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The Segal House
South East London
Completed 2020
Dont Move Improve Winner
Segal inspired a generation of self-builders as well as Architects with a socialist architectural approach to building your own home. We worked with a family who are looking to extend their home whilst fully embracing the material and practical approach of the ‘Segal Method’.
Brief
The building fabric needed to be affordable, readily available and should not require skilled labour to assemble. Views out to the landscape are key, with any extension working with the stepped terrain of the site.
The design looks to create a negative imprint of the building by inverting the panelled colour cladding. Profiled metal sheets form a rain screen cladding, with electric blue window apertures contrasting to the black extension. A wildflower roof caps off the building within its green setting. A dynamic staircase sits within the building, providing a studio, den, storage and reading space.
Narrow Extension
The extension to the living spaces is a wedge that although narrow (1.2m wide in parts) significantly enhances the quality of the existing house. By relocating the entrance to the house, we worked with Segal’s grid to reshuffle the spaces as was originally intended due to its modular design.
The scheme was originally refused planning permission as the extension was not parallel to the building (bonkers!) and was successfully appealed four months later. This highlights challenges within the planning system whereby a homeowner of a self-build house that was designed to empower the homeowner was restricted.
Concept Sketches
Project Summary
Photography
The build was recorded by the Client who is an architectural photographer - detailing the stages of the build to share with others.
Site Stages
The build stages were managed by the Client with close collaboration with the practice - an exciting joint venture focusing on low-cost and practical methods of building.