这一切从两年的规划过程开始，我们必须赢得每一个论据，无论其大小，以证明该提案的合理性。然后，在全球大流行病开始的时候，又花了两年时间进行施工。因此，在过去的4/5年里，这个项目是我们生活中的一个重要部分。当整个世界因英国脱欧、科威德和世界上发生的许多战争而分崩离析时，我们可以去的地方。来自各行各业的许多不同的人走到一起，建立了一些东西。我们一起拖着隐喻的小车上山，同时对世界事务戴上眼罩。提案。拱门是一套6个新的联排别墅，位于伦敦西北部的达特茅斯公园保护区内。该地块与著名的格罗夫台（Grove Terrace）仅一路之隔，在我们看来，格罗夫台是伦敦最美丽的乔治亚式排屋之一。我们最初的设计理念是受到海格特路沿线开放绿地的历史绿肺的启发，我们与卡姆登最早的讨论是将场地两侧的两个开放公共绿地重新连接起来。这意味着重新恢复绿肺，使其接近1873年的样子。一个未来主义的维多利亚时代的回归! 这片新的绿地对后面的拟建建筑起到了缓冲作用，从海格特路看，这6栋马厩式房屋似乎是单层的，从街上看，可以保持清晰的不间断的绿线。房屋的入口在学院路，以加强维多利亚时期的建筑纹理。并与沿路向南的其他古老的历史性平房相匹配。
It all started with a two-year planning process, we had to win every single argument no matter how small or large to justify the proposal. Then a further 2 years in construction just as the global Pandemic started. So over the last 4 / 5 years, this project was such a big part of our lives. Our place to go while the whole world fell apart through Brexit, Covid and the many wars going on in the world. Many different people from all walks of life came together and built something. We all dragged the metaphorical cart up the hill together while wearing blinkers to world affairs. The Proposal. The Arches is a set of 6 new terraced town houses set in the Dartmouth Park conservation area in North-West London. The site is just down the road from the famous Grove Terrace, one of the most beautiful Georgian terraces in London in our opinion. Our initial design idea was inspired by the historic green lung of open green spaces along the Highgate Road, our earliest discussion with Camden was to relink the 2 open public green spaces either side of the site. This meant reinstating the green lung as close to how it was back in 1873. A futuristic Victorian throw back! This new green space acts as buffer for the proposed architecture behind, 6 mews houses that appear to be single storey from the Highgate Road, to preserve the clear unbroken green line, when viewed from the street. The entrances to the houses are on the College Lane, to enhance the Victorian architectural grain. And to match the other old historic cottages further south along the road.
建筑。新建筑本身是对当地设计审查小组（由当地学者、规划师、建筑师和设计师组成的小组）意见的谨慎回应。由于大卫在该地区长大，丹尼尔在附近居住，设计首先是凭直觉进行的。我们认为在后部有一个小的体量是合适的，使用当地的伦敦砖形成的拱门，以参考当地的颜色和铁路拱门，直接坐到了这个地方。许多铁路拱门/隧道/桥梁纵横交错，参考这一重要的基础设施，感觉是正确的。在大学里，我们探讨了完全摒弃背景，只专注于探索性建筑的概念，但在这个项目中，我们觉得我们做到了这两点–背景使我们对建筑进行了彻底的探索。我们对当地及周边地区的建筑进行了研究。所有这些建筑都以不同的形式展示了英国新古典主义建筑的演变，模仿了古典的威尼斯宫殿、帕拉迪奥和伊尼戈-琼斯的建筑语言。这些建筑强调了在达特茅斯公园保护区内常见的砖砌画布上的矩形和拱门的强烈混合。特别值得注意的是罗马拱门和底层使用的渲染锈迹斑斑的底座。这种历史纹理的关键原则导致我们将该地区现有的设计属性提炼为最纯粹的形式，即矩形和拱门–设计过程中的关键成分。新房子的位置只比原来的加油站略高，这使得光线可以照射到后面相邻的Denyer房子的底层窗户。一个绿色的屋顶覆盖了所有的房子，这样后面高处的居民就可以看到野花和绿色植物，为各种鸟类和昆虫/野生动物创造一个栖息地。在项目规划阶段的公众咨询中，有趣的是，咨询回来的主要意见之一是，目前场地上的废弃涂鸦加油站吸引了反社会行为，居民们会欢迎生活在学院路这个空旷而有时又危险的地方，现在完工了，我们希望新的住宅会给学院路的这一部分带来活力。
The Architecture. The new architecture itself was a careful response to the comments of the Local Design Review Panel, (A panel of local academics, planners, architects, designers). With David growing up in the area and Daniel having lived nearby, the design was developed firstly on instinct. We felt it was appropriate to have a small mass at the rear, using local London stock brick formed in arches to reference the local colours and the railway arches that sit directly to the site. Many railway arches / tunnels / bridges crisscross the site and it just felt right to reference this important infrastructure. At University we explored the notion of the complete rejection of context to focus solely on explorative architecture, but in this project, we feel that we did both – the context made for a radical exploration of the architecture. We undertook a study of local buildings in and around the local area. All these buildings show, in various forms, the evolution of Neo-Classical British Architecture, emulating the classical Venetian Pallazzo’s, Palladian and Inigo Jones’ architectural language. These buildings highlight a strong mixture of rectangles and arches set within a brick canvas that are common within the Dartmouth Park Conservation Area. Of particular interest is the Roman arches and the use of a rendered rusticated base on the ground floor. Key Principles from this historic grain led us to refining the existing design properties in the area to its purest forms, the rectangle and arch – key ingredients of the design process. The new houses are positioned only marginally higher than the original petrol station, and this allows light to reach the ground floor windows of neighbouring Denyer House behind. A green roof covers all of the houses so that the residents high up behind look down on to wildflowers and greenery creating a habitat for various birds and insects/wildlife. During the public consultation in the planning stages of the project, Interestingly, one of the main comments back from the consultation was that the abandoned graffiti looking petrol station of the current site attracts anti-social behaviours and that the residents would welcome life to that empty sometimes dangerous part of College Lane when at night, now completed we hope the new homes will bring life to this part of the College Lane.
建设和可持续性。自20世纪50年代以来，旧的加油站一直在该地块上，被理事会标记为当地保护区的负面因素，其巨大的前院和超大的顶棚阻挡了通过和穿过该地块的远景。清理被污染的场地成为这个项目的一个重要好处。首先要做的是安全地彻底清除50年代的旧汽油罐，清除任何被污染的土壤，然后用新的开放安全的绿色公共空间覆盖。我们尽可能多地使用木制框架结构。规划者要求我们向地下挖掘，创造一个地下结构，所以挡土墙都是钢筋混凝土的，但里面是轻质的预制木结构，是在现场外建造的，然后在几天内组装起来。安装了一个绿色屋顶来收集雨水，并在屋顶上安装了光伏发电，以增加住宅的可再生电力。我们为外墙工程采购了Ibstock Bexhill红色多孔砖，并探索了砖的粘合模式，以区分建筑的不同区域，使每个外墙都有秩序。拱门本身是在受控的工厂条件下现场浇筑的混凝土，而不是传统的湿法施工的拱门。这些混凝土拱门然后用砖片包覆。住宅/布局。每栋房子的面积约为130平方米，有3/4个卧室，一个书房和花园房间。拟建的住宅有类似的布局，单元的入口在学院路。由于土地倾斜，单元的入口要么与小路平齐，要么通过一个阶梯式的入口进入。所有的房产都受益于一个前花园，其中包括一个私人垃圾储存区、入口和采光井，以照亮地面低层面向学院路的房间。底层又提供了两间卧室、两间浴室和一个面向学院路的采光井。地下一层包括一个开放式的客厅/厨房空间，并向下沉的后花园开放，可以看到海格特路和新创造的草地。由于场地的阶梯性质，这个低层并不像地下室，生活空间享有隐蔽的感觉，尽管靠近主干道，但有充足的自然光线。
The Construction & Sustainability. The Old Petrol station that has been on that site since the 1950s was marked by the council as negative contributor to the local conservation area, with its large forecourt and oversized canopy blocking long views through and across the site. Cleaning up the contaminated site became a valuable benefit of this project. The first port of call was to completely remove the old 1950s petrol tanks safely, removing any contaminated earth then covering this over with new open safe green public space. We used as much timber framed construction as possible. The Planners requested that we dig down into the ground to create a subterranean structure, so the retaining walls are all reinforced concrete, but inside this sits a lightweight prefabricated timber structure was constructed off site then assembled in days. light weight steel cross bracing holds the giant arches in place. A green roof was installed to harvest rainwater and photovoltaics are installed on the roof to add renewable power to the homes. We sourced an Ibstock Bexhill Red Multi brick for the facade work and explored brick bonding patterns to differentiate the different areas of the building and give order to each facade. The Arches themselves were cast in concrete off site under controlled factory conditions rather than traditional arches made from wet construction. These concrete arches were then clad with brick slips. The Dwellings / Layout. Each house is around 130sqm2 with 3/4 bedrooms and a study and garden room. The proposed dwellings have a similar layout, with entrances to the units from College Lane. As the land slopes, the entrance to the units is either flush with pathway or accessed via a stepped entrance. All properties benefit from a front garden that incorporates a private bin storage area, entranceway and lightwell to illuminate the rooms that face onto College Lane at lower ground floor level. The lower ground level provides a further two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a lightwell to the College Lane facade. The basement level comprises an open plan living / kitchen space and opens out onto the sunken rear garden that looks onto Highgate Road and the newly created grassed area. Because of the stepped nature of the site, this lower level does not feel like a basement and the living spaces enjoy a secluded feel with plenty of access to natural light despite sitting close to the main road.
Architects: The DHaus Company
Area: 780 m²
Year: 2023
Photographs:AVR London
Lead Architect: Daniel Woolfson, David Ben-Grunberg
Structural Engineer: AMA Consulting Engineers
Planning Consultant: Washington Young
Glazing Contractor: Vitrocsa by BRAVA WINDOWS
Client: Design Ventures / EFKERIA Ltd
Visualization: AVR London
Country: United Kingdom