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£100,000 to £249,999
New Build, Sited in AONB, Sited in SSSI area
Our design brief entailed creating a space that would serve as an artist's workspace, a holiday home for the owners, and an independent unit available for guest rental. Adjacent to an existing farmhouse, we identified an old concrete foundation that had once supported a sheep shed, now lost to extreme weather. Studio Bua had previously recommended installing a prefab greenhouse and shed on this foundation. In other concrete "rooms," the owners had established a kitchen garden. Opting for sustainability and maximizing existing resources, we repurposed the concrete foundation for this new addition, drawing inspiration from local vernacular architecture and the original farmhouse, where we had previously extended guest rooms and an exhibition space. Given the time constraint to have the rental unit ready for the upcoming tourist season, we chose a CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber) structure with visible CLT for all interiors except bathrooms. While the existing concrete foundation was reused, a new in-situ concrete slab was poured, and the interior floor finish adopted polished concrete to create a robust surface suitable for an artist's workplace.