Catja de Haas

26/09/2022

The proposal is an attempt to bring back the landscape into the site, rather than have the buildings expand. The suggested intervention builds on a subtle reordering of the existing structure with the aim of integrating the cottage more with the site. This will be done in a few ways: firstly, the removal of the outbuildings will allow for a better integration of the cottage with its natural surroundings. Removing the annex at the back will restore the original shape of the cottage, and the footprints of the demolished buildings will be converted into functioning gardens, with as much of the rubble reused as building materials where possible.

23/09/2022

A single-story extension will be added to the cottage, integrating the footprint of an adjacent games room to the cottage. The extension will enjoy higher ceilings and will accommodate the new kitchen, dining area and utility room. A new ensuite master bedroom will be placed in the current living room and will have a terrace looking out to the river. The stair is moved to the extension of the cottage, becoming a feature with custom built-in furniture The extension aims to look like a garden wall, emphasising the importance of integrating it into the surrounding landscape.

18/06/2021

On now until Sunday 20th June. A short film taking viewers through the "Together we care' Installation. More than 100 people participated in this project. Refugee and non-refugee families, students and professionals from different countries made dolls’ houses that tell their stories of home, community and belonging. By linking the dolls’ houses with ropes and ramps and ladders the project aims to explore the meaning of home and community after a year of COVID19 restrictions and the isolation these caused, while highlighting the experience of being a refugee in an attempt to create solidarity and understanding across the political and socio-economic divide.

Part of Refugee Week 2021.

14/06/2021

Wednesday evening 16th June a chance to join an evening sharing stories contributed through the Giant Dolls' House Project, stories of hope, community, and family told by Syrian playwright Anan Tello. Members of SCAN also made dolls’houses reflecting on their Syrian heritage.



Tickets available from the London Festival of Architecture events

A Collaboration of SCAN, SBSBE*, the Giant Dolls’house Project and Oxfam GB An evening sharing stories contributed through the Giant Dolls'house Project, stories of hope, community, and family told by Syrian playwright Anan Tello. Members of SCAN also made dolls’houses reflecting on their Syrian...

10/06/2021

There is still time to sign up for the . dolls’house workshop with and
The submission deadline for we care is June 14 noon. We look forward to your contributions!

A dolls’ house making workshop with Archimake for the 2021 Virtual Giant Dolls’house installation ‘Together we care.’ We invite you to engage creatively with your experiences of this last year, or of those close to you, in solidarity and together with the 79.5 million displaced people, throu...

30/05/2021

Delighted to see our community arts initiative - The Giant Dolls' House project - featured in the Financial Times.

The project asks its participants to create a miniature roomscape in a box. The dioramas are then displayed en masse as an installation, linked by ropes, ladders and ramps in a colourful cardboard maze that muses on the meaning of home.

To get involved this year visit www.giantdollshouse.org and submit your roomscape in a box, as part of Refugee Week (14 to 20 June), the deadline for submissions has been extended to 14th June 2021.

Make a dolls’ house in a shoe­box for our 2021 Vir­tu­al Giant Dolls’house instal­la­tion! We invite you to engage cre­ative­ly with your expe­ri­ences of this last year, or of those close to you, in sol­i­dar­i­ty and togeth­er with the 79.5 mil­lion dis­placed peo­ple, throu...

30/04/2021

Tips to make a box to support Refugee Week. All you need is imagination, a shoebox and then to photograph your creation and upload to the Giantdollshouse website.

26/03/2021

We are delighted to see our London House and loft space is featured in Don’t Move, Improve! 2021, New London Architecture annual competition and programme celebrating the best redesigned homes in London.

Refur­bish­ment and remod­el­ling of a Lon­don House. The loft space is now two bed­rooms and a liv­ing area while cre­ative­ly util­is­ing the ceil­ing height

17/12/2020

Exploring how we select which rainpipe to use for our house and why.

When build­ing a house, it seems nowa­days this cre­ates as many choic­es as there are in a super­mar­ket: you draw what you want and we can build it. The super­mar­ket has at least pre-pack­aged items. You want pota­to crisps? Nar­row it down to organ­ic, slight­ly salt­ed, healthy and a few brands remain.

With rain­pipes it is dif­fer­ent and there are a few routes - more information on link.



https://catjadehaas.com/ideas

03/11/2020

What if we couldn’t see the build­ing on a site? This could be the task of archi­tects in the coun­try. Let’s make them invis­i­ble through dress­ing them in cloaks of green­ery. Like the mir­ror hous­es in Swe­den, where the green is reflect­ed every­where and seem invis­i­ble and yet are very obvi­ous­ly made of glass when they reflect the sun, or when the birds fly into them (observed by Jen­nifer Frewen). The house should be the tree perhaps. See the rest of this blog on our website - link below.



https://catjadehaas.com/ideas

26/06/2020

This has been so interesting and thought provoking to be involved with.

Thank you to all those that participated in our Virtual installation: Alone Together!

We are proud to have worked with Oxfam Great Britain on this installation which we are honoured to say was part of this years Refugee Week and the London Festival of Architecture.

18/06/2020

I am proud to be a part of the team at the recently established - Architects Aware! We are striving to research, support and influence the crisis in the homeless sector.

Architects Aware! are a London based think tank of built environment professionals that aim to find design and policy-based solutions to the UK homelessness crisis. AA! are interested in how a holistic design approach might offer more long term, lasting solutions for homeless accommodation in London.

AA! is comprised of 19 core members each of whom have established expertise working in the homeless sector. The group believe that a cross disciplinary approach is required to address this important issue head on

Mark Baigent Amos Goldreich Miranda MacLaren Heather Macey Chris Hildrey James Reid Miles Delap Polina Pencheva Cat Drew Phil Kerry alexia murphy Jay Morton Dieter Kleiner Paul Moorish Chris Stephens Frank Anatole Tom Sweetman



https://www.architectsaware.com/