East London-based MOCT Studio have re-planned and extended a suburban London semi-detached to provide a faceted roof social space for a large family.

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Architects: MOCT Studio

Location: 17 Burnham Rd, London, United Kingdom

Area: 240.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Ioana Marinescu

Principle Contractor: Subrick Limited

Structural Engineer: Rodrigues Associates

Quantity Surveyor: Ronald Harrison & Associates

Party Wall Surveyor: Conway Associates

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From the architect. East London-based MOCT Studio have re-planned and extended a suburban London semi-detached to provide a faceted roof social space for a large family.
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The family of six had become increasingly cramped in the existing semi-detached, despite the previous addition of two small dormers, with shared children?s bedrooms, a single bathroom and fragmented living spaces that meant the family were rarely all in the same room.

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The owners wanted a bathroom and separate bedrooms for their children and a single open social space to gather. As a detour from the typical horizontal separation of living and private spaces, the axis of the stair was used as an additional division in the house allowing the children to occupy the entire first floor and the parents the converted front ground floor rooms.

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