Structure studio Khan Bonshek’s founders have remodelled their very own terraced home in east London round a central brick wall, finishing up nearly all of the work themselves.
Named Two Up, Two Down, the home was renovated and prolonged by Sabba Khan and Mark Bonshek, who based Khan Bonshek in 2021.
With the studio performing as consumer, architect and contractor, the couple aimed to rearrange the house’s inside and add small additions to benefit from the area.
“The home represents our guiding philosophy; methods to take advantage of with little or no,” the couple mentioned.
“Most costly new builds are about packing in rooms and low ceilings,” continued Bonshek.
“We have taken a volumetric method. We sought to create expanse, have views past rooms and create one thing humble by spatial association.”
The studio eliminated all the prevailing inner partitions within the terrace, which the couple acquired in 2018, earlier than including a central gray brick “backbone wall” by the centre of the constructing.
This wall helps the steps, that are seen within the entrance room, and runs the complete peak of the house including a pure, textural ingredient.
To enhance circulate and openness in the home, two small extensions had been added. On the bottom flooring, the prevailing extension was changed with a full-width brick addition, which now accommodates the light-filled kitchen.
On the high of the home, the prevailing loft conversion was prolonged with the addition of a timber-framed dormer.
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To additional enhance the sense of area, the partitions enclosing the lavatory and research on the primary flooring had been changed with curtains.
Within the lavatory, a piece of the ceiling was eliminated to create a double-height area.
In the course of the demolition, Khan Bonshek salvaged supplies, which had been reused within the reconstruction.
These supplies had been supplemented with accessible supplies corresponding to plywood and yoghurt pots together with salvaged teak, black marble and brass.
In response to the couple, the main focus of the renovation was to create a house that will be an pleasurable place to stay in, reasonably than including worth to the property.
“We had been very clear from the outset that we had been creating a snug wholesome residence, reasonably than an asset,” mentioned Khan.
“We have to get to a spot the place we modify coverage and attitudes round housing as property and as an alternative to locations which supply a reprieve and luxury.”
Khan believes the house will be an instance of how current terraced homes within the UK will be upgraded and argued that the federal government ought to amend tax legal guidelines to encourage renovations
Refurbishments within the UK presently incur 20 per cent VAT, levies that aren’t utilized on new construct developments.
“We’ve got an obligation to offer housing from the prevailing inventory,” Khan added. “Take into consideration all of the embodied vitality and why that is such a greater choice than demolishing and placing up a lot of new buildings.”
Different London residence extensions not too long ago featured on Dezeen embrace a minimalist extension to a Victorian residence and a Grade II-listed villa with a wood-filled extension.
The pictures is by James Retief.
