Join Open City Friends for this architect-led tour of Peckham House.
This is the first self-built house project for architects Percy Weston and Tom Surman. The new house, monolithic in form and veiled in distinctive hit-and-miss brickwork, is delicate and crafted, referencing and playfully subverting the motifs of Peckham’s vibrant and eclectic urban neighborhood.
Spanning five years, it is their first self-initiated project where they served as client, architect, and contractor. This afforded them freedoms and broadened their experience beyond the parameters of a traditional architectural project, allowing Tom and Percy to set the brief, manage the budget, and control the build. This role enabled them to hone, play with, and improve the design along the way. Stepping into the role of the contractor has reignited a passion for making, a principal driver of their prize-winning architecture practice.
The house became a testbed for ideas, with influences ranging from the brutalist car park and Victorian terraces opposite to Moroccan riads, and includes unusual features such as a rooftop greenhouse and garden.
You can find out more about the project here.
Please note this tour is for Friends of Open City only. If you like to join this and other events in our annual programme, email friends@open-city.org.uk
