Proctor & Shaw use faceted 3D tiles to create “rhythmic” London home extension

Angular three-dimensional tiles have been used to create textural curiosity in and out at this south London home extension, designed by structure studio Proctor & Shaw.

Tile Home is situated within the neighbourhood of Clapham and has been overhauled by locally-based studio Proctor & Shaw to boast a “subtly complicated show of sample and ornamentation”.

Its homeowners – a pair with two teenage sons – have been displeased with the property’s present rear extension, and eager to have extra expansive residing areas which are higher related to the east-facing again backyard.

The studio utterly demolished the outdated extension to erect a glass-fronted quantity that accommodates an open-plan kitchen and eating space.

It is partially clad in pale three-dimensional tiles, which characteristic triangular aspects that jut outwards at completely different angles.

Each has been stacked in alternating instructions, forming what the studio describes as a “rhythmic elevation of shadow and texture”.

A rougher iteration of the tiles has been used to cowl the bottom of the breakfast island inside.

“Internally the tiles are differentiated with a pitted floor so as to add a softer ‘pillowed’ impact to the furnishings they clad, the place externally the tiles are silk clean to guard them from the weather,” the studio defined.

Comfortable Home by Proctor & Shaw options cosy room overlooking the backyard

Oak has then been used to craft a cupboard within the adjoining kitchen suite, and to kind an extended bench seat beside the household eating desk.

Planks of glue-laminated spruce plywood are organized in a grid formation throughout the ceiling of the extension, bordered by an L-shaped skylight that helps additional illuminate the area.

“It is positioned in order that the articulated roof construction ‘floats’ off the partitions,” added the studio.

Rectangular porcelain flooring tiles by Dutch producer Mosa have additionally been laid throughout the ground, mimicking the linearity of the planks instantly above.

A splash of color is obtainable by a timber-panelled partition on the rear of the area, which is painted blush-pink.

It supplies a contrasting backdrop to the slate-grey couch within the adjoining front room and helps conceal among the utilities within the slim hall that runs off the kitchen.

Proctor & Shaw is headed up by architects John Proctor and Mike Shaw, and has been established since 2018.

The studio prolonged one other south London dwelling again in Could this yr, making a timber-lined cosy that its retired proprietor might use for studying or birdwatching.

Pictures is by Megan Taylor.

Mission credit:

Structure: Proctor & Shaw
Engineer: Fixed Structural Design
Contractor: Lucas Development Design and Construct
Constructing management: Quadrant Constructing Management