The Etch
HOUSE
The Etch House re-examines the layout of
the traditional Victorian terrace house. A
modern floor plan sits within the old house
walls, hidden behind the retained street
elevation.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The typical terrace 2 up 2 down house
layout suffers from a narrow plan form with
a set of corridor like circulation spaces.
Ground floor spaces are often rooms off
this cellular corridor with bedrooms at first
floor compromised due to the non active
circulation space that runs from front to
back of the building.
The project looked to challenge the
traditional layout by using the staircase
to cut across the building. This removed
the dark corridor and landing spaces and
instead liberating the plan installing a CNC
cut dynamic staircase with active landing
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