The House Recast

Built

French+Tye

Intended as an demonstration project in off-site fabrication and adaption, pigmented concrete is used as both primary structure and architectural finish and internally for floors, stairs and fittings.

Overall Winner - Don't Move, Improve! 2021

The owners, a retired couple, approached Studio Ben Allen to reconsider the piecemeal rear facade of their end of terrace Victorian house in north London and to provide a new kitchen and two new bathrooms – one to be on the ground floor and accessible.

Studio Ben Allen were encouraged by the client to use the project as a testbed for ideas. Led by architects Omar Ghazal and Ben Allen, they used the project as a vehicle to push the boundaries of off-site fabrication – something that they felt was lacking in smaller scale residential or alteration projects.

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Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Haringey

Size

142 sq m

Completion

August 2020

Location

50 Warham Rd, Harringay Ladder, London N4 1AT, UK

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