Red House
Building project investigating and proposing means of formal and material continuity of a building’s existing historic fabric, using the economics and processes of contemporary construction and statutory regulations.
- Submitting institution
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Kingston University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32-17-1676
- Type
- L - Artefact
- Location
- East Dulwich, South London, U.K.
- Open access status
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- Month of production
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- Year of production
- 2017
- URL
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https://www.3144architects.com/project/red-house/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Red House is a new-build three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in East Dulwich, south London. Called Red House, it takes its name from
the colour of the brick exterior. Initial research began in 2014 and was completed in 2017. The central research question was to investigate
and propose a means of providing formal and material continuity of the existing historic fabric using the economics and processes of
contemporary construction and statutory regulations. The house is the result of research undertaken by architect William Burges, in his role
as founding partner of 31/44 Architects, where he leads the practice’s design direction.
Burges conducted typological research into Victorian housing, the processes and materials of Victorian housing, and their tectonic
expression and research into contemporary codes and legislation. An iterative and reflective design process combined these ideas, which,
further informed by consultation with numerous stakeholders, resulted in the adoption of broad principles (relief, proportion, order, etc.) that
guided the tectonic expression of the project, as well as defining the production of a modelled form to deal with the complexities of brief
and the geometry of the site. In turn, this led to a technical process in realising the project that involved industry-sited research including
prototyping and iteration in the use of pre-cast concrete to reference historic tiling.
The resulting building, a compact two-and-a-half storey house with angled internal spaces and courtyards, draws on influences such as
Case Study Housing, James Stirling, Le Corbusier, Edwin Lutyens and Arts and Crafts architecture, and the writings of John Brooke.
Following its completion, the project has been disseminated via journals and websites, as well as being included in Grand Designs:
RIBA House of the Year 2018, lectures, and organised site visits and events. The Red House was awarded The Manser Medal in2018 and
has been shortlisted for several awards.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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