Erbar Mattes creates "expansive feel" for brick house in London

London studio Erbar Mattes has completed a timber-framed house in Wimbledon that is formed of three mono-pitched structures unified by buff-brick cladding.
Erbar Mattes was tasked with creating a modern four-bedroom family with the same footprint as a bungalow that previously occupied the site at the end of a street in the former Belvedere Estate.
It is broken into three blocks with vaulted roofs, double-height spaces and strategically placed windows, which the studio said is designed to create an "expansive feel within an otherwise compact footprint".
Erbar Mattes has completed a timber-framed house in Wimbledon
"The house draws its richness from a diversity of scale, light and views," Erbar Mattes told Dezeen.
"The client's existing house had very low ceiling heights so we started exploring ways of creating generous rooms while maintaining the building?s footprint compact and away from the neighbours" it continued. "Enlarging the building footprint would have reduced the size of the garden, so rather than expanding horizontally, the house maximises efficiencies in plan."
It is formed of three mono-pitched structures
The ground floor of the Wimbledon home is defined by open-plan social spaces orientated towards the garden, prioritising views of the landscape.
A "hall-like", double-height open-plan kitchen and dining area features picture windows and large skylights to flood the space with natural light.
The home is wrapped ...
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