Site constraints and local architecture guided the angular form of Mesh House, a copper-clad home that London studio Alison Brooks Architects has completed in Belsize Park.
Characterised by recessed and projecting bays, the home's playful form responds to its narrow, triangular site and planning restrictions limiting building height and prohibiting any impact on the daylight levels reaching the neighbouring houses.
Alison Brooks Architects has created Mesh House in London
While adhering to site constraints, the home's design is also intended to reference its surroundings, which include 19th-century villas and arts and crafts architecture.
"Belsize Park is renowned for its eclectic 19th-century urban villas, like the nearby Rosslyn Heights, and Victorian-era, Queen Anne, and arts and crafts buildings," Alison Brooks Architects told Dezeen. "This emphasis on craftsmanship inspired the design of Mesh House." The home has an angular form
Mesh House's angular form is designed as a nod to surrounding roofs and facades, while its facade is clad in partially oxidised copper shingles that echo the colours of the nearby brick houses.
"Its folding geometry abstracts the intricate facades and roofs of these historic villas into continuous, folded surfaces and intersecting vectors, creating a copper-clad mesh structure that reflects the brick tones of the surrounding houses," Alison Brooks Architects explained.
"The building's faceted plan and elevati...