Sunday 28 January 2007

on heterotopia's edge

(unfinished, again)
penderyn way

a patch in the fabric, the street branches from a sleepy neighbourhood road, curves like a wall, presenting a driveway and a funny looking landscape solution for a sidewalk bridging the level changes.
the front elevations on both sides turn to the street, creating a sterile clean parking and three trees. what is it that made the planner forget about its surroundings? materiality, scale. tufnell park streets are full of three and four stories big old family houses converted to apartments.
back gardens turn outside. a take off on terrace houses, including the shift in level between every two units, could have been done as prefab.



an ad:

1 reception room, 1 bathroom- weekly rental of £450
A superb three storey, four double bedroom townhouse, newly refurbished to a contemporary style and offering spacious versatile living. Situated off Carleton Road, the property offers convenient access to all local shopping and transport facilities. Ideal for professional sharers or a family. Furnished.

an element

how come it's so cheap?
old (80's?) council houses, now part of them are privetly held after the borough sold to those who could afford it in good conditions.
continouos walk
scale
over looking
shadows hit the face

a series

the secret of this place lies behind the east side gardens. this is outside heterotopia.
holloway prison is just over the fence. an ivy between me and the outlaws.
now it seems to be a double buffer, another layer of prison's wall. no cameras, but with so many windows looking into the street ther's no need of cctv here. controlable space.

with kids playing

back side with rear gardens

plan, long sec, rear elev



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