The Slide

Info

The Slide is a 140 m2, two-bedroom apartment in London, located on the second and third floors of an old Edwardian building, across from the Chelsea Botanical Gardens. It has resulted from what is called a vertical amalgamation: joining two smaller apartments that where stacked one on top of the other. The Slide is our first built project in London.

Credits

Location London, UK
Area 140 m²
Year 2016-2018
2016
2017
2018
Design
Construction
DECA Team
Design Team
Alison Katri, Archontia Kyroudi, Aliki Samara, Christina Vasilopoulou
Collaborators
Construction Documents & Supervision:
Hatterwan Architects
Structural Engineers:
Mason Navarro Pledge Ltd
Services Engineers:
P3r Engineers Ltd.
Lighting Design:
AS lighting
Contractors:
Famella Building Contractors

The building

The Slide is located on the second and third floors of an old Edwardian building. It is a vertical amalgamation which joined two smaller independent flats. It is a carefully scaled architectural device in dialogue with its historical shell. Its strength lies in its ability to create both a sense of familiarity and surprise. It subverts the traditional organization of the program in order to be rooted in its experiential context.

Seeing Through

The Bed