Forest Mews is a redevelopment of an urban brownfield site with a small sustainable community of 3 live/work houses arranged around a multi-functional shared outdoor courtyard. The buildings create a balance between natural light and thermal performance by using triple glazing as well as high performance insulation to walls, floors and roof.

© Tim Crocker

Architects: Stolon Studio Ltd

Location: London, United Kingdom

Architect In Charge: Jessica and Robert Barker

Area: 400.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Tim Crocker, Robert Barker

Structural Engineer: David Philips (StructureHaus)

Drainage Engineer: Peter Brett Associates
Main Contractor: John Perkins Projects

© Robert Barker

From the architect. Forest Mews is a redevelopment of an urban brownfield site with a small sustainable community of 3 live/work houses arranged around a multi-functional shared outdoor courtyard. The buildings create a balance between natural light and thermal performance by using triple glazing as well as high performance insulation to walls, floors and roof.

© Tim Crocker

Land-locked on all sides, the architects had the challenge of providing light to each room, without compromising privacy and outlook; in a scheme conversant with its patchwork context, const...