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Glazed doors open onto living room, false skylight improves the sense of daylight to dark basement
Glazed doors open onto living room, false skylight improves the sense of daylight to dark basement
Residential — Refurbishment

Apartment 2, Pont Street

London
Residential Listed building Basement
Year
2006
Type
Private apartment
Scope
Refurbishment
Listing
Grade II
Overview

Bringing light and boosting wellbeing within an almost blind basement

The original apartment had only two windows and one glazed door, all only at one end, facing onto a narrow sunken patio.

The existing windows were enlarged where possible, and two artificial skylights introduced to the ceiling to maximize the daylight. Smaller slots to the corridor floor and ceiling give a sense of expanded space, as well as drama, to the entrance hall.

The red brick facade of Pont Street in Knightsbridge
Lights at the edge of the ceiling expand the sense of space
Lights at the edge of the ceiling expand the sense of space
View from living room sofa to new garden doors and patio
Before & after
The dark and twisting existing corridor
Before — the existing corridor was dark and twisting
Opening up the corridor, with the perception of space subtly expanded by the lighting scheme
After — opening up the corridor, with the perception of space subtly expanded by the lighting scheme
Floor plan of apartment 2, pont street
Views
Dining room opening onto the terrace
Mirrors in the living room and bedroom enhance the sense of space, as well as raising light levels
Living room with false skylight along the party wall
Bedroom storage with a mirror surround to appear as a screen
Compact bedside nooks within the fabric headboard

Custom-designed furniture, both built-in and free-standing, optimises the use of space.

Project credits
ArchitectNicholas Zervoglos Architects
Interior designerSilvia Doria
Structural engineerPrice & Myers