great cambridge road

The site is set between the busy Great Cambridge Road (A10) and the New River. The design is organized to create homes that are shielded from the noisy A10 and look over the river.

A single storey thick brick wall forms the base that both shields and absorbs the road noise. The wall is made of hollow bricks that absorb the energy of the sound waves and provides support for the white rendered forms that sit on the wall contain the living spaces. The base of the wall is made of blue engineering bricks laid vertically that then border and mark the entrance to each of the houses.

A roof terrace at first floor forms an extension to the garden with planters to encourage overhanging plants to inhabit the wall and act futher to absorb sound. The terrace can be accessed from the garden via an external staircase.