Lighthouse 65
This super insulated, luxury 3 bedroom house
sits in a beautiful water side location on the South Coast,
enjoying stunning views of the Solent and the Isle of
Wight. The design concept was to maximize the building's
width, so every key room enjoys expansive views of the vista; all
bathrooms and utility spaces run at the rear of the property, allowing this.
The house sits 7 metres below road level with the
roof acting as a parking deck for 3 cars. The house is accessed via an
illuminated glass cube that tops a concrete stair core;
the 'lighthouse' that gives the house its name. At night the lit
glass glows to indicate local weather conditions: green when weather is
fair and red when atmospheric pressure drops, warning passing yachtsmen of possible
stormy conditions.
Visually the roof and floor decks are hung from the
central concrete core, terminating in large cantilevers that provide shade and
open-air shelter to the ground floor.