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The brief was to reconfigure and extend to create a connection with the garden from the ground floor and provide a kitchen, dining room while also connecting the reception room to the west. The timber fascia was conceived of as an idea of something that would connect and hold everything together and could be adjusted to suit its functional requirements. Sitting tight to the east facing façade it forms a canopy when it turns south for shading and continues to form the roof of the outdoor living room, coming to a rest on an external fireplace.