Open House Weekend, London
Ed's Shed/Sunken House, 75A De Beauvoir Road N1 4EL (scroll down for more information and see the interactive floorplan)
Once a mere pipedream on the part of London-based photographer, Ed Reeve, the Sunken House was completed in 2007, 4 years since its conception. Completed with the help of close friend, architect David Adjaye, Ed’s Shed – as the house is otherwise known - is a charismatic, Scandinavian-style cube, clad in an abundance of cedar rainscreen. Sat a storey below ground on a sunken foundation, the only house-like characteristic is a mere slit of a window sliced down the front façade. Designed to meet Reeves’s exacting ecological requirements, the house is built around a solid timber frame, whilst insulation comes courtesy of hemp stuffed between the walls.
%AThe Sunken House is open for tours on both Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September between 10 am and 1pm. Tours must be pre-booked through Open House. %A
Once a mere pipedream on the part of London-based photographer, Ed Reeve, the Sunken House was completed in 2007, 4 years since its conception. Completed with the help of close friend, architect David Adjaye, Ed’s Shed – as the house is otherwise known - is a charismatic, Scandinavian-style cube, clad in an abundance of cedar rainscreen. Sat a storey below ground on a sunken foundation, the only house-like characteristic is a mere slit of a window sliced down the front façade. Designed to meet Reeves’s exacting ecological requirements, the house is built around a solid timber frame, whilst insulation comes courtesy of hemp stuffed between the walls.
%AThe Sunken House is open for tours on both Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September between 10 am and 1pm. Tours must be pre-booked through Open House. %A
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