Gillespie Road
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Small house that achieves a sense of spaciousness through smart level planning
Designed for a developer, for rent, the site was previously occupied by a row of three garages, measuring 4.4 x 8 metres.
The 75m2 internal area is divided over three floors achieved with a split-level plan. A half-basement allows the top floor to be less than 4.5m permitting a plan without a fully enclosed stair. As a consequence, this small house on a tight site feels spacious and light.
Construction was simple; reinforced block basement walls, concrete block walls and joisted floors and roof. Insulation is external behind a rainscreen of cement fibre panels in red and white, the colours of Arsenal football club, (Highbury stadium is on the same road). The roof is zinc-standing seam. Internally the house is painted plaster with oak floors and staircase.
Data
- Begun: Aug 2008
- Completed: Feb 2009
- Floor area: 75m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £200,000
- Procurement: JCT Minor Works
- CO2 Emissions: 1.7kg/m2/year
- Address: Gillespie Road, London, N5 1LR, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Mole Architects
- Client: Taylor Developments
- Structural engineer: Built Engineers
- Planning supervisors: Anglia Building Surveyors
- Main contractor: RMS
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