a testament to passivhaus design
Architect and Passivhaus Trust member Kirsty Maguire wanted to build her own home ever since she was little. With several Passivhaus projects under her belt, including the award-winning New Farmhouse and several others, she was ready to embrace a challenge for her own home. ABC&D discovers more...
With stunning views over the adjacent estuary to the north and to fields in the south, this house is built into the steep hill that dominates the village. Designed to make the most of the slope it sits within the landscape. The cladding is three shades of silver to reflect the ever-changing light of the Tay – two shades of metallic silver steel and Siberian larch cladding which will fade to silver over time. It has a partially open plan living, dining and kitchen
space at first floor looking over the top of the adjacent rooftops, and a studio and bedrooms at ground floor. The ground floor entrance is a double height space which is flooded with light and with glimpsed views all the way to the apex of the roof and to the sky. Moving upstairs to the main spaces, the views and light give this modest home a true wow factor. A huge picture window looks out to the Tay from the sitting room – who needs a TV – with the same at the south, looking over the garden and adjacent fields. The scale of the house works playfully with the slope – three storeys at the street side and single storey at the cosy sun trap garden to the south. As well as a low embodied energy, low impact and low carbon build, sustainable travel was important, with space for bike storage. The landscape is set out as an ‘edible garden’. Reclaimed materials were used where possible with the stone boundary wall being reused within the gabions. Additional stone is all reclaimed from local sources and gathered as and when it is available. It is designed as a passivhaus home to minimise
energy and carbon impact during it’s lifetime and provide a warm and comfortable space throughout the year. A research project with Strathclyde University is ongoing
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