We reprogrammed the existing space to create a dressing room/guest room, a bedroom and bathroom/laundry and an open plan living, kitchen, dining room in the rear addition which opens onto a private courtyard. 

The new bathroom maximizes its exposure to a small light court and is transformed into a lush oasis. The idea for the space to the rear was to create a room that did not feel like a ‘kitchen’ – so it could perform the role of several rooms in one.  We used a large-scale joinery unit to order the room and a sliding timber screen that dynamically conceals or reveals the kitchen as desired; it can be a library, a study, a living room, a dining room and sometimes a kitchen.