The client wanted to regenerate this existing building on Oxford Street, Manchester, a thriving student area on the doorstep of both campus universities, into a mixed-use development of mainly student residential accommodation.
The existing building is a tired concrete structure, with a modernist language and rational window pattern. It sits at one end of a book ended urban block, with all buildings in between subservient in massing and style.
On this basis it seemed logical that any extension should be of equal height. Due to the building’s solid language, it felt natural that the extension followed the same footprint to avoid a setback condition which is not common in the local area.
To ensure the extension read holistically with the existing building, a brick slip cladding was chosen to unify the building’s language.
Windows were enlarged to create a simple grid, which was used for the extension to follow the same holistic design principles.
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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The CourtyardGloucester 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.
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Audit HouseThe clients purchased this site in Ruislip, North London, which accommodated an existing 3 storey office building. Their intention was to convert the office space and to extend the building to create residential accommodaton. The finalised design accommodated 45 residential apartments.
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