Bermondsey Warehouse Loft Apartment
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Re-fitted residential Loft apartment in a converted warehouse in Bermondsey, London
FORM design architecture has completely re-fitted this Loft apartment in a converted warehouse in Bermondsey. The industrial character and scale had previously been lost beneath raised floors, lowered ceilings and partitions of a spatially conventional 1990s fit-out.
Storage, bathroom and utility functions are contained within a sharply-detailed block ‘parked’ in the corner of the now fully revealed Loft space, with a similarly detailed linear counter block providing the cooking area.
A concealed sliding wall allows the sleeping area to be fully enclosed if required. At the other end, a full width counter provides a work area for the photographer owner. In between are flexible zones for dining, relaxing and exercise.
Apart from the unfinished Pitch Pine floorboards, all surfaces are finished in white, the crisp machine-made quality of the solid acrylic blocks setting them apart from the more hand-made and time-weathered surface textures of the original industrial building.
Surface finishes within the service block are in dark grey, accenting the idea of a fruit or jewel-case-like object with a smooth exterior skin contrasting with a darker, sensual core.
Data
- Begun: Jul 2011
- Completed: Oct 2011
- Floor area: 104m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £240,000
- Tender date: Mar 2011
- Procurement: JCT Minor Works 2005 rev. 2 (2009) with Contractor’s design for Mechanical & Electrical
- Address: Bermondsey Exchange, 179-181 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3UW, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: FORM design architecture
- Client: Tom Lloyd
- Main contractor: 8Build Ltd.
Suppliers
- Electrical installation: Faraday & Franklin
- Mechanical installation: Allen-Hubbard Services Ltd
- Joinery: ABR Woodcraft
- Acrylic Solid Surfaces: LG Hausys
- Lighting (LED downlights): AlphaLED
- Lighting (track lights): Zumtobel
- Lighting (concealed): Viabizzuno
- Lighting control system: Lutron
- Ceramic tiles: Royal Mosa
- Towel Radiators: Zehnder
- Bathroom sanitaryware: Roca
- Basin: Not Only White
- Taps & Shower controls: Vola UK Ltd
- Appliances: Miele
- Oven & hob: Smeg
- Cooker Hood: Cooker Hoods For You
- Window blinds: Soltech