shelford terraces

Cluster of 4 units of terrace houses

Design concept –

• Design and language concept of building is of stacking pavilions that are independent and often pulled away from the party walls, leaving spaces around the pavilions so that the rooms do not feel connected to the party walls. Gardens and terrace spaces surround the rooms to give feeling of spaciousness while in the room and less awareness of the neighbour. Avoiding feeling that you are sandwiched between 2 party walls so that the sensation of space is expanded. Each pavilion is 1 room… increase feeling of privacy and commune with nature

• Compressing the building footprint and placing the pool on the roof in order to maximize the garden below. Because it is a terrace house, the front entrance is mostly taken up by the driveway so we increased the back garden so that the internal 1st storey spaces look backward to a sizeable and green garden

• Services placed in half basement facing the front of the site so that the dining room is raised above and full back garden can be used as garden and not yard

• Dining rm is raised higher than living so that the view from dining looks down to the living and beyond, into the garden behind, and the view from living looks upward through the dining and outward toward the sky (so as to not focus on the carporch)… crossventilation

• Fantastic view from roof level. Swimming pool with glass end maximizes the view