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Light cascades through this London redesign by Flow Architecture with Magrits
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In London's picturesque streets, Victorian residential properties abound, yet many of those grand houses need significant redevelopment in order to respond adequately to modern living standards.'The team behind such a property's recent refresh ' Flow Architecture with Magrits ' know this well, as they had to completely gut and redesign a Kensington home into a contemporary space for a young family.'
Set on a leafy, quiet street the existing house spanned four levels, and the architects reconfigured the structure fully, while adding a basement floor and a double height rear extension for'more space. Rather than changing the exterior (as the property sits within a conservation area), the team focused on transforming the core of the building and the internal arrangement instead, creating a 'heart' for the home, in the shape of an interior courtyard that brings light straight into the deepest parts of the building.
In fact, the design was very much led by the architects' desire to maximise the potential for natural light inside ' contrasting the Victorian property's traditionally'fairly small, darker rooms. Opening up the interior by creating double height spaces, clean, white-washed rooms, connections across levels, and soft, organic curves throughout, the team created a series of rooms, including a'sequence of entertainment spaces on the lower levels, comprising living, kitchen, dinning, family room and a mezzanine library.
Meanwhile, the extension leads out to a reworked garden at the back of the property, where a curving, paved path merges with carefully planned landscaping, continuing the themes that dominate inside: a sense of seamless, softness and dynamism.'
Fittingly named 'Light Falls', the house feels bright, open and generous. 'The name Light Falls perfectly expresses the soul of the house,' the team explains.''The cascading effect of daylight, brought in vertical motion to the centre of the building, enlivens the interior spaces and dissolves the borders between outdoor and indoor spaces.''
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