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OAKHURST

The project will be a new-build home adjacent to an existing Edwardian house, turning them into a pair of semi-detached residential units on Oakhurst Avenue. The project aims to apply a coherent design approach that would mirror the essential features of the mass and form and unify the different elements that have been added to the existing house over the years.

By maintaining a faithful but contemporary interpretation of the existing house, the project’s specific architectural language throughout the entire building will start to emerge. The project aims to explore what it means to build an Edwardian House by understanding its essence - using a rich, but reduced material palette of brick, concrete, timber and steel.


Oakhurst can be seen as an architectural decalcomania. The most common example of decalcomania involves applying paint to paper then folding it, applying pressure and then unfolding the paper to reveal a mirror pattern. In architecture, this doesn’t mean to completely replicate the existing, but it will be practical needs that steer the design decisions.




LOCATION
Barnet, London, UK

STATUS
Under Construction

SCOPE
New-build Residential Home
RIBA Stage 0-6

DESIGN TEAM
Architect / Of Architecture
Planning Consultant / PlainView
Structural Eng. / Geared Partnership
Civil Eng. / Geared Partnership
M&E Eng. / TBK Projects
Cost Consultant / Tim Hall Quantity Survey
Arbriculturalist / Tree Sense Arboricultural Consultants
Ecologist / Aven Ecology