KIM-oflage – London, England
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KIM-oflage – London, England
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Designed by
Delve Architects
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© Fred Howarth
Project Description
Project description provided by Delve Architects - Homeowners Kit and Imogen had loved working with Delve Architects on a timber-clad extension to their Victorian terrace home in Nunhead in 2018. However with a growing family, their choice was either to move or solve their need for more space in a different way.
The two looked at the empty space at the bottom of the garden, a dark, damp corner used to collect garden cuttings and home to a few dead trees/bushes. They imagined in its place a new flexible garden studio, providing an opportunity to live/work and play. Working with Delve, the new studio mirrors the design of the rear extension in form, but uses green glazed tiles as a facade to hide amongst the mature garden planting, hence the name KIM-oflage.
The studio interiors were split into different zones using colour and changing materials, with a space for sleeping, working, yoga, a small kitchenette and large doors which open outwards onto a newly laid patio area. Separately garden storage has been provided through a hidden, flush doorway to maintain the utility aspect of the garden plot for Kit and Imogen
Permitted development guidelines were pushed to the limit to create the largest possible studio. With pitched roofs to avoid overshadowing neighbours the studio receives ample natural light, especially in the evening where the setting sun is amplified by a pink lime wash that also works to zone the seating area and separate it from the ‘working’ parts of the studio.
