ART/ HOUSE
LONDON PROJECT - 23 ARCHITECTURE
Creating a harmonious synergy between art and architecture
was the impetus for 23 Architecture’s innovative reconfiguration,
extension and renewal of a London home. Undertaken to include
a voluminous subterranean addition containing a pool with diving
platform and leisure areas it houses the family’s fascinating art
collection.
Secreted at the end of a city street and set within a large private
urban garden the property contained remnants of an old Victorian
hospital. Due to this original function and unusual for domestic
residencies, the building comprised largely non-subdivided
spaces and this was a key precursor to the new design intervention
to retain these generous interior volumes.
A key focus was the need to display the client’s large contemporary
art collection. Windows on all elevations of the building did
not provide much wall space for hanging art (or for the easy
incorporation of storage).