An Exceptional Quality New Build House
Simon Knight Architects were approached by our private Clients to produce initial designs for a new family house on a plot of land adjacent to their current home.
The Farmyard Typology
We were interested in taking inspiration from local vernacular forms and materials and the adjacent Farm offered some inspiration in creating a contemporary version of a local farmstead.
We proposed using gabions for the main envelope of the house. This offered a rich texture that is natural in appearance but also offered a cost effective way of treating a high quality and innovative facade. We are interested in how this construction method could be an exemplar for other rural housing developments. The gabion offers a structural solution that can also be a rainscreen. There are opportunities to allow light through thinner gabions that offer interesting internal effects.
