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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.

Saturday, 17 May 2014

The ground floor lobby plastered and getting great light from the slotted rooflight above. This is also working well in the GF bathroom.

The back Ground floor elevation now clad in Camaru timber awaiting further camaru fins

The planters are taking shape

One house is now fully plastered and dry with a nice shadow gap detail to the timber ceilings. These will be left exposed with a white wash over. White walls will appear next week.

The underfloor heating pipe has coem for the G & 1st floor

The u/f heating pipe is too photogenic !


The staircase rooflight and ceiling now plastered with downlight positions cut out

The u/f heating pipe insulation is too photogenic !

The u/f heating pipe insulation 

Friday, 2 May 2014


Camaru cladding boards fixed down no 18 AR side
 Camaru cladding boards fixed down no 14 AR side
Plastering starting in the kitchen and lots of light coming in the rooflights in the lobby behind. 

A 2m2 sample of the oak engineered timber floor boards to be used throughout both houses
The utility room "kit" is appearing

The basement bathrooms are progressing

All the rooflights are now in and working wonders even in the rain 



Monday, 14 April 2014

Not much blogging as I managed to break my leg and ended up in hospital for 12 nights! however not before I got my show Veils and Repetitions up in the m2 gallery which is on till the 6th May

Rooflights will have glass in this week !

View to the gardens with all their walls now pretty complete
Underside of the G-1st stairs with temporary treads. Oak infills will be inset betweenthe steel ribs

General view of stair. Ultimately the treads will float 40 mm off the fair faced timber walls on each side.

Detail

New laser cut and painted open tread stairs now in awaiting finished oak treads




Camaru timber cladding now on site.

Monday, 17 March 2014

Sunny Sunday viewings

The view from the top of the storage container. Prep work has started on getting the light green back painted sand blasted glass walls, cladding the first floor "pods".  We should be seeing those soon. 

Friday, 7 March 2014

View from the front with the service rooms at basement level in the left foreground.
the meter room and the bike shed floor. Gas in this week electrics next !

The "new" reused stocks wall to no 14 Asylum Rds Garden
Terry working away on the wall this week


Our one new garden cleared for preparation of the lawn and landscaping

Still liking the afternoon light to the front of the houses

Afternoon light through the open front door to No 22

House no 21 now has pretty much all the first fix electrics in and is plasterboarded

The lounge of no 21 happily now plasterboarded


Monday, 17 February 2014

Photographer Anthony Coleman visited site last week so here are a selection of shots from him showing good progress despite the storms !