Nimtim Architects creates London dwelling extension with walled backyard

London studio Nimtim Architects has renovated a Victorian maisonette in Camberwell with a heat palette of pure supplies and a lush walled garden.

Appropriately named Walled Backyard, the undertaking was designed by Nimtim Architects to supply the proprietor with a “place of reflection and sanctuary from the town”.

The design responds to a quick calling for larger connectivity and openness within the dwelling, working throughout the constraints of the Minet Property Conservation space close to Myatt’s Fields in south London.

By extending the rear of the house into the again backyard, Nimtim Architects has opened up the bottom flooring with a big residing, eating and kitchen area beneath a skylit ceiling of Douglas fir beams.

“Our shoppers needed the house to really feel open and linked however not cavernous,” defined the studio.

“Beneficiant openings on the rear create a focus and body views from the residing areas and the primary bed room to the secluded rear backyard, nonetheless outlined and wrapped by the unique inventory brick wall.”

On the entrance of the house, the previous front room has been become a separate visitor annexe with its personal devoted entrance and kitchenette.

Above, there’s a personal residing space positioned alongside the primary rest room and bed room, which overlooks the extension beneath from a small balcony.

“We launched an inner timber slatted balcony that permitted a dialogue between the bedrooms, the residing area and the backyard, lending an nearly civic high quality to the flat,” mentioned Nimtim Architects.

A palette of uncovered brickwork, tough plaster and a raised mixture concrete flooring within the kitchen lends a heat, earthy high quality to the areas, supposed to melt the sunshine coming into from the massive rear home windows.

“Collectively, we needed the supplies to have a wealthy and timeless high quality and be discrete sufficient to supply a backdrop to the shopper’s assortment of artwork, books and furnishings,” the studio added.

“Douglas fir timber screens and slatted flooring planks enable gentle to permeate, allowing glimpses between areas reinforcing the sense of connection.”

The studio additionally developed the idea for the walled backyard exterior, creating area for 2 small seating areas and a pond positioned between areas of foliage and ferns which might be capable of stand up to its south-facing side.

Nimtim Architects was based in 2014 in London by architects Nimi Attanayake and Tim O’Callaghan.

The studio has accomplished a number of refurbishments and extensions throughout London, together with the refurbishment of a house in Southwark with plywood partitions and a cork-clad extension with pink window frames.

The pictures is by Jim Stephenson.