Brynmaer Road

Design ACB were appointed to undertake the remodeling of an existing Victorian terraced property in Battersea. The proposals include the full basement excavation of both house and garden to accommodate a cinema room, gymnasium, sauna, and playroom. A new second-floor mansard and a glazed ground-floor side return will also be added to create 300sqm of accommodation.

The ground floor extension was conceived as a composition of two elements; a dark rendered ‘box’ which frames the garden and a glazed ‘slot’ adjacent to the boundary wall. Internally this slot takes the form of a glass roof to the side extension, a glass floor in the kitchen and a staircase beyond. The slot continues into the garden as a lightwell offering natural light to the basement below.

Internal walls have been removed at ground floor level to create a large continuous open plan space while the kitchen extends into the garden visually linking inside and out.

The project received planning consent in June 2012.