Project Headlines​​

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Project Status: Funding

Architectural Services: RIBA work stage 7

Development Area: 50sqm

Construction value: £50k

Client: Private homeowner

Location: Hackney Road Conservation Area in East London

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Brief & Context

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Carry out conditions survey and specify necessary repairs and adaptations for a three-bed home, addressing the needs of its users and protecting its market value, heritage value and energy efficiency.

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TJA’s Response

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20 years ago Sergison Bates Architects designed this wonderful house in Hackney. Tommy’s sister and her family have been living there for much of that time and in 2023 TJA were asked to design and manage its maintenance. This involved workshopping with SBA to work through details and do justice to their original ideas. The beauty of the building is its low-tech, artful assembly of readily-available materials. But what was easy to find in any builders’ merchant then is now quite hard to come by. This is the tricky but interesting problem we are facing.​

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Testimonial

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“The repairs show Tommy's respect for the ideas that underpinned the house's original design, and his understanding about how the house is used today. Tommy is great to work with because of his care, attention, thoughtfulness and ability to steer through stressful situations on site.”

 

​- Homeowner and project Client 

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