Tower House Extension and Refurbishment, Lewisham Building Project, London Building Renovation, Architecture Image
Walters Way House in Lewisham, South London
28 Oct 2021
Design: MAP Architecture
Location: Lewisham, South London, England, UK

Walters Way House
MAP Architecture was asked to design and oversee the Walters Way extension and full-house refurbishment for this locally-listed, self-built, timber-frame “Segal House” in south-east London.

The architects worked closely with the clients themselves – who carried out the majority of the construction work – as well as with Jon Broome, who assisted renowned architect Walter Segal on the original house in the 1980s.

Segal inspired a generation of self-builders and architects with a socialist approach to building your own home. The street on which the house sits was built out entirely by the original occupiers, facilitated by the local council who could not afford to develop the site using traditional methods. That collective spirit remains – and has been described by some street residents as “a virus that is impossible to avoid!”
Jo and Justin caught the bug upon moving into the house as “second generation” Segalists and soon found that the much-loved home had reached a point in its life-cycle where repairs and adaptations were needed to keep it fit for modern life.

This included “pushing out” the original panelised construction to create larger rooms,...