The house was developed as a fluid, three-dimensional
plan, inspired by ‘The Nolli plan of Rome’ 1748. The internal volume of the
15th Century barn forms the heart of the home. On the lower level, kitchen and
dining is position below a more formal living space up on a mezzanine level. A
more relaxed living/play space is set at the front of the house, opening out to
a terrace. At the rear, the sleeping block is linked to the living space via
the entrance and vertical circulation. The bedroom block is stepped in across
the width of the site to allow a visual link out into the rear
garden from the dining space. The house
was conceived as a separate sleeping block linked to the barn via a glazed entrance
piece allowing the mass of the original barn to breath. The retained structure
of the barn has been revealed, with the internal space for living expressed as
a single volume.
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