Our main priority is helping clients make great architecture that serves their needs and responds in a vital way to its context and cultural surroundings. In order to do this and to further the studios own knowledge base we invest in a wide programme of research which enables us to be inventive and to find new and sometimes unexpected solutions to the problems that we are posed.
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We work in collaboration with like-minded consultants in order to further our thinking and skill level and since our inception, we have always looked to develope concepts grounded by good research that have a light touch on the planet, are low in carbon and energy-use. We look to our research to help us and our clients mitigate the impact of climate change.
47 da
47 DA is an example of how WR-AP are assisting their clients with maximising the value of their property assets. Reinventing the 'ugly duckling' on the street, 47 DA explores what is possible when redeveloping a typical 1970's detached home on a Victorian street in Wimbledon, London.
Two new rear additions to the ground floor of the property will create a courtyard landscape aesthetic, that will allow the new home owners the opportunity to maximise the internal | outdoor lifestyle their brief called for in order to entertain guests throughout the year. The upper floors will benefit from new bedroom and en-suite accommodation in the roof space and a rationalised first floor ,so that the property achieves three double bed sized sleeping rooms.
Responding to the sites natural constraints the sensitive redevelopment celebrates courtyard living whilst maximising natural light internally by the careful positioning of window openings. The subtle use of local vernacular materials such as brickwork and timber will allow for the intervention to sit complementary within its surroundings
Environmental design measures for the renovation include, ensuring that the new additions are orientated in a manner to maximise potential heat gains from the sun during the winter months - whilst minimising them in the summer, re-insulating the whole property to improve its thermal performance and to install an air-source heat pump heating system to minimise energy costs
