Deepdene
Location: Skerries, North Dublin
Type: Residential
Stage: Built
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This project was about making something extraordinary out of the ordinary.
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When our clients approached us, the original period house was in very poor condition, with a compromised connection to the garden and spaces unfit for how the family wished to live.
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The project involved refurbishment and re-modelling to provide a high-ceilinged, light-filled modern addition that compliments the proportion and grace of the original rooms.
Using a rich material palette and clever design the historic house has been transformed into a light-filled, garden-linked unique family home.
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Photos: Ste Murray & desiun
Lantern
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The addition of an extension to a home can often lead to light being blocked from the original rooms. By introducing a lantern between old and new, both spaces are improved and the eye is drawn skyward.
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Reflections and shadows
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Mirrors and rooflights play a strong part in the playful light effects that animate this house. One example is the utility room, a mirrored box that allows interesting reflections of sky and space.
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Connection to Garden
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The original house had a poor connection to the garden with a level change that had to be navigated. By bringing the main living space to garden level it allows for a generous 3.2m high ceiling which exaggerates the sense of space, flow and volume, seemingly as open and airy as the garden spaces it adjoins.
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Building revealing itself
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During restoration works we uncovered an original brick archway in the attic space. The clients were so enamored we responded to create a mezzanine attic space connected by a folding steel stairs, cantilevered from the side wall.
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