Yellow Cloud Studio has refurbished and extended the lower ground floor of a terraced house in north London to create a bright kitchen and dining space for a professional chef.
The studio, headed by architects Eleni Soussoni and Romanos Tsomos, was approached by the chef to create a large kitchen for hosting pop-up dinners at the house in Lower Clapton.
Above: Yellow Cloud Studio has added a bright kitchen to a London home. Top image: it sits within a lower ground floor extension
The Rushmore House project involved reorganising the terraced property's lower ground floor to provide spaces for socialising alongside the kitchen.
A new skylight above the food preparation area illuminates the chef at work, while carefully positioned openings throughout the floor plan ensure guests can see the meal being prepared. Different light and materials were used throughout the newly formed series of interconnected spaces to give each area a distinctive character.
The space is designed to host pop-up dinners
"The architecture places emphasis on the experience of the space by the user," said Yellow Cloud Studio.
"Natural light, high ceilings and lighter tones of materiality in the kitchen enhance the ritual of preparation and express hygiene, while the lower ceiling and darker tonality of the dining area create a more atmospheric space for eating."
Concrete flooring connects the kitchen to the dining space
The kitchen is reached by descending a wooden staircase from the ...