Acting as a framework the gently folded 'overcoat' clips onto the existing built fabric, creating new flexible internal space – a new bedroom, playroom, kitchen – while externally it produces a secure buffer zone between the street and home, reorienting living spaces like a scaled-up a modern bay window.

The overcoat also operates as an environmental buffer improving insulation, creating solar energy, collecting rainwater and reusing clean warm air.

The newly defined streets are the arteries of the Brooks Road Estate - visually connected, safe and clearly defining the zone between privately owned and public space.