Shoreditch Loft
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A loft extension and flat renovation in Shoreditch
This flat is in the centre of Shoreditch next to the Ace Hotel. Entry is through the street facing building and across a rear courtyard at first floor level where the flat appears as a stand alone building in the centre of the urban block.
The practice was interested in this setting and the enclosure formed by a hotel, social housing, private apartments, lock up units and a yard stacked high with hundreds of old fridges. It wanted to make a new living space that faced onto this urban scene, relishing the grittiness of it.
This led to the roof and three walls of the new volume being conceived as a single form that had been cracked apart into four overlapping shells, the sloping planes allowing light to enter and protecting against overlooking.
Data
- Floor area: 100m2
- Sector: Residential
- Total cost: £200,000
- Address: 108 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Levitate
- Client: Yerco Sanchez
- Consultant and Structural Engineer: Price and Myers
Suppliers
- Pre-fabricated timber frames: Constructional Timber
