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The south facing facade with the terrace locked into its site
Reworking of the terrace in Watcott’s Yard, Hackney, London. A self-build project creating three dwellings by two architects and a designer
The terrace is divided into three identical volumes by structural studwork party walls, each with a 47 square meter internal footprint. The footprint of the whole building is 141m2, each house has a floor area of approx. 90-100 sqm on 2.5 levels. The timber framing allows the south wall of the terrace to be fully glazed.
No. 1 is a house share with a workspace, No. 2 is a two-bed house and studio, and No. 3 is two self-contained flats.
The south facade shows a regular rhythm over the three houses, with some of the storey-height glazed panels as opening lights or ground-floor terrace doors.
Number 3 (the furthest east) has broken up some panels with a scattering of smaller opening lights. The gables and rear of Numbers 1 and 3 are clad in polycarbonate sheet, with some windows to the rear, though the polycarbonate also runs over openings as a cheap ‘obscured glass’ for privacy.
The rear of the centre house is fully glazed while the roof of the whole terrace is clad in sedum. Insulation is variously recycled newspaper and sheep’s wool.
Data
- Begun: Mar 2001
- Completed: Nov 2005
- Floor area: 141m2
- Sector: Residential
- Total cost: £350,000
- Tender date: Jan 2001
- Procurement: Architects acted as main contractors, coordinating trades.
- Address: Whatcott's Yard, Hackney, London, N16, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Barti Garibaldo, Annalie Riches, Silvia Ullmayer
- Project architects: Annalie Riches, Barti Garibaldo, Silvia Ullmayer
- Client: Silvia Ullmayer, Barti Garibaldo, Annalie Riches
- Structural engineer: Birdwood Trembath Associates
- Services engineer: Camtech
Suppliers
- Groundworks: Stag Civil Engineering
- Timber frame: Wilkinson Builders
- Timber glazing structure: Mocha Lab
- Sedum roof: EJ Roberts Roofing Contractors