Walnut Cottage
Program: Residential Refurbishment
Location: Great Shelford, Cambridge
Area: 1,500 ft2
Status: Completed, 2021
Client: Confidential
Builder: Gabor Romsics
Photo Credit: David Valinsky
Walnut Cottage is a residential refurbishment in Cambridge.
Originally built in the 1950s, the Cottage was spatially dated and had a lot of internal corridors that made the space dark and difficult to navigate. We were brough on board to modernize the property, and to create a more flexible and welcoming interior.
We
began by studying the existing floorplan carefully, and asked ourselves - what
are the smallest possible moves that we can make to have the biggest possible
transformation? By strategically opening one wall and closing another we
completely re-arranged the internal flow of the property. Instead of endless
corridors, we created a welcoming and functional vestibule and repositioned the
living room as the heart of the home. During this study we also identified the
garage as potential space for future growth and expansion.
Through
thoughtful space planning, strategic interventions and the use of colour, we
completely changed the way the Living Room, Kitchen and Entrance felt and
related to each other.
Original conditions:
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