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WRITERS’ HOUSE
EARLIER SCHEME
Queens Park, London
Unrealised - 2008
Contractor: Procare
Engineer: INGealtoir
QS: Robert Martell
Image: Rear photo-collage
The original proposal was to form a full-width rear extension which could only be granted planning permission by digging down one metre into the ground so the area to the side would be no higher than the two metre high garden wall. The new room would comprise two spaces: a four-metre high, cavernous dining area, with lower cooking preparation space to the side. Deep slots of light were cut through the grassy roof, reminiscent of the clients’ experience of Nero’s buried Palazzo D’oro in Rome. The proposal was granted planning permission in 2008, but the clients decided not to proceed.