An important goal of Ben’s minimalist approach was to “focus on the beauty of the textures in the natural materials”


room and the combined shower and utility room. Ben explains that a further new timber structure created an additional dormer oer the rear outrigger roof to proide a small loft bedroom. These alterations have created highly functional spaces, while making carbon savings from avoiding steel in favour of timber. The home’s layout now includes a large open plan kitchen/ liingdining space filled with natural light on the ground oor, plus fie bedrooms and two bathrooms on first and second oors.


INTERIOR


The interior boasts a strikingly minimalist design. With uncomplicated, streamlined forms and simple finishes such as greys and whites, the home achiees a less is more aesthetic.  enoy clean and minimal spaces because they help calm the mind after a busy day, says Ben. e adds that an important goal of the minimalist approach was to focus on the beauty of the tetures in the natural materials. The key material palette is limited to oak, lime plaster and natural limestone, creating a calming environment within the living spaces. Ben explains how these materials were carefully selected to minimise the number of deliveries to site, helping to reduce the project’s embodied carbon.


28 www.sbhonline.co.uk Parts of the home have been stripped back


to reveal the original structures. The ceilings throughout the ground oor hae been remoed to reveal the timber joists. Moving through the interiors, further timber elements are introduced which add warmth to the minimalist design. n the master bedroom Ben used Douglas fir oorboards and oinery details. The kitchen and all the wardrobes are based on IKEA carcasses, with bespoke fronts in oak-faced plywood. The interior lighting, supplied by Orluna, has been designed to proide pools of light with a warm colour and ery good colour rendering, explains Ben. Complementing the minimal feel, the light fittings are kept simple  on the ground oor they are part concealed within the eposed joists. LED strip lights form accent lighting in the kitchen, bathrooms and master bedroom. Viabizzuno pendants in the living areas and master bedroom proide candle-like spots of light which highlight the spaces’ natural textures and materials.


ECO MEASURES


The home is filled with high-insulating materials and triple glazing; this alone has improved airtightness as well as dramatically reducing the property’s energy demand, says Ben. As a further means to reduce embodied energy,


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