Irish studio NOJI Architects constructed this angular extension to a heritage-protected Dublin property with reclaimed bricks to produce a seamless transition among outdated and new.
NOJI Architects designed Brick Addition to give a lot more room and a far better connection to the garden for a 3-storey property in Dublin’s Mount Pleasant Square, which is described as 1 of the city’s most gorgeous Georgian squares.
The home is the last remaining home on the square with a full garden and its original detached mews home intact, but it previously suffered from a disconnected route between these elements and the house. The kitchen was also poorly located in the basement, the place the ceiling height is just two.two metres.
The two-storey extension supplies the owners with a new kitchen at the rear, which opens immediately onto the backyard, and a new bathroom over it.
To create the 14.4-square-metre extension, the architects had to navigate between the difficulties of maximising space, preserving the movement of light to neighbouring properties, and satisfying the strict tips of the Dublin City Council.
This was achieved in element by producing two tapered volumes, created to steer clear of overshadowing neighbouring houses and the rooms of the current house.
The roof of the reduced volume on the ground floor is taller at the back, delivering further height for a seating spot that overlooks the garden. It slopes down as it approaches the home, in buy to avoid blocking light to the rooms behind it.
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The roof of the upper volume slopes in the opposite path, following on from the current home’s roof pitch.
Reclaimed bricks have been also used to smooth the transition among the house and extension, while reclaimed concrete was selected for the window sills.
“The type was massed to give the impression of highest weight to the two volumes,” mentioned the architects, whose other tasks include an extension that makes use of plywood for its structure, as properly as its interior surfaces.
“The massing makes it possible for the new extension to sit alongside the unique property comfortably, although also opening up to the backyard. The use of reclaimed bricks and reclaimed concrete sills provides the new extension a sense of permanence,” they added.
A slot-shaped skylight runs along the edge of the new kitchen, which faces north, to carry more light into the room. A bench with integrated storage was added at the finish to supply an informal seating location and a closer connection with the backyard.
Concrete flooring was utilized to complement the colour of the dark-painted wooden cabinets in the kitchen, and window frames and walls had been finished in lighter-coloured, unpainted timbers.
A timber staircase connects the kitchen with the residing area half a level greater, supplying a discreet connection in between the previous and new sections of the property.
“The strategy and use of the ground floor has been radically altered with a new sense of connection with the garden and mews home beyond,” added the architects. “The extension sits with a sense of harmony, binding with the current home, and complements the terrace with a brick addition that is also of its time.”
Brick is often employed for extensions to generate a seamless relationship amongst new and previous. Other examples contain a two-storey London addition with bricks that match those of neighbouring houses, and an extension with a corner of glazing that retracts completely into its brick walls.
Photography is by Alice Clancy.
Project credits:
Architects: NOJI Architects – John Monahan
Contractor: John Doyle
Engineer: Cora Engineers – John McMinimum
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