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Architects: Simon Conder Associates
- Year: 2003
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Photographs:Courtesy of Simon Conder Associates
![Black Rubber House / Simon Conder Associates - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/521e/483f/e8e4/4ef6/4000/003a/large_jpg/SCA_Black_ruber_house_5_CG.jpg?1377716278)
Text description provided by the architects. Dungeness Beach in Kent is a classic example of ‘Non Plan’ and the houses that populate the beach have developed through improvisation and bodge. This scheme develops this tradition in a way that responds to the drama and harshness of the landscape.
![Black Rubber House / Simon Conder Associates - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/521e/4826/e8e4/4ef6/4000/0039/large_jpg/SCA_Black_rubber_house_9_CG.jpg?1377716255)
The original building, which itself is the product of a series of changes and extensions since it was built as a fisherman’s hut in the 1930s, has been stripped back to its timber frame, re-structured, extended to the south and east to capture the extraordinary views, and clad both internally and externally in Wisa-Spruce plywood. This plywood provides all the internal finishes, including walls, floors, ceilings, doors and joinery. Externally both walls and roof are clad in black rubber, a technically more sophisticated version of the layers of felt and tar found on many local buildings. The bath is cantilevered out over the beach giving dramatic views to the sea.
![Black Rubber House / Simon Conder Associates - Facade, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/521e/47ff/e8e4/4ef6/4000/0037/large_jpg/SCA_Black_Rubber_House_4_CG.jpg?1377716216)
Internally priority has been given to maximising the living areas and the house only has one small bedroom. Visitors are accommodated in a 1954 Airstream caravan which is parked next to the house, the silver of the aluminium caravan providing a striking visual contrast to the black rubber.
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