The design concept at the root of this project was the desire to achieve maximum diversity and expression of character within a single building.
Pattern House, with its interlocking apartments, is an exploration of the relationship between repetition and variety. The design offers a wide range of apartment types repeated within a three dimensional spatial matrix like the pieces of a stacking block puzzle. The internal complexity of the interlocking units has been expressed on the facade of the building with a system of concrete ‘fins’ that act as balconies and privacy screens, clearly outlining each individual apartment.
The massing and position of this contemporary building echoes that of a mill previously sited here, recreating the scale of the original courtyards and thereby establishing a dialogue of historic continuity and architectural contrast with the adjacent Longlands Mill building.