This document summarizes an architectural project that involved designing an addition to link an existing kitchen to the garden of a home in Edinburgh, Scotland. To address the lack of direct sunlight in the north-facing area, the architect designed a curved wall above the existing roofline, formed from glulam columns with glazing in between. Stainless steel cladding was added to gather and reflect sunlight down into the new garden room space. The design was intended to provide an elegant, contemporary addition that referenced Scandinavian modernism while adapting the 19th century housing to 21st century needs.

1. davidblaikiearchitect
EAA Awards 2006 - Small Projects Award Winner 27 hermitage gardens, edinburgh
Roses Design Awards 2007 - Shortlisted
Saltire Society Housing Awards 2007 - Shortlisted and Special Mention The desire to create a new living, eating and
Pilkington Glass National Competition - Shortlisted playing room to link the existing kitchen to the
garden was compromised by its north aspect.
To counter the lack of direct sunlight and increase
the floor space of the existing service out-shoot,
a new curved wall, with its head raised above
the existing roof line was created. The wall was
formed in shaped Glulam columns with glazing
between at low level giving views out to the
garden and stainless steel cladding at high level
to gather sun light and reflect it down through
a double height space over the garden room.
Planning required the shape of the existing out-
ground floor plan
shoot to remain legible and the new scoop to be
read as a freestanding element.
The design is intended to be an honest expression
of the architectural solution to the clients’
brief and site parameters. It is conceived to
produce an elegance of form, making reference
to Scandinavian modernism in providing a
rear elevation
sculptural, contemporary solution to the 21st
century need to adapt 19th century housing.
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