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Shoji Apartment

Camden

Project Details

£50,000 to £99,999

Alteration to existing property, Within a Conservation Area

Practice

Proctor & Shaw

Studio 115 , Edinburgh House , 170 Kennington Lane , London , SE11 5DP

A study in materiality, transparency, and enclosure, the project is conceived as a prototype for micro-living in existing housing stock characterised by a constrained footprint but traditionally generous ceiling heights. Poky and uncomfortable cellular rooms are replaced by a generous multi functional living space arranged around a translucent sleeping ‘pod’ inspired by Japanese Shoji screens. By cleverly stacking accommodation in a single height volume, additional floor area is conjured to provide a real sense of luxury and design quality in just 29 square metres.