An Award Winning Affordable Self-Build, Eco-Friendly Home focusing on Passive House Design Principles.
Located within the historic location of Salisbury, Wiltshire, the design focused on embracing the unique river location. Footprint architects were appointed to design this eco-friendly home focusing on affordable passive house principles to create a long lasting sustainable family home for the future.
At Footprint Architects we design sustainable modern homes that reflect each site’s unique characteristics and carefully pay homage to their historic locations. Salisbury is a historic setting with many links to unique natural environments. The project’s concept took inspiration from the river tributaries of the Salisbury Avon. The River Nadder is a chalk stream which is one of only 200 in the world and located in the garden of the property.
The concept was to reflect the tones of the river palette in the architecture whilst being sensitive to the historic setting. Natural building materials were carefully selected for their sustainable properties, considering low embodied carbon, and selected for their durability to create a contemporary modern home. This eco-friendly home was designed to seamlessly blur the lines between outdoor and indoor living by creating expansive views of the garden and surrounding river.