Consisting of living spaces, three rooms, a bathroom and a kitchen that opens out towards the garden – Untitled House’s structure is influenced by the combination Rachel’s existing art and furniture collection and layers stripped from the existing house. These precedents paved the direction for the architects to section spaces, displaying the client’s collection thoughtfully while using timber, semi-polished or polished concrete as the foundation. Light diffused from two timber lightwells shift the concrete’s colour spectrum and bubbled texture throughout the day. Externally, a ‘jewellery-box-esque’ timber and glass rotatable façade with a generous overhang built by Assemble pulls directional light into the kitchen – further shifting the concrete colours.
Through an in-depth investigation of ancient bathing rituals, the architects designed an atmospherically attractive bathroom on the first floor. The composition is rather geometrical, with boxy deep purple marble sink complimenting the roughly refined concrete boxy bathtub. Custom crittall enclose the concrete framed light void – allowing sounds and aromas from the kitchen below to travel upward and echo if desired. A narrow window is wedged between the vanity and the void, casting a sombre glow – becoming the perfect space to ‘guiltlessly linger’ while washing away a cluttered mind.
