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Hidden House

• Chelsea, London

  The first surprise is the ‘secret’ existence of the House hidden behind a four storey Chelsea apartment building.

  Then crossing from the street courtyard over the glass bridge the visitor is presented with the dramatic volume of the Drawing Room with its raking roof and huge studio window that overlooks the silver birch trees of the Main Courtyard.

• The main Courtyards are designed to draw shafts of sunlight into the House throughout the day. The open courtyards act as giant skylights bringing daylight to all levels of the House.

• A sequence of sliding glass walls provides enclosure or openness without constricting the eye or closing down the spaces. Rooms expand and contract with the seasons bringing the landscaped courtyards into the living spaces.

• The site is structured into a sequence of landscaped courtyards and inhabited spaces, alternatively open and closed to the elements and organised around the ritual of daily life.

• The result is a dramatic sequence of spaces in which every part of the House contributes to an overall effect of luminosity and of spatial generosity.

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