Tigg + Coll Architects remodels Surrey home for children with limited mobility

Tigg + Coll Architects has added a timber-roofed wing to a house in Surrey, England, to support the needs of two children with a rare muscular disorder.

The project, called House for Theo and Oskar, prepares the two-storey suburban home in Boxhill for the family's future needs.

The new wing features a timber diagrid roof structure

Theo, eight, and Oskar, six, both have duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a condition that causes muscle weakness and develops gradually over time, so they need their home to support increasingly limited mobility.

Tigg + Coll's design allows wheelchair accessibility in the existing building and adds a new wing containing specific facilities for the two boys.

The roof cantilevers out to create a sheltered terrace

This extension boasts an innovative wooden diagrid roof, which not only allows for larger bedrooms but also provides a flexible structure that can be used to support hoists.

"The family were key to the process," said studio co-founder David Tigg, "but we also spent a great deal of time with occupational therapists, and had discussions with other families who are living with DMD."

The extension extends out from the rear corner of the existing house

"We visited care and rehabilitation centres to understand more about living with DMD and how using hoists would impact the boys as they grow," he told Dezeen.

"This background work was so important to make sure what we designed really would be flexible and appropriate."

The diagrid roof could support hoists in the children's bedrooms

The extension provides generous bedrooms for the two boys, a wheelchair-accessible bathroom and WC, and a spare bedroom that could accommodate a carer.

The layout of the existing house was also altered, relocating the kitchen to the centre of the floor plan and creating a larger entrance hall than was there previously.

Sliding glass doors allow these rooms to open out to the garden

The diagrid roof structure spans the boys' bedrooms and also extends out to create a canopy for the garden.

It was built using plywood and a type of engineered wood known as glulam, creating a grid structure able to support hoists in various different locations.

The renovation places the kitchen and living room in the centre of floor plan

The entire structure was prefabricated in a factory, which meant it could be fully tested in advance.

This helped to significantly speed up the process of construction and helped to reduce the building's carbon footprint.

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"The timber diagrid provides incredible strength and flexibility for the future," said Tigg.

"It allowed us to create very long cantilevers and wide spans, which were fundamental to the brief of delivering an adaptable home," he said.

Storage has been built into the walls

The roof cantilevers off the precast concrete sandwich panels that form internal walls. As a result, Tigg + Coll could design glazed facades that slide back completely, allowing the rooms to open to the garden.

These sandwich panels would not typically be used in a single house, but were possible here because housing developer Ballymore gave its support to the project. Tigg believes it is the first house in the UK to be built in this way.

A wheelchair-accessible wet room also features in the extension

"Our concept was always to have a relationship to the garden and in particular the idea of the tree canopy," he stated.

The idea, he said, was to create "a protective, sheltered and warm space where the light could be allowed to come through in a dappled way".

The house is located in Boxhill, Surrey

House for Theo and Oskar is one of four projects to so far make the shortlist for the RIBA's House of the Year prize, which is being announced as part of a special series of television show Grand Designs.

Tigg + Coll was invited to work on the project after winning a design competition organised by Colander Associates.

The studio has previously worked in various different types of residential projects, from a railway-influenced student housing building to a home extension with a bright red steel frame.

House for Theo and Oskar is shortlisted for the RIBA's House of the Year prize

Tigg hopes that some of the techniques they've used could be replicated in other house projects.

"I would certainly say that our cross-laminated timber roof system would work incredibly well in a variety of settings as it is so flexible and strong, and it also looks beautiful," he said.

Photography is byAndy Matthews.

Project credits:

Client : Nick and Klara Taussig
Architect : Tigg + Coll Architects
Structural engineer : Engenuiti
Landscape design : Studio Huw
Occupational therapists : Bethany Conway and Abigail Lewis, Children with Disabilities Team East, Surrey Council.
Approved inspector : Quadrant Building Control
Main contractor : Ballymore UK
Prefabricated walls and facade : Byldis, Hurks Roof: Buckland Timber
Mechanical and electrical : Cilantro MEP Engineering
Specialist joinery : Crofton Interiors
Demolition : Cognition Land and Water
Concrete and substructure : JRL Civil Engineering, Kilnbridge Construction Services
General structural alteratio : Comas Construction
Steelwork & general metalwork: Dearnside Fabrications
Brickwork : Lee Marley Brickwork
Screed : Progressive Group Ltd
MEP : Orlight, Orcomm, Premier Contract Supplies, Oventrop UK
Drylining : S&R London, Interior Partnerships, Penlaw
Waterproofing : Alltech Roofing Landscape: In-Ex Landscapes
General joinery : Pantera Carpentry, Ruddy Joinery, Vudex Flooring, JA Stott Carpentry
Scaffold : Artel Scaffolding
Carpets : Professional Flooring
Decorating : Apex Decorators, Sean Doyle Painting
Tiling and Stone : Copley Ltd, Domus Tiles, Jobber Projects
Kitchen : Potter Cowan, Flawless Kitchens, Booysen Installations, LW Cole
Logistics, labour and aaste: Madigan Gill, Alandale Logistics, DFDS Alphatrans
Site survey/engineer : Murphy Surveys UK
Plant hire : HSS Hire Services Group, Mainline Plant, Select Plant Hire.

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Tigg + Coll Architects creates space for socialising in Chapter Old Street student housing

Tigg + Coll Architects has revamped the common spaces of a student housing block in east London, to create areas where students can feel comfortable being around others.

The London-based studio has designed a completely new layout for the ground floor of Chapter Old Street, creating a range of spaces for relaxing, studying or meeting up with friends and family.

The space is designed to feel like a lounge, rather than just a reception lobby

As both the design and build stages took place in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, social distancing and isolation were in the minds of the architects throughout.

The space has a "broken-plan" layout, meaning that spaces are subtly divided up by partial walls and frames. This creates an open feel, but also provides natural separation between different areas.

Walnut arches are used to subdivide the space

"We were intrinsically conscious of creating broken spaces that students would feel comfortable to use, no matter what the future held," said studio co-founder David Tigg.

"Be it spaces for gathering in small groups at a study desk or individuals waiting for friends to come down from their rooms, it was important to try and consider how people would feel about proximity and what we could actively do about it," he told Dezeen.

Fabric curtains and soft lighting help to make spaces feel cosy

"Our use of screens and arches were part of this interplay of breaking these spaces down, to give focus to activities, but also a tool to create physical subdivision for individuals or small groups."

Previously only 30 per cent of the ground floor was accessible to students. Tigg + Coll's scheme has created a more efficient layout that makes more of the area available, allowing the space to feel like a lounge rather than just an entrance lobby.

Fluted glass screens divide seating booths

This feeling is enhanced through the use of heavy fabric curtains, comfortable furniture and soft lighting.

"It is really important that these areas feel relaxed and inviting, so that students will feel at home and want to really use the spaces rather than just pass through them," Tigg said.

A curved red banquette provides seating by the main entrance

The interior design concept references the building's location near the former site of the Curtain Theatre, which is famous for being the first home of Shakespeare's theatre company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

Details are inspired by theatres from across history, from the art-deco buildings of the 1920s to the Hollywood glamour of the 1950s.

A colourful two-tier reception desk can be found on one side

The most distinct of these are the curved walnut arches, which take their cues from the classic proscenium stage. These are complemented by fluted glass screens, brass lighting fixtures and a terrazzo floor.

There are also some "set pieces" – a colourful two-tier reception desk and a large red seating banquette.

Terrazzo was chosen for the flooring

Chapter Old Street is the latest in a series of student housing buildings that Tigg + Coll has worked on, including Chapter's venue in King's Cross.

Tigg believes the key to creating functional spaces in the buildings is to makes spaces as versatile as possible.

One of the ways of achieving that at Chapter Old Street was by paying attention to acoustics. The glazed screens and theatrical curtains help to reduce overt noise reverberation, ensuring that conversations can be kept fairly private when necessary.

Glazed walls allow a meeting room to be acoustically separate but visually connected

"It sounds obvious but I think one of the key lessons is to always remember that you are trying to design a home, a space that people will be excited about living in but also feel comfortable enough to use as they see fit," Tigg added.

"You want to allow people enough bandwidth for curating the use themselves, to a degree."

Other projects by Tigg + Coll Architects on Dezeen include a London house extension with a bright-red steel frame and a student housing block in Spitalfields, London.

Photography is by Peter Landers.

Project credits

Client: Greystar Europe
Architects/interiors: Tigg + Coll Architects
Main contractor: Corley & Woolley
M &E: Corley & Woolley
Acoustics: KP Acoustics
Joinery: Faber bespoke
Furniture supplier: Conran

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Tigg + Coll Architects creates space for socialising in Chapter Old Street student housing

Tigg + Coll Architects has revamped the common spaces of a student housing block in east London, to create areas where students can feel comfortable being around others.

The London-based studio has designed a completely new layout for the ground floor of Chapter Old Street, creating a range of spaces for relaxing, studying or meeting up with friends and family.

The space is designed to feel like a lounge, rather than just a reception lobby

As both the design and build stages took place in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, social distancing and isolation were in the minds of the architects throughout.

The space has a "broken-plan" layout, meaning that spaces are subtly divided up by partial walls and frames. This creates an open feel, but also provides natural separation between different areas.

Walnut arches are used to subdivide the space

"We were intrinsically conscious of creating broken spaces that students would feel comfortable to use, no matter what the future held," said studio co-founder David Tigg.

"Be it spaces for gathering in small groups at a study desk or individuals waiting for friends to come down from their rooms, it was important to try and consider how people would feel about proximity and what we could actively do about it," he told Dezeen.

Fabric curtains and soft lighting help to make spaces feel cosy

"Our use of screens and arches were part of this interplay of breaking these spaces down, to give focus to activities, but also a tool to create physical subdivision for individuals or small groups."

Previously only 30 per cent of the ground floor was accessible to students. Tigg + Coll's scheme has created a more efficient layout that makes more of the area available, allowing the space to feel like a lounge rather than just an entrance lobby.

Fluted glass screens divide seating booths

This feeling is enhanced through the use of heavy fabric curtains, comfortable furniture and soft lighting.

"It is really important that these areas feel relaxed and inviting, so that students will feel at home and want to really use the spaces rather than just pass through them," Tigg said.

A curved red banquette provides seating by the main entrance

The interior design concept references the building's location near the former site of the Curtain Theatre, which is famous for being the first home of Shakespeare's theatre company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

Details are inspired by theatres from across history, from the art-deco buildings of the 1920s to the Hollywood glamour of the 1950s.

A colourful two-tier reception desk can be found on one side

The most distinct of these are the curved walnut arches, which take their cues from the classic proscenium stage. These are complemented by fluted glass screens, brass lighting fixtures and a terrazzo floor.

There are also some "set pieces" – a colourful two-tier reception desk and a large red seating banquette.

Terrazzo was chosen for the flooring

Chapter Old Street is the latest in a series of student housing buildings that Tigg + Coll has worked on, including Chapter's venue in King's Cross.

Tigg believes the key to creating functional spaces in the buildings is to makes spaces as versatile as possible.

One of the ways of achieving that at Chapter Old Street was by paying attention to acoustics. The glazed screens and theatrical curtains help to reduce overt noise reverberation, ensuring that conversations can be kept fairly private when necessary.

Glazed walls allow a meeting room to be acoustically separate but visually connected

"It sounds obvious but I think one of the key lessons is to always remember that you are trying to design a home, a space that people will be excited about living in but also feel comfortable enough to use as they see fit," Tigg added.

"You want to allow people enough bandwidth for curating the use themselves, to a degree."

Other projects by Tigg + Coll Architects on Dezeen include a London house extension with a bright-red steel frame and a student housing block in Spitalfields, London.

Photography is by Peter Landers.

Project credits

Client: Greystar Europe
Architects/interiors: Tigg + Coll Architects
Main contractor: Corley & Woolley
M &E: Corley & Woolley
Acoustics: KP Acoustics
Joinery: Faber bespoke
Furniture supplier: Conran

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