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Welcome to our blog documenting the construction of two new houses in Asylum Road, Peckham. The design of the scheme can be seen on our website.

These have been named the Laundry Houses. During the design phases of the project, we found that there had been a laundry on the site of Albert Way, the road that the new houses will open onto. The laundry theme has informed the material and design decisions we have been making.

Over the coming months we will be posting photographs of the construction process and images of things that have influenced and informed the design.

Come back regularly to follow our progress, or visit www.quay2c.com to find out more about us and our work.

Showing posts with label Materials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Materials. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Elevated view of the houses with the green roof installed post the 200 visitors thro' the doors for London Open House on Saturday ( so busy forgot to take any pics)
The show house with walkway in and Laundry houses signage panel

Mima and the team have planted out the raised boxes the rear 
Back planters courtyards etc all now complete

Side elevation and replacement planting to next doors garden now complete.

Our friend furniture maker David Gates installed some of his "Rhetorical Objects" for Open House day which look great in the house . http://www.davidgatesstudioworkshop.co.uk/#/gallery3/

The oak treads now on the staircase

The Ground floor wet room with slate floors

Basement main bathroom


the entry walkways balustrading now in



Laundry houses signage panel close up

Entrance to the show house

The staircase with exposed timber walls and a "Rhetorical Object" by David Gates

Julia sitting in the Kitchen / Dining with nice late afternoon sun.


Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Drainage pipes and ducting for servicing now on site to be cast in to the basement slab.

Two steel beams on site to be encased in concrete and to support the pre cast stairs from the lower courtyard to the back garden. These stairs are now on order. Brilliantly the steels fit fine! 

Mesh for the floor slab being moved into place with our new doka shuttering panels for the in situ concrete elements in the left hand bottom corner 

Friday, 12 July 2013

One off Basements Team inspecting the concrete pour and vertical pre cast panels.

Pre cast vertical panels being secured by in situ cast concrete slab floor.

Pre cast panels now on site

Friday, 24 May 2013

Martin prodding down a pour

The reinforcing bars inside the formwork awaiting the concrete

The make up of the reusable shuttering panels

Making the pour.......the recycled plastic hoarding panels find another use


Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Bricks carefully stacked from the existing garden wall to no 14 ready to be reinstated as a single skin on completion of the building 

The steel sheet pile sections neatly stacked on site to shore up the basements junction with Albert Way

Monday, 29 April 2013

Last week we visited Face Architectural's amazing "library" of glass samples to review the specification of the glass to the first floor glass clad "pods". This is one with a mesh laminated between two layers of glass. Ours being back painted so the solid walls behind are disguised.