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\nThis tiny wedge shaped mews house found in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, measured just 11.7m long and 4m deep at it\u2019s widest point (1m deep at the narrowest point) and was previously a series of small cellular rooms, feeling very tight and claustrophobic. The client\u2019s brief was to open the building up and make it feel as spacious as possible.<\/p>\n
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\nBy adding a new mansard roof and dropping the first floor level by 400mm, creativemass<\/strong> were able to add a small mezzanine floor above the kitchen space, thereby creating an open \u2018loft-living\u2019 space connecting the living, kitchen-dining and study space, including a dramatic double height space above the living room and a very small (2m x 1m) outside terrace space accessed from the mezzanine.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/creativemass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/view-from-mezzanine.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation_style=”none” animation_duration=”1000ms” animation_intensity_slide=”50%” show_bottom_space=”on”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” header_text_color=”#ec5b0a” header_font=”Arial||||” background_color=”rgba(255,247,247,0)” text_text_color=”#000000″ background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n \nWe also added a dramatic sculptural staircase, open on the ground floor corridor side, to ensure that the corridor space feels as generous as possible. 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background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n \nA unique bespoke sliding ladder leads to the mezzanine floor, which can be fixed, using an electromagnetic lock, into it\u2019s central position for access, or simply slides to one side and is \u2018stored\u2019 at the end of the kitchen space.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/creativemass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/creativemass-Mews-House-ladder-to-mezzanine.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation_style=”none” animation_duration=”1000ms” animation_intensity_slide=”50%” show_bottom_space=”on”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_text_color=”#000000″ background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n \nThe palette of materials was kept simple and elegant, exposing the brickwork internally on the rear long wall, and juxtaposing the minute scale of the house with 600mm wide douglas fir floorboards to increase the drama and ambiguity of scale.<\/p>\n The challenge of this project was to take this tiny \u2018dolls house\u2019 sized building and to create a beautiful \u2018jewel box\u2019 fit for contemporary loft living.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/creativemass.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0216.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation_style=”none” animation_duration=”1000ms” animation_intensity_slide=”50%” show_bottom_space=”on”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” 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