Scaffolding Board House | A-Zero Architects

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Completed : 2024

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Architect : A-Zero Architects

Giles Bruce, Phillip Toyin,Mizue Katayama, Shoichi Sado,Maria Despina Stasi, Nicolas Tome

Structural Design:

TALL Engineers

Entuitive Engineers

Contractor :

Blero Construction ltd /

BBC Construction

Photographs : Agnese Sanvito

PUBLICATIONS

Livingetc - 5 sustainable architecture projects that show what the future of eco-homes looks like (March 2022)
Grand Designs Magazine - "Upcycled scaffolding planks extension - Architect Giles Bruce created this sustainable two-storey build using reclaimed materials" - (May 2022)

Scaffolding Board House

London, UK,

The clients for this project wanted to prioritise reused materials throughout. The existing property, though extremely decapitated was essentially solid enough, so we decided to focus our attention in extending the property using recycled materials where possible.

The main opportunity was for the new structure of the rear two story extension. This is made entirely out of recycled scaffolding boards, which extend from party wall to party wall, and create a rhythm of structure through the sitting and kitchen areas.

Fixtures and fittings were procured from other sites including the kitchen counter which came from a School Science lab.

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Designing for a view
The site is sandwiched between low rising housing to the south, and a mock Tudor pub to the west. A detached dwelling that had existed on the site since the early 1900s had been completely overshadowed by a new development to the north. We questioned how a new development could get a view the view to the Thames, the Shard and the City, all obscured by the surrounding buildings. We hired a cherry picker to understand where the views were, and the orientation a building would need to be to capture them.

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