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Sylvania

Cornwall

Project Details

£0.5m to £0.99M

Brownfield site, New Build

Practice

Kast Architects

68 Lemon Street , Truro , Cornwall , TR1 2PN , United Kingdom

Sylvania, Feock, Cornwall Located at the head of Pill Creek on the edge of the village of Feock, Sylvania is a new build 200m2 five bedroom family home. The design of Sylvania challenges the preconceptions of what a house should look like and proposing a striking and dramatic cantilevered structure high in the canopy of the trees. The building has been designed as two distinct elements, with the upper level housing the main living accommodation being set at 90 degrees to the lower level sleeping accommodation. The position of the building on the plot has been carefully selected to balance site topography, views and privacy. Care has also been taken to locate the building outside of the tree root protection zone of a line of poplar trees to the west, and a Japanese Maple to the east. The building’s character is sympathetic to the location and the dwellings within immediate view, with materials selected to work in harmony with the sylvan setting.