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Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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Long View
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Firm
Type
STATUS
Concept
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
Dramatically perched atop a cliff edge on the West Penwith coast in Cornwall, the design sits within Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (CAONB) whose landscape displays a complex historical and archaeological significance, incorporating the boundary of the world heritage St Just mining district and Iron Age field system.
Foster Lomas Architects were commissioned to replace the existing 1950s bungalow with a two-story residence. With reference to their previous project – A Restorative Rural Retreat for Sartfell on the Isle of Man – the architects have approached the project with a similarly high degree of sensitivity, care and custodianship towards the heritage coastline.
Articulated through three distinct forms capped by a solid granite roof, Long View will act as a landscape marker for walkers hiking along the southwest coastal path. The site is accessed via a single track, only coming into view on foot. As walkers cross the rugged landscape the experience of the house will alter due to the building’s composition, reminiscent of the ancient standing stones, locally known as ‘Quoit.’
The development of the building evolved from a survey of the early pagan sites evidenced by such megalithic constructions, which are fundamental to the architectural distinctiveness of the area. The practice’s meticulous survey of the land deepened their understanding of how history, both pre-historic and more recently mining, has unfolded over the years leaving its indelible mark scored into onto this particular site.
Unlike the existing house, the proposed new structure follows the surrounding medieval coaxial field system. The solid massing of the granite roof shelters the light-weight materials below, breaking up the house’s planes to create shadows which echo the folds and the imperfections of the landscape.
The use of granite structures is common in West Penwith and is sourced locally. The architects will rely on local expertise to construct the building.
Three distinctive forms acting as structural supports reference the vernacular building vocabulary, reflected in the pronounced chimney stack and the curved granite newel stairs.
As in some medieval buildings of the local area, the house has a cruciform plan and the main living space is placed on the first floor level and the bedrooms are snugly placed on the ground floor. This positioning allows for the panoramic view of Portheras Cove and the sea from the living room.
Designed in collaboration with Webb Yates Structural Engineers, the house is crowned with the post-tensioned granite slab roof. The roof is finished in the same material which is broken and scattered around the house’s perimeter to encourage rewilding and promote biodiversity.
Foster Lomas Architects see their responsibility of building within an expansive time frame. They have explored articulations of the house with view to a distant future when it will return back to the earth, adding to the long history of monumental prehistoric burial grounds in the locality, the reason why the new house has been named as ‘Long View.’
Foster Lomas Architects were commissioned to replace the existing 1950s bungalow with a two-story residence. With reference to their previous project – A Restorative Rural Retreat for Sartfell on the Isle of Man – the architects have approached the project with a similarly high degree of sensitivity, care and custodianship towards the heritage coastline.
Articulated through three distinct forms capped by a solid granite roof, Long View will act as a landscape marker for walkers hiking along the southwest coastal path. The site is accessed via a single track, only coming into view on foot. As walkers cross the rugged landscape the experience of the house will alter due to the building’s composition, reminiscent of the ancient standing stones, locally known as ‘Quoit.’
The development of the building evolved from a survey of the early pagan sites evidenced by such megalithic constructions, which are fundamental to the architectural distinctiveness of the area. The practice’s meticulous survey of the land deepened their understanding of how history, both pre-historic and more recently mining, has unfolded over the years leaving its indelible mark scored into onto this particular site.
Unlike the existing house, the proposed new structure follows the surrounding medieval coaxial field system. The solid massing of the granite roof shelters the light-weight materials below, breaking up the house’s planes to create shadows which echo the folds and the imperfections of the landscape.
The use of granite structures is common in West Penwith and is sourced locally. The architects will rely on local expertise to construct the building.
Three distinctive forms acting as structural supports reference the vernacular building vocabulary, reflected in the pronounced chimney stack and the curved granite newel stairs.
As in some medieval buildings of the local area, the house has a cruciform plan and the main living space is placed on the first floor level and the bedrooms are snugly placed on the ground floor. This positioning allows for the panoramic view of Portheras Cove and the sea from the living room.
Designed in collaboration with Webb Yates Structural Engineers, the house is crowned with the post-tensioned granite slab roof. The roof is finished in the same material which is broken and scattered around the house’s perimeter to encourage rewilding and promote biodiversity.
Foster Lomas Architects see their responsibility of building within an expansive time frame. They have explored articulations of the house with view to a distant future when it will return back to the earth, adding to the long history of monumental prehistoric burial grounds in the locality, the reason why the new house has been named as ‘Long View.’
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