Chelsea
We created two rooftop terraces for this former warehouse in Bermondsey. The first was created around a newly built atrium style sitting room at the top of the apartment. The style of the interiors was contemporary so the terrace need to reflect this as it is integral with the indoor sitting area.
The 9m x 3.5 metre terrace faces West with wonderful views over London is accessed via sliding glass doors. Charlotte Rowe Garden Design broke this terrace into two distinct zones to maximise the space available and created a dining terrace at one end and a built-in sitting area with storage at the other end. Clear stemmed olive trees under-planted with rosemary divide the two spaces and trellis is used to provide some shelter from the wind, increase the privacy and at the same time allow views over London. The decking and seating is made of Western Red Cedar, tall stoneware pots along one side provide added interest and the space is lit dramatically to create a wonderful outside room.
Charlotte Rowe Garden Design created a courtyard which looks good and has a point of interest from all angles. This includes a long narrow water rill raised above the ground with a long cantilevered water spout in bronze which echoes the material used for the canopy over the entrance to the kitchen. Around the water rill are raised beds, bench seating and day beds, playing with the change in levels, all clad in the same pale limestone selected for both floors of the courtyard and the ground floor of the house, creating a calm coordinated and integrated space. The walls are rendered in the same colour and there is a cedar screen at high level to provide more privacy.
Wide steps off the house double up as seating and tall pots in dark grey/black stoneware make the space look larger. The lighting includes colour change fibre optic starry night lighting in the canopy and underwater lighting at each end of the rill.
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Photography
Marianne Majerus; LightIQ; Andrew Ewing; Charlotte Rowe
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