BURROW WALK
A north-facing 1980s family home opened up, zoned and warmed — cork floors, terrazzo tiles, copper taps and a cat
hatch under the stairs.
#Ethically Positive
#Sense of Place
#Family Home
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
"We had a very positive experience with Rachel. She put a lot of thought into analysing the space and presenting a good number of alternative solutions during initial design. She anticipated problems well ahead of time and we avoided alot of common pitfalls we might otherwise have encountered. We would certainly have been lost without her experienced input and advice. She elevated the project to something far beyond what we would have otherwise achieved."
Owner
PROJECT KALLAX
CLIENT
Yodomo
LOCATION
Hackney Wick
SCOPE
Retail and workshop fit out
APPROACH
Circular design and reuse
Yodomo needed a space that could switch between retail and workshop use without a fixed layout for total flexibility.
The design gives them exactly that: everything moves, everything can be reconfigured and the environment works equally well for a customer browsing textile remnants and a group of participants in a making workshop.
Equally important was doing this without buying new. The budget was tight and the values were clear: everything reused where possible, nothing wasted. The result reflects what Yodomo stands for, which is the best kind of brief to work with.
CLIENT
Private
LOCATION
Herne Hill, London
SCOPE
Whole-home residential design
APPROACH
Open plan, sustainable materials
This family moved into a house that had been subdivided for someone else’s life. The ground floor felt closed, dark and disconnected — the wrong starting point for two young children and two working adults.
Opening the layout gave the family a home that actually flows: adults can cook and keep an eye on children playing, everyone can be in the same space without being on top of each other and the garden is now part of the house rather than something you have to step out to reach. The north-facing rooms that had always felt dim are now filled with natural light all day.
This family moved into a house that had been subdivided for someone else’s life. The ground floor felt closed, dark and disconnected — the wrong starting point for two young children and two working adults.
Opening the layout gave the family a home that actually flows: adults can cook and keep an eye on children playing, everyone can be in the same space without being on top of each other and the garden is now part of the house rather than something you have to step out to reach. The north-facing rooms that had always felt dim are now filled with natural light all day.
CLIENT
Private
LOCATION
Herne Hill, London
SCOPE
Whole-home residential design
APPROACH
Open plan, sustainable materials
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