Project Description
Ben was approached by the client Annette
Moody and her husband Alan in 2013 to
design an extension to their grade two listed
farmhouse on a footprint part of the house
originally stood on before being flattened by
a very stray bomb during World War II.
At the time of submitting the plans to the
local council, the client, Annette suffered
a severe spinal stroke. This devastating
incident left the her permanently paralysed
from the neck down, with the exception of
limited use of her right hand. The project
was subsequently abandoned.
spending the rest of her life in a wheelchair,
an entirely new set of non-negotiable
constraints were paced on the project. The
redesign tackled issues of level access
between the old and the new building on
all floors, with lift access and exterior
connections designed to allow Annette to
use the whole of the building.
The design was developed with Mid Devon
Council and their conservation officer Paul
Dadson. We also went through a series
of one to one scale experiments with the
client as a means of assessing comfort and
accessibility.
Two years later the client was ready to look
at it again. Now faced with the prospect of
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