{"id":737906,"date":"2024-05-07T11:56:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T10:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=737906"},"modified":"2024-05-15T15:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T14:28:44","slug":"case-study-six-columns-by-31-44-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/specification\/case-study-six-columns-by-31-44-architects","title":{"rendered":"Case study: Six Columns by 31\/44 Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six Columns delivers over 160m2<\/sup> of accommodation over three floors in a largely two-storey south London street. Our design, responding to numerous constraints, achieved planning consent for a family home on a site for which all previous planning applications had been unsuccessful. The house is discreet and considerate of the setting but not meek in its character or detail. From a distance, it sits comfortably alongside its neighbours.<\/p>\n

The home is rich in architectural character, incorporating details borrowed from the house next door, abstract references to places visited, shared family trips, buildings appreciated and memories of houses inhabited over years. It sums up the aspiration for a simple construction of modest materials, aligned with the realities of a tight budget.
\nWill Burges, director, 31\/44 Architects<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Project data<\/b><\/h3>\n

Start on site <\/b>August 2019
\nCompletion <\/b>March 2021
\nGross internal floor area <\/b>164m\u00b2
\nConstruction cost <\/b>\u00a3490,000
\nConstruction cost per m2<\/sup> <\/b>\u00a32,988
\nArchitect <\/b>31\/44 Architects
\nClient <\/b>Sam and Will Burges
\nStructural engineer<\/b> Price & Myers
\nApproved building inspector\u00a0<\/span><\/b> London Building Control
\nMain contractor <\/b>Atlant Construction
\nCAD software used <\/b>Vectorworks
\nAnnual CO<\/b>2<\/sub><\/b><\/span> emissions<\/b> 8 kgCO2<\/sub><\/span>\/m2
\n<\/sup>Predicted design life<\/b> 60 years
\nEmbodied and\/or whole-life carbon<\/b> 436 kgCO2<\/sub><\/span>\/m2<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Architect\u2019s choices<\/b><\/h3>\n

Materials and products were selected because we were seeking a straightforward palette, both in terms of affordability but also with respect to an honest, perhaps Brutalist, construction, following the ethos of Alison and Peter Smithson and striving for the \u2018woodiness of the wood\u2019 \u2013 and, by extension, the \u2018brickiness of the brick\u2019.<\/p>\n

Externally, bricks of different textures combine with aluminium windows (with a basic finish) and in-situ concrete, used sparingly but essentially, to achieve and express the larger spans and enable flexibility. Internally, oiled spruce boards, terrazzo floors, quarry tiles and painted bricks create a timeless quality that seeks to avoid fashion.
\n<\/span>Will Burges, director, 31\/44 Architects<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Specification<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Brickwork and roof tiles were selected to complement the adjacent houses,\u00a0drawing out their strongest colour. Smooth wire-cut bricks at ground floor form a flush base. Bricks step back from the pavement one brick at a time; elsewhere, a perforated stack bond allows light to a bathroom behind, evoking rustication. Above, a textured brick contrasts with the smooth, sharp base.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adjacent to the entrance, a dark green marble panel combines with the brickwork bonding to create a generous elevation, lending this private house a more public, civic character.<\/span><\/p>\n

A small number of structural concrete beams allow wide openings to gardens and make for flexibility internally. The ground floor has exposed painted brickwork. Above, the house is timber-framed, with a brickwork outer leaf.<\/span><\/p>\n

All timber spans were determined to avoid the inclusion of steelwork. Other apparently concrete elements are fabricated using 6mm cement panels on timber framing, lending a visual, if not physical, weight.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Internally, wherever possible, self-finished materials are employed, avoiding high-embodied-carbon plastering of walls. Similarly, common spruce panels are used to create many of the fittings and joinery. They are oiled, not painted, and fixed such that they can be adjusted with ease over time.
\n<\/span>Will Burges, director, 31\/44 Architects<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Selected products<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Ground floor bricks
\n<\/b>Wienerberger
\nStaffordshire Smooth Brown
\nWalls
\nwienerberger.com<\/a><\/p>\n

First floor bricks
\n<\/b>Furness Brick & Tile Co.
\nTudor Black
\nWalls
\nfurnessbrick.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Roofing tiles
\n<\/b>BMI Redland
\nRosemary Clay Classic
\nRoof
\nbmigroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Floor tiles <\/b>
\nKetley
\nLight Multi
\nHall, hearths and external
\nketley-brick.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Precast concrete lintels
\n<\/b>Cambridge Architectural Precast
\nNatural
\ncap-ltd.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Cement board cladding
\n<\/b>Cembrit
\nCembrit HD Swisspearl
\nRoof edge cladding
\nswisspearl.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Windows
\n<\/b>Idealcombi
\nFutura +i
\nidealcombi.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Sliding doors
\n<\/b>Reynaers Aluminium
\nCP155
\nreynaersathome.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Timber panelling
\n<\/b>Tilly
\nSpruce three-layer wood panel
\nInterior joinery and kitchen
\ntilly.at<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six Columns delivers over 160m2 of accommodation over three floors in a largely two-storey south London street. Our design, responding to numerous constraints, achieved planning consent for a family home on a site for which all previous planning applications had been unsuccessful. 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