A low brick base anchors the timber construction of this pared-back backyard studio, which London studio O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects created as a workspace for a artistic couple in Highbury.
Nestled in a leafy backyard of a Victorian house, the studio gives the filmmaker and artist with a chilled, well-lit area with a robust visible connection to the outside.
O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects slotted it on the finish of the backyard to protect views from the home over the mature backyard, avoiding “compromising the sense of depth and continuity of the panorama”, the studio mentioned.
“It was vital that the constructing felt distinct from the home whereas sitting comfortably inside its setting, a brief stroll from the rear backyard door,” studio co-founder Amalia Skoufoglou advised Dezeen.
“The intention was to create a constructing that felt quiet but current within the backyard, somewhat than competing with it or the Victorian home,” she added.
“The shape permits the standard of the area to emerge via its proportions, building and relationship with daylight,” Skoufoglou continued. “Its modest scale and subservient place give the studio the character of a backyard constructing.”
O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects designed the fabric palette and low profile of the studio to enhance the character of the present home and backyard, guaranteeing minimal visible affect.
Its low brick plinth nods to the brick boundary partitions of the Victorian house and in addition pays homage to Victorian glasshouses, historically supported on low brick partitions.
Above the brick plinth is a light-weight timber construction, chosen to “permit the higher a part of the constructing to stay visually gentle”, Skoufoglou mentioned.
Inside, the backyard studio contains a most important open workspace and an adjoining lavatory. The focus is its built-in desk that extends alongside the primary east-facing window wall.
“The primary window wall and the built-in desk type the main focus of the inside. The desk runs alongside the beneficiant east-facing home windows, making daylight and the altering backyard views an integral a part of the working setting,” mentioned Skoufoglou.
“This association brings the working floor into direct relationship with pure gentle and views of the backyard.”
Inside, the timber construction is left uncovered at roof stage, whereas the brick plinth can also be left seen. Between, the partitions are lined with painted pine.
Smaller home windows are positioned strategically across the studio, framing views of bushes whereas sustaining privateness from neighbouring houses.
Based on the studio, the “grain of the timber, the feel of the brick and the altering daylight mix to present the area its character”.
Different London backyard studios featured on Dezeen embody Shou Sugi Bangers, a timber music studio by Unknown Works, and Gardenhide Studio, a hempcrete workspace by Commonbond Architects.
Share
Images by
Rory Gaylor
