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House Through the Red Gate by Artel31

Project name:
House Through the Red Gate
Architecture firm:
Artel31
Location:
Cotswolds, UK
Photography:
Charles Emerson
Principal architect:
Robert Elkins
Design team:
Collaborators:
Interior design:
Built area:
New Build 70 m²; Renovation 210 m²
Site area:
1000 m²
Design year:
2021
Completion year:
2023
Civil engineer:
Structural engineer:
Giraffe Engineering
Environmental & MEP:
Energy Zone
Landscape:
Hither Garden Design
Lighting:
Artel31
Supervision:
Visualization:
Tools used:
Construction:
Material:
LVL, Timber
Budget:
£500,000
Client:
Private
Status:
Completed
Typology:
Residential › House, Heritage Sustainable

Artel31: Like so many Cotswold farmyard conversions, House Through the Red Gate was formed from two listed Cotswold-stone byres.

While there can be advantages in subdivision, it meant that portions of the house felt very disconnected, from both each other and the gardens between. Being a listed building the conservation officer was determined to maintain the visual isolation so we negotiated a form that took cues from tin-roofed pole barns, prevalent in many old farmyards. The full glazed walls integrate the courtyard garden into the space, and a new gatehouse was used as the front door to ensure privacy despite the openness of the space created.

Boreholes were added to the courtyard to facilitate a GSHP, with an outbuilding housing the PV cells, batteries and car chargers. An LVL roof was used to create the thin cantilevered shading to the glazing, ensuring contemporary and sustainable solutions without negatively impacting the listed heritage asset.


By Liliana Alvarez

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