Join us on Sunday 25th January for a tour of 66 Camden Square.
This project draws on themes that Peter Bell and Richard MacCormac had previously explored in their design for a house on Langton Way, Blackheath (1976), notably the use of a rigorously maintained 3m x 3m grid. Bell bought the site in 1980 but subsequently sold it to his colleague Rodger Davis, who realised Bell’s design, with some modifications, for his family’s occupation.
A wall of reclaimed brick extends around both street frontages to a height of 2m, a recess at the east providing cover to the front door and garage. Above this datum, the house is revealed as a lightweight timber frame, extensively infilled with glass, some of which is coloured, and surmounted by a flat, fractionally project-ing roof. The visitor is initially admitted to a single-storey volume that is treated as a richly planted conservatory and looks out onto the courtyard. At the end of this passage, a short flight of steps provides access to the house proper, which is configured over two storeys and occupies a 9m x 9m footprint on the corner of the site. The change of level is sufficient to provide the ground floor with views onto the street while preserving the privacy of
the occupants.
Location and time:
Date: Sunday 25th January
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Location: 66 Camden Square
