Natural light in architecture and especially in your own home plays an important role for everyone and is therefore one of the basic requirements when it comes to planning your own four walls. And if you are building your house from scratch, you can easily have everything that is important designed and planned. But if you decide instead on a ready-made one and what's moreold house, it looks completely different. Because then you have to see how you can optimally use what you have or change it.
This was also the challenge faced by the owners of this modern house, which was originally a Victorian-style building from 1851 and is located in London, United Kingdom. Above all, the poor lighting conditions, but also the room layout in the typical manner of this style, bothered the builders, so a solution had to be found. The architects from FLOW Architects helped them with a rather radical decision: to use natural light andopen living spacesTo preserve it, the house had to be almost completely demolished and rebuilt.
Natural light with a waterfall effect
The project, which was intended to bring natural light into dark rooms, lives up to its name “Light Falls”. Like a real waterfall, the effect of cascades is created, only here natural light cascades into the living spaces and causes the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces to merge. Since the building is located in a nature reserve, the external facade had to be retained. In this way he couldVictorian styleretained in some way and combined with the modern interior.
Large windows provide natural light sources
Alight-flooded courtyardforms the center of the house. This, as well as the open staircase, allows the light to easily illuminate the rooms. In the dining area, which directly adjoins the open kitchen, and the living room, this is also achieved through high windows. The whole thing is also supported by the use of light materials in wood color, white and light gray tones. Dark colors only serve as accents here and there.
Natural light in the minimalist living spaces
The combination of straight lines and shapes and organic, winding ones is also striking. While the kitchen and much of the remaining furniture, includingthe built-in cupboards, characterized by straight lines, the stairs and some wooden accents on the ceiling appear in rounded, wave-like shapes that are almost sculptural. In the evening hours, numerous artificial light sources create the necessary ambience, includingindirect lighting, but also modern pendant and ceiling lights.
The garden
It's not just the large walnut tree that's an eye-catcher in the garden. There too, they decided on organic shapes instead of straight pathsgeometrically shaped beds. The small terrace is on a lower level than the garden, which is accessed via stairs. White concrete frames the beds and forms an attractive accent to the gray paving stones. Another nice contrast here are the lushly planted beds.
Below, take a closer look at the impressive house design, which impresses not only with its natural light, and get an impression of the architects' breathtaking work. Take a look into the bright living rooms and let yourself be seducedminimalist and stylish furnishingsand inspire decoration!
Designer built-in wardrobe and open staircase
White walls and natural wood
Light strip for indirect light in the ceiling
Minimalist kitchen cabinets in white
Monochrome kitchen design in gray and white
Bedroom with wooden privacy screen
Subtle and stylish decorations
Wall unit with organic shapes
Large skylight for natural light
Spiral staircase with organic design
Light laminate and large windows create a friendly atmosphere
Decorative pendant lights in industrial style
London townhouse combines modern and Victorian styles
Open room design as a solution for originally dark rooms
Natural and indirect light in one: the steps are at a distance from the wall through which light penetrates
Narrow house with clever design
Monochrome bathroom in gray and with a large mirror
Elegant metallic accents in the bathroom
Victorian brick facade
Floor plan ground floor
First floor floor plan
Plan of the roof
House in side view
The house has 5 floors, some of which are underground
Optimal use of the narrow plot of land
3D view
Design byFlow Architecture.
