and slab will be removed; with the existing external walls on ground floor retained creating the Commercial demise. This allows for a cleaner phasing of the construction works.
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Friern ParkT2S 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.
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DalstonThe brief was to develop this existing building on Kingsland Road, Dalston, into a mixed use commercial and residential project. The site, located on an old Roman road, has historic significance and was developed in the late 19th Century. The area was significantly bomb damaged during the Second World War, which explains why this building differs architecturally from the terrace resides. T2S felt it was logical to reinstate the Georgian terrace style to the front, whilst proposing a modern extension at the rear to retain a sense of historic honesty to the design.
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