Info
The Elements , Brook Avenue , Warsash , Hampshire , SO31
9HP
Architect
AR Design Studio Calpe House 20 Little Minster Street Winchester SO23 9HB , UK www . ardesignstudio . co . uk twitter . com / ARDesign _ Studio
www . instagram . com / ardesignstudio /
Project Architect
Laura Locke
Photographer
Martin Gardner www . martingardner . com
Size
Total- GIA 725m2
Contractors and Suppliers
Engineer- Barton Engineers Tiles- Stone and Ceramic Warehouse Kitchen- Bradburys Kitchens Timber Cladding- Kebony Brick – Vande Moortel Wood Burner – Stuv Pool – Tanby Pools Landscape Architects – UBU Design Glass – HH Aluminium Specialist Glass – GlasSpace Resin Floor – Chasing Space Environmental – ISO Energy
“ The home focuses on accommodating a number of guests , providing an experience of a ‘ homefrom- home ’. It is hoped that the home will create lasting memories among visiting friends and family .”
The team used the path of the sun to carve out three garden zones , grouping lifestyle activities based on daily rituals . The leisure facilities of the pool , games room , gym and tennis court all receive strong morning light . The sun tracks to the central courtyard by midday , creating a sheltered sun-trap that is accessed by the entire ground floor . By the afternoon the sun has moved to the kitchen , lounge and patio , making this side of the house perfect for summer barbequing . Balconies and picture windows on the first floor extend view onto the wider context creating strong elevated visual connections with the gardens .
The shaded north contains the arrival and entrance to the property and is designed to compress your view . A wall guides visitors beneath a large cantilever into an entrance courtyard . From here you enter the house into a double height space that opens up to the view of the central courtyard and is framed by two staircases and walkway . This provides access to the homes main spaces and connects the guest and family blocks . Glazing is extensively used throughout the house to blur the distinction between garden and house and provides connecting views across the open , free-flowing plan and to the gardens beyond .
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