Godson Street

The development features a single house alongside five mixed-use plots, which follow the common typology of commercial unit below and apartment above. The design is effectively a modern reworking of a Georgian terrace. At the front a retaining wall was kept and new dividing walls added to act as buttresses and form courtyards and lightwells providing light into the lower commercial levels. Above, the living spaces are articulated within the zinc-clad sculptural form that folds out from the concrete below.

The commercial units are pared back with raw finishes on show, while in the residential apartments, bespoke detailing and timber joinery features create crafted spaces, from the raw steel staircase in the house to the birch plywood and Valchromat cabinets in the apartment’s kitchen and living rooms.

All the living spaces, including the house, feature an upside-down arrangement, with bedrooms on the lower floors and living spaces above.

The building is dynamic at the upper levels, with private views carved out from the solid forms of the residential units. In contrast, at the lower levels glazed infills to the supporting concrete podiums create an open and friendly relationship to the street.