Phillimore Gardens
Chelsea, London, UK
2008

The extensive refurbishment of this existing 5 storey town house includes the construction of a new basement with a 20m long swimming pool. The design maxmises the connection to the garden and the views beyond to Holland Park. This is reflected in the organisation of the staircases and vertical connections and also in the design of the rear facade which will bring the possibilities of views and abundant daylight.

All rooms on the lower floors, starting with the Ground floor entrance hall, are considered as a set of spacious public rooms, linked together by a graceful cascading staircase. This delivers the visitor to the family room and kitchen directly at the level of the garden and then continues onto the basement level which will be dedicated to activity and relaxation in and around the swimming pool. The stair sequence rises again via an external courtyard back to the garden level.

Balanced with this quality in the lower floors, the more private upper floors, also accessed from the Ground floor entrance hall but via a more discrete partially hidden stair, consist of two floors of bedroom suites, a voluminous studio space on the top floor and an external roof terrace hidden in the apex of the traditional roof shape.

Renderings: Hayes Davidson
Status: Planning consent granted. Detailed design
Client: Private


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