This unassuming London home is a radical rethinking of the suburban residence

Station Lodge peeks out between New Malden’s typical interval properties, inviting guests to the architecturally sudden. This new residence, designed by architect Andrei Saltykov in South West London is definitely uncommon – and affords a radical subversion to residential structure of its area.

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Constructed on the positioning of a former storage, acquired by the shopper in 2020, the mission is now a household residence with inbuilt future-proofing – a ‘imprecise preliminary aspiration’ the architect explains, to be doubtlessly cut up into two properties for the house owners’ youngsters. In additional rapid phrases, the brand new home ought to present a snug and equitable non-public area for the couple’s two youngsters, in addition to room for the household’s in depth artwork and e-book assortment.

The temporary was wealthy, but the positioning was awkward, the architect writes: ‘The location is a triangle certain on two sides by typical suburban terraces (with a proper of option to an adjoining substation), and the third by the Motspur Park practice station platform.’

Inside, a big, flowing triple top dwelling area is the guts of the house. It’s punctuated by a vibrant crimson steel staircase which turns into a key spatial characteristic, which additionally serves as the principle circulation route resulting in the bed room ‘block’ upstairs. The bedrooms are aligned to the station and to guard customers from noise and defend their privateness, the amount is manufactured from heavy blockwork and indirect home windows. A house workplace areas sits on the very high.

The interiors observe the general composition’s uncommon geometry, which is in flip outlined by gentle, site visitors and quantity laws. It makes for a multi-faceted, gray roof which turns into the house’s defining, immediately recognisable characteristic.

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