Architect：nimtim architects

Location：London, UK; | ;

Project Year：2020

Category：Private Houses

A reimagining of a 60s suburban house. The house is reinvented as a light and open space for entertaining and relaxing with friends.

Our client was moving from a Central London apartment to leafy suburban Croydon and wanted to retain the open-ness and lightness of his apartment. He was keen to create an open-plan space that worked for entertaining while also allowing moments of privacy and comfort when home alone.

Rather than extend the footprint, nimtim proposed repurposing the internal garage at the front of the house as a snug and opening up the ground floor. The centrally placed kitchen allows the client to welcome new visitors while remaining connected to those in the living and dining spaces. The angled kitchen is orientated to draw people into the space and frame views of the garden. This creates a dynamic play between the new spaces.

Key to the concept was making the existing ground floor interior feel like an extension of the garden. Materials were carefully considered, particularly in terms of flooring, allowing each space to be intimate within an open plan layout. The floor materials transition through the space along angled thresholds, gradually becoming more robust and external. Rich oak parquet floor with timber blocks line the snug. This gives way to warm earthy terracotta square tiles and finally a harder but still warm toned red brick paver laid out in a basket weave. The brick pavers continue into the rear garden forming an external angled terrace that merges the interior and exterior spaces.

A palette of muted green joinery forms the kitchen, integrated storage, bench seating and an open staircase within the ground floor. The result is an open but articulated space full of light and colour.

“nimtim were a pleasure to work with from the very beginning and gave me the confidence not to compromise on any of their amazing ideas. The result is a uniquely modern, flowing and functional light filled space with character that is a delight to live in”

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