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House in the Woods

Hampshire

Project Details

£0.5m to £0.99M

New Build, Sited in AONB, Within a Conservation Area

Practice

Alma-nac Collaborative Architecture

11 Waterloo Court , 10 Theed Street , London , SE1 8ST

Drawing reference from the typical Russian Dacha, this fully prefabricated timber house is nestled tightly between the trees in the woods of Hampshire and South Downs National Park, UK. Constructed from SIPS panel technology, the fully insulated, water tight frame of the building was erected in just ten days, ensuring a reduced build time without compromise on build quality or thermal efficiency. The building is carefully positioned to create a relationship with the existing mature trees on the site; naturally controlling privacy, incoming light levels and providing framed views of specific trees as one circulates the house. A traditional form of the house faces the more public entrance to the site, with the form disseminating into the private landscape. Included as a multi page editorial in both The Sunday Times and The Observer newspapers.