Space House Renovation
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Renovation of Peter Foggo and David Thomas' Space House including an upgrade to bathroom and kitchen facilities
Space House has an H-shaped plan comprising a series of braced steel trusses supported from eight stanchion columns, with timber-frame walls, floors and roof slung between, and large areas of plate glass.
Parallel front-to-back steel trusses, divided the plan into three zones, living, servant spaces and bedrooms. The rectangular trusses are braced with diagonal tie rods, expressed externally and internally. Front and back of the house are glazed from floor to ceiling.
External cedar cladding with a heavy build-up of varnish (some boards were water-damaged) have been removed, sanded and recoated so that they keep their panel-like quality. To increase the flow of space, corridor doors have been removed around the service core. Circulation is still a loop, but more legible.
The warm-air heating system prevents condensation build-up. Natural ventilation comes from sets of vertical timber louvres, and double-skin pleated blinds help reduce solar gain.
Data
- Begun: Jan 2003
- Completed: Jan 2004
- Floor area: 180m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £110,000
- Address: Pine Grove, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 2BD, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Lee / Fitzgerald Architects
- Client: Andrew Spurgeon and Ann Kelly
- Project manager: Andrew Spurgeon and Ann Kelly
- External Restoration: DCM Contract Painting
Suppliers
- Tiling: Reed Harris
- Sanitaryware: CP Hart Distribution
- Glazed Screen Works : AWC Builders