01 · The problem
North-facing, permanently cool light, and a previous scheme in cool greys that made it read as grey on grey for most of the year.
Bedroom suite
Northlight
A primary suite in a north-facing room, designed around the fact that it would never get direct sun.
- Location
- Nyari, Nairobi
- Year
- 2024
- Type
- Residential
- Services
- 2 disciplines
01 — The project
- Space
- Bedroom and dressing area
- Area
- 34 m²
- Duration
- 10 weeks
- Materials
- Clay plaster · Oak · Wool · Linen
Services involved
02 · The move
We warmed everything the daylight touches — timber, wool, a clay-toned plaster on the bed wall — and let the cool light fall on it rather than fighting it.
03 · The detail
A full-height upholstered headboard wall absorbs sound and gives the bed a proper anchor. Reading lights are on independent circuits each side, because two people rarely stop reading at the same time.
02 — Gallery
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