BEACH HUT STYLE FAMILY HOME SUITS SURROUNDINGS
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Hudson Architects took on board the client’s brief and created a new four bedroom family home that responded to the spectacular site, with views across the Suffolk Salt Marshes to the north.
Due to the economic turbulence at the time of construction, it was intended that the house should be designed in such a way that it could be built over a series of stages, depending on the availability of finances.
Concept The building took as its starting point, three key elements. Firstly, the concept of using the appearance of a traditional beach hut, forms the north-east face of the building. This simple form in black zinc cladding is then distorted by the shifts in geometry, which turn to face the views and is cut away in areas to reveal a warmer timber cladding. The building forms a U shaped plan to create
a south-facing courtyard. Internally, this relates to a double height space, which with an office space on the first floor bridge and a large din- ing area on the ground floor forms the core of the building. From here the building is divided into two wings; with a large living room with guest bedrooms above on one side and the kitchen, snug and utility spaces serve as the
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everyday rooms on the other side with the two main bedrooms above. Views are framed with a mixture of small and
large picture windows to give a varied perspec- tive of the landscape below. An overhanging roof on the north-west elevation accentuates the sense of looking down onto the marshes as the landscape falls away.
phased, in order that a much smaller part of the building would be initially completed. However, eventually the full project was proceeded with. The fit out of the building is quite sparse as a result, but creates a large family house with a simple, minimal aesthetic, in correspondence with the beach hut concept. The site had formerly been a farm, split up
into separate house plots, consequently a previ- ous planning application determined the loca- tion of the new building.
The key feature of the house is its relationship to the layout of the site
Planning/budget constraints: Due to the changes in the economic climate, the project started on an extremely low budget. It was originally intended that the project be
Key features: The key feature of the house is its relationship to the layout of the site. It relates back to the sur- rounding buildings, while also opening up to the views. This also dictates the form of the building. The striking use of the black zinc and Iroko cladding was led by the idea of creating a building that visually resembled a barn with a naturally weathering material that would blend with the landscape of reeds and grasses. Zinc’s increasing popularity owes much to its natural corrosion resistance and sustainability.
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