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Gloucester Studios

de Metz Forbes Knight Architects, London, 2009

 

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Courtyard with car turntable 

David Churchill (website)     Download Original

  • Courtyard with car turntable    
  • Courtyard at dusk    
  • Rooflights are north-facing    
  • View of living room from roof terrace    
  • First floor bedroom window looking onto courtyard    
  • Living room door    
  • Bathroom door opens onto roof terrace    
  • Exposed structure below rooflight    
  • Perimeter floor detail    
  • Site plan    
  • Ground floor plan    
  • First floor plan    
  • Roof plan    
  • Section    
  • High-level exploded perspective view from south    
  • Glazing detail in framed windows    
  • Typical residential window sill detail adjacent to railway    

Mixed-use refurbishment of a Georgian townhouse, previously used as offices, and two industrial sheds to the rear, into a block of six residential flats alongside a train line

A mix of six residential units, from one-bed flats to luxurious three-bed courtyard lofts, along with two B1 work units have been created, showing how industrial units on tight, landlocked sites can be re-used.

The rear sheds have been cut in half to form a shared courtyard, with a ground floor industrial unit and first floor three bedroom apartment on each side.

High-specification fire ratings and acoustic performance fro
indows and the external envelope are achieved by using isolated internal wall linings, and in windows by using thermally-broken frames with secondary inner glazing and large interstitial void. Trains are therefore visible but not audible.

Data

  • Begun: Sep 2006
  • Completed: Nov 2009
  • Floor area: 1,250m2
  • Sectors: Residential, House
  • Total cost: £2.3M
  • Procurement: JCT Intermediate Building Contract (2005)
  • CO2 Emissions: 23kg/m2/year
  • Address: Gloucester Studios, Gloucester Avenue, London, NW1 8JH, United Kingdom

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