Quatrefoil House Project – Hyde + Hyde Architects
The studio has received planning for a refurbishment and radical addition to a 1870’s townhouse in the heart of Oxford and within a conservation area.
Inspired by the Gothic revival style of the existing house, the addition is an exploration of ornament – expressed using a quatrefoil tectonic tile in steel and bronze.
Kitchen with quatrefoil screen
These tiles configure the facade with an intelligent play of motif. The new addition communicates built meaning through a series of regulating lines and proportional relationships that are drawn from the existing building facade.
Living Room Refurbishment
The new addition is supported on the dominant public elevation by a singular white concrete column; an inverted copy of its Gothic counterpart embedded within the existing house facade.
The new extension can be deconstructed into a series of elements or components whose existence is wholly dependent on the language of the main house and its historical narrative.
First floor plan (entry)
Side elevation study
Constructing the quatrefoil
Plan analysis
Elevation analysis