Duke of York Garden Units

vPPR Architects have completed works to a neglected backyard of a converted pub located in a Conservation area in Mile End, London. Owned by a busy couple with two young children and another on its way, the family was looking to increase internal space and upgrade the dilapidated external areas.

Following a feasibility study, vPPR have completed four interventions to unify the ad hoc backyard: two internal rooms – a flexible play space extending from the existing kitchen, and an office where the parents can work from home while keeping an eye on the children across the garden; and two external spaces – including an interconnecting patio, like a stage on to which all the spaces look out, and a hidden roof terrace accessed by a spiral staircase.

The individual rooms can completely open up to create seamless transitions between inside and outside. The project’s identity is reinforced at a detail scale through a diamond grid applied to all surfaces.