Tigg + Coll Architects remodels Surrey home for children with limited mobility
Tigg + Coll Architects has added a timber-roofed wing to a house in Surrey, England, to support the needs of two children with a rare muscular disorder.
The project, called House for Theo and Oskar, prepares the two-storey suburban home in Boxhill for the family's future needs.
The new wing features a timber diagrid roof structure
Theo, eight, and Oskar, six, both have duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a condition that causes muscle weakness and develops gradually over time, so they need their home to support increasingly limited mobility.
Tigg + Coll's design allows wheelchair accessibility in the existing building and adds a new wing containing specific facilities for the two boys.
The roof cantilevers out to create a sheltered terrace This extension boasts an innovative wooden diagrid roof, which not only allows for larger bedrooms but also provides a flexible structure that can be used to support hoists.
"The family were key to the process," said studio co-founder David Tigg, "but we also spent a great deal of time with occupational therapists, and had discussions with other families who are living with DMD."
The extension extends out from the rear corner of the existing house
"We visited care and rehabilitation centres to understand more about living with DMD and how using hoists would impact the boys as they grow," he told Dezeen.
"This background work was so important to make sure what we designed really would be flexible and appr...
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