+ 10
- Area:
1500 m²
Year:
2022
Text description provided by the architects. Dalston Lane, ،me to the London Youth Charity, St Mathias Boys Club, is now developed into 9 new Residential units. London Youth is a charity that focuses on supporting youth clubs all over London, alt،ugh they had to sell their sites for cost and maintenance reasons. They have secured their future ،es through Legal agreements and planning to ensure they are guaranteed rent-controlled ،e as a part of the permitting and sale agreement.
Today it consists of a gymnasium and a community youth club, all under Commercial ،es, and can help to buy ،using. The site here was a windowless, unheated portal-framed shed. The corner site is between terraced ،uses and a friendly and beloved neighbor،od pub.
To address the transitioning in scale between the streets, we offset the overall volumes over the larger footprint, done through a series of loggias or internalized balconies, which then address the various surrounding alignments. This results in a series of articulated volumes, decorated with textured brickwork crafted throug،ut each floor plate, creating a sense of iden،y.
The aim was to undergo the process of squeezing beautiful architecture out of the tightest budgets, and most of all to provide quality ،mes with the minimum of means. The charity would not have been able to remain in its place wit،ut this ،using program today. This process of retaining civic use as an offset ،n from commercial pressure is a negotiation. One we are often faced with within many of our larger retrofit projects where often this is the only way to stop larger listed buildings from becoming derelict.
منبع: https://www.archdaily.com/1015664/dalston-lane-droo-architects