At first look, the Victorian terrace in Herne Hill appears to be like like so many others on its South London road: inventory brick, slim footprint, and the acquainted rhythm of home windows and doorways. Inside, nevertheless, O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects have reimagined the home as a sequence of framed views of the backyard—an structure of sunshine and inexperienced. The brand new decrease degree pivots round a clerestory lantern and an inside courtyard, areas that pull daylight deep into the plan and dissolve the boundary between indoors and out.
The backyard, in the meantime, by designers Ann Ison and Colin Clark, is organized into three areas: a sunlit entrance of untamed planting and shrubs, a central paved courtyard, and a shaded rear with mature timber beneath the Victorian arches.
Designed for a artistic younger household, the 680-square-foot backyard is formed round their transient: a refuge near nature with curiosity throughout all seasons. Final summer time, the household harvested vine tomatoes and herbs; over time, fruit timber and extra edible plantings will lengthen the backyard’s function as each retreat and useful resource.
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Pictures courtesy of O’Sullivan Skoufoglou.
