SPA has recently completed a project in West Hampstead, London – a garden maisonette with bedrooms at the entrance level and living areas on the upper floor. To reinstate the circulation logic in the property, the movement starts with the boldly tiled entrance hall, which leads ones eye on to the exposed, red-oxide-painted, structural steel column and beam. The steel structure is supporting the communal staircase above. With the appearance of an industrial leftover turned into a home, the exposed steel, contrasting the stained ply stairs, becomes a story itself. Similar to the poetic awkwardness of Anthony Caro’s sculptures, the steel elements are now the key in the spatial experience of the house. 

Tiles: David Hicks by Ashley Hicks (handmade in Morocco) LINK
Radiators: Castrads LINK

 

Entrance Hall

 

Simple furniture

 

Eye-catching red steel

 

Looking back

 

Looking towards bedrooms on the entrance level

 

Up, towards the living area

 

Light around the corner

Steel structure – stained ply stairs