Victorian-era railway viaduct transformed into modern home

Victorian-era railway viaduct transformed into modern home

Necessity is the mother of invention, or so they say when it comes to approaching seemingly intractable problems with out-of-the-box thinking. One sees such ingenuity when it comes to cleaning up our plastic-choked oceans, building food security and conserving water.

Of course, that creativity is possible in architecture too, especially in cases of adaptive reuse or transforming under-utilized zones into livable spaces. Designboom recently showed how London's Undercurrent Architects created Archway Studios, a stunning home (now on the market) right under a nineteenth-century railway viaduct, writing that:

The unusual site beneath a railway viaduct requires special attention to soundproofing and vibration control. Sheets of steel foil are used as an acoustic envelope to protect the interior from the sounds of the surrounding railway, improving interior comfort. an insulated air gap between the inner and outer membranes allows for the interior skin to work solely towards acoustic reduction. The live-workspace — serving as both a family residence and a photography studio — won the London Architecture Awards’ ‘House of the Year’ in 2013.

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