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Project • By Ciarcelluti Mathers Architecture • Private Houses
Soft-Spoken House
Victorian Loft Conversion and Family Home Retrofit, Hackney
This project reconfigures a Victorian terraced house in Hackney, through a compact loft extension and a fabric-first retrofit. Rather than increasing the footprint, the design focuses on improving spatial clarity, thermal performance, and the overall quality of everyday living. The result is a home that feels calm, well-balanced, and quietly efficient.
Brotherton-Lock
Over time, the house had become fragmented and difficult to use. Bedrooms were distributed across different floors, the bathroom was undersized, storage was limited, and environmental performance was poor, with rooms prone to overheating in summer and heat loss in winter. Previous attempts to improve the... More
Tilleuls
Tilleuls project is a typical example of housing in residential areas. Plot divided to generate profit, house too small, too much partitioned, not adapted anymore to the current lifestyle and not insulated. A typology of project that architectes will have to deal with more often to transform the existing situations, avoid land impact of new neighborhoods, and improve energy consumption of buildings.
Philippe Billard
Philippe Billard
The project quickly heads toward a renovation of the existing building, energetically and spatially, completed by an extension.
The partition of the house has been redesigned. The side of the entrance is changed to face the street and create a filter between public and private. The ground floor... More