30 PROJECT REPORT: LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS


realities all worked together.” Externally, materials were chosen to


refl ect the robust character of agricultural buildings while expressing them through a contemporary architectural language,” explains Richards. “One of the themes we embraced throughout the project was that agricultural buildings are often more industrial than romantic; we wanted to celebrate that honesty rather than produce a nostalgic interpretation of rural architecture.”


A palette of black is used throughout the development, found in the anthracite inc roofi ng, charred spruce cladding, dark brickwork and black powder-coated aluminium windows. It helps create a visual coherence while allowing each building to achieve its own identity through subtle differences in form and cladding pattern. In particular, the charred timber became a defi ning material for the development,” says Richards, reiterating the physical benefi ts of reducing movement, weathering and maintenance over the building’s lifetime. This means that while a larger investment upfront, it’s longevity makes it the more sustainable choice in the long term. Balancing longevity and the robustness required to sit within the agricultural setting with the uality and refi nement epected of a contemporary luxury development” was “the greatest challenge,” says Richards.


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TACKLING THE RIBA CLIMATE CHALLENGE Hartdene Barns is Nissen Richards Studio’s fi rst proect to adopt the  limate hallenge  a set of targets set by  in relation to operational energy, embodied carbon, potable water use and health and wellbeing. Their shared ambition with Q New Homes to prove low carbon housing can be delivered without compromising on architectural quality and commercial viability meant this was the perfect opportunity to “test how far we could push environmental performance within a live residential development,” Richards explains.


his began with the fabric fi rst approach taken, focusing on reducing the homes’ energy demand through the use of SIPs, “exceptional” airtightness, and eliminating thermal bridging. Embodied carbon was reduced through the construction material choices and recycling of materials onsite. Building services and renewable technologies were then used to meet the remaining requirements.


Every home includes air source heat pumps, solar PV panels, battery storage, MVHR, EV charging points and “high performance” glazing, which has resulted in operational net zero performance and   ratings oring to the  limate hallenge was both rewarding and demanding because it required us to consider operational and embodied carbon


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