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Sandy Rendel Architects<\/a>, working with Sally Rendel, has built a 2.8-metre-wide skinny home<\/a> named Slot House in a disused alley in Peckham, south London<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sandy and Sally Rendel designed and built the house to fit in the alley, which was almost the exact size of a London Underground carriage, alongside their own home in Peckham.<\/p>\n “The major challenge was to tease spaces that were both functional and delightful out of space that is no bigger than a tube carriage,” said Sandy Rendel, founder of Sandy Rendel Architects<\/a>.<\/p>\n “To commit to the investment involved in developing it we wanted to be sure that the house would not simply ‘work’ but actually be enjoyable to live in,” he told Dezeen.<\/p>\n The architects designed the two-storey house to make as efficient a use as possible of the narrow site, while creating a space that would be a bright and pleasant place to live in.<\/p>\n To avoid placing any weight on the neighbouring buildings the house was constructed using a prefabricated, lightweight steel frame, which was expressed internally to maximise the space.<\/p>\n On the ground floor the house’s main living spaces are arranged linearly with the front door opening straight into the kitchen, the stairs in the centre and a lounge at the rear of the home. Above, on the first floor, is a master bedroom and a study area.<\/p>\n Light is brought into the house through large windows at the front and rear of the property and a skylight above the stairs.<\/p>\n “Bounded by two-storey flank walls on both sides the only opportunity to bring light in was through the narrow front and rear faces and the roof,” Sandy Rendel said.<\/p>\n “To maximise the light and increase the sense of space, the layout is as open as possible, even including a small double-height space at the garden end linking the living room to the study mezzanine above.”<\/p>\n Throughout the house the architects combined the steel structure with exposed Douglas fir joists, spruce plywood walls and cork and terrazzo floors.<\/p>\n “We wanted to use a robust economic palette of materials, but also ones that were able to add some richness to the interior,” said Sandy Rendel.<\/p>\n “The form and arrangement of spaces is very simple so the character of the house is largely defined by these materials.”<\/p>\n Although the site had planning permission for a three-storey house before Sandy and Sally Rendel purchased it, the architects chose to build a smaller property to create a better place to live.<\/p>\n “Adding another storey, which the original planning permission had consent for, would have impacted on the layout, requiring a much more cellular arrangement because of the more onerous fire regulations imposed on a three-storey house,” explained Sandy Rendel.<\/p>\n “I think developers would argue against the reduced size that we pursued in pure financial terms, but we felt that ethically the tiny plot had a maximum capacity of two people and should be enjoyed as such,” he continued.<\/p>\n “Even without maximising its development potential in terms of pure floor area and whilst targeting a higher quality than standard developer spec, we have still proved that it is financially viable to build on such small, awkward brownfield sites.”<\/p>\n London based Sandy Rendel Architects was founded by Sandy Rendel 2010. The studio previously completed a riverside house in the south west of England with an upper storey clad entirely in weathering steel mesh<\/a>.<\/p>\n Project credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n Architects:<\/strong> Sandy Rendel Architects with Sally Rendel Tags:<\/b> Tom Ravenscroft<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Sandy Rendel Architects, working with Sally Rendel, has built a 2.8-metre-wide skinny home named Slot House in a disused alley in Peckham, south London. Sandy and Sally Rendel designed and built the house to fit in the alley, which was almost the exact size of a London Underground carriage, alongside their own home in Peckham. “The major challenge … Continue reading Sandy Rendel Architects slots narrow house into Peckham alley<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading