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L e w i s C a l l e nFirst Degree in BA (Hons) Architecture and Planning.Accredited by RTPI and RIBA at the University West of England.
Final Year Project; A Botanical Baths in Salisbury, nominated for RIBA Bronze Medal. AJ undergraduate standout student of the year 2013 at UWE.
Final Individual Project: Botanical BathsUWE: 4th Year
The Botanical baths and garden are to re-establish the natural environmental that surrounds Churchfields on the site; to place the river and natural ecosystem at the heart of development.
The aim of the project was to form a new connection between the industrial uses on the Churchfields site and the historic and natural environments of Salisbury whilst reflecting on the historic elements.
Salisbury was critically analysed and upon reflection this drawing was created to show how Salisbury has a paranoid relationship with the cathedral and its industries which reflects poorly on its natural environment with bare trees as roots.
Project: Salisbury Reflections
Final Individual Project: Botanical BathsUWE: 4th Year
Historic Environment Relationship
Improved Connections To Station
Improved Signage and Access to Cathedral
Rail & Road Transport
Improved Signage and Access to Centre
Distribution
Residential
Industrial Zone
Pade
strian
ised B
rune
l Brid
ge to
Han
ham
Water Meadows
BotanicalScience Based
ResearchLeisure &Tourism.
(Hotel. Spa. Pool)
Botanical Garden
Live Work
This Diagram was developed to depict the relationships that would be created as a result of a botanical garden and bath being introduced to Churchfields.
The sizes of the circles represent the scale and intensity of the sector and the amount of overlap shows how much it is anticipated that they would interact with one another.
Project: Masterplan & Site Analysis.
Final Individual Project: Botanical BathsUWE: 4th Year
The masterplan brought the presidents of urban blocks at a density derived from the local planning documents reflecting the scale of the site and proximity to services.
It was strategically laid out from viewing corridors to the cathedral and convergences on key sites across the site. The distorted grid layout was a reflection of the city’s historical core and animated wall with interventions along it.
Project: Masterplan & Site Analysis.
The site of the Botanical Baths was at the nexis of the routes through the site and at the convergence of the viewing angles through it.
Final Individual Project: Botanical BathsUWE: 4th Year
As a point of reflection this diagram shows how the combination of a bath and a botanical conservatory are conceivable. The precedents used are the Prince of Wales Conservatory with 10 climate zones and the Roman Diocletian Baths where there were 3 different temperature pools.
By combining the two features of temperature control for human consumption and for cultivating plants you can see how the activities can be translated across.
Roman Diocletian BathsThe Prince of Wales Conservatory Salisbury Botanical Baths
Project: Botanical Baths
Final Individual Project: Botanical BathsUWE: 4th Year
Like the Roman baths there are three climate zones with appropriate planting within the pool. The climate zones are arranged from cold to hot similar to a Roman bathing complex.
Project: Botanical Baths
The terrain and planing is brought right up to the conservatory element to immerse the user in the natural world. Similarly the varying thickness of walls and voids subconsciously connects the user to the historical and elemental act of bathing.
Final Individual Project: Botanical BathsUWE: 4th Year
Project: Botanical Baths
A view across the botanical garden swimming lake towards the cathedral from the botanical garden. The two botanical worlds; the scientific and the social places mix to create a unique experience.
The solidarity of the brick and concrete plinth contrast with the transparency of the conservatory and the natural landscape.
Filtration ZoneRiparian Zone River Naddder Water Meadows Filtration Zone
Natural Environment
Filtration ZoneRiparian Zone River Naddder NewWater Meadows & Filtration Zone
Botanical Bath Lake Filtration Zone
Botanical Bath & GardenNatural Environment
Riparian Zone Natural EnvironmentRiver Naddder
Final Individual Project: Botanical BathsUWE: 4th Year
The bathing area arranged so that as you progress towards the baths you pass through space defining voids. Plant room and toilets are pushed to the northern side of the building whilst the courtyard pool and lake pool are to the south to take advantage of light and views. Within the building strategically placed light voids push the user in the direction of the flow towards the baths.
Project: Botanical Baths
The Baths focus on the relationship between the individual and nature; immersing the individual in water, allowing the individual to have a tactile interaction more personal than either simply swimming or visiting a garden.
Final Individual Project: Botanical BathsUWE: 4th Year
Project: Botanical Environmental Strategy
Clean Over�ll Water Discharged To Lake
Extremely Minimal Amount Of Water Sourced from New Watermeadows Network As a Top Up
Skimming Deck To Catch Debris
Water Pumped �rough Plants to Oxygenate
Heat Exchanger
Filter
ReplantingPlants For ConservatoriesPlants For Botanical Garden
Heat for Site Buildings
Botanical Garden
Heat for Other Conservitories
Bio-waste From Gardens Burnt On Site to Generate Power
Electricity for Site & Conservitories
Ash From Biomass Furnace Used For Fertillizer
Heat For Exchanger
Electricity Generated for Conservatory
Power For Heat Generation
Green Waste From Gardens Fertilizer PlantingSeedlings & Cuttings
New Plant Material For Shop & Gardens
Wildlife Connections
Heating
Sunlight & Heat
Irrigation to Conservitory & Immediate Gardens
27 Degrees
31 Degrees
20< Degrees
Filters & Cleaning
Perimeter Trench Heating
Hot Air Purged to Atmosphere
Power Generated From Steam Terbine
Fan To Spread Heating and Imitate Conditions
80 Degrees
Space Heating
Rain Water Feeds River
Botanical gardens have one of the unique abilities to be closed systems where they can generate their own heat and power from burning the garden waste material. Coupled with the botanical baths being naturally filtered, with no chemicals, means that the environmental systems that can be developed can be sustainable and good for the environment.
Project: Botanical Baths Technical Drawings
A long section, short section and 3 detail section were developed for the project. Here are the 3 detail sections which cut through the areas shown to the left.
Intervention Project: Bristol HarboursideUWE: 3rd Year
This design was the entered in a student design competition for an architectural intervention on Bristol’s Harbourside as part of the Love Architecture festival. The design needed to make a strong architectural statement while being easy to assemble and disassemble for storage. The form plays on the childhood shape of a house and re-imagines it as a defined space in which things can be displayed on suspended wires or simply placed within the enclosure.The concept also allowed for a community of interventions to make a village of displays.
Project: Harbourside Intervention
Project: Berlin Office Building
The building has been designed around a central courtyard with the office space split into three areas on each repeated floor that can either be used as 3 separate offices or combined in various ways dependent on the tenants needs therefore allowing for a mix of tenancies and companies to work in such a way to encourage collaboration and creativity.
On the ground floors and first floors the building shares workshop space and a public cafeteria so as to encourage collaboration and creativity between the occupants and the public.Environmental strategies and constructability were explored in diagrams and 1:50 models.
Office & Detail Project: Berlin JohannestrasseUWE: 3rd Year
A residential led, mixed use development on the Bristol Harbourside near to Brunel Bridge, the project included two building types and a flat.An additional agenda that i set myself was to make the three story houses more flexible so they could vary between 2 and 3 stories.It replaced leisure industries and a yacht club, which was incorporated into the ground floor of the flats
Project: Botanical Baths
Housing Project: Bristol HarboursideUWE: 2rd Year
Employment: AR Design StudioArchitectural Assistant
Crows Lane is a new build housing scheme in the South Downs National Park. In the village of Upper Farringdon there is a lack of affordable 2 and 3 bedroom houses. The scheme looked to create a farmstead development.
I was part of the team that was involved in the planning investigations; I worked on RIBA stages A-D. Pencil drawings are from Ibbotson Studios Landscape Architects.
Project: Crows Lane (Design & Planning Team)
Employment: AR Design StudioArchitectural Assistant
Ravenstone is ther retirement home for an engineer and car enthusiast. On the existing site is the office and garages of the engineer for his F1 part and car restoration bussiness. The house is grounded by the local materials, whilst the upper level is a materially reflects the engineer’s carriers work.
I have worked on RIBA stages A-D on Ravenstone. As a paragraph 55 house, the planning application is very demanding, it requires proving that the development is ‘exceptional quality or innovative [in] nature of the design of the dwelling.”
Project: Ravenstone (Design & Planning Team)
Employment: AR Design StudioArchitectural Assistant
A 765m2 new build replacement house in mature conservation gardens within the South Downs National Park. The project budget is approximately £2m. The form morphs from the landscape and takes reference from the materiality of the local agricultural buildings. Each block is divided into a different function and has a view of a distinct part of the site.I have worked on RIBA stages A-F as part of a team. Watercolour drawing from Ibbotson Studios Landscape Architects.
Project: Coles House (Design, Plannig and Technical Team)
20 21
Scheme: Private New Build Replacement DwellingSite Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3PH
Coles
The design takes inspiration from the local building
traditions and the landscape around. The house is
intended to befit its landscape and as such should be of
the proportions to match the grounds in which it sits. Its
proportions are relative to those of late eighteenth and
early nineteenth century houses that are found within
similar grounds.
The house was developed with its principal forms
arranged on the two main axes of the site which associate
with the vistas across the landscape established by the
site analysis.
The early concept for the house determined that it must
grow from its landscape, and from inside its inhabitants
must always feel part of its gardens.
The house is divided into core elements, each with
their own function, hierarchy and views. Specifically
positioned along the core axis of the site, each one
orientated to afford key views towards ‘Activity Nodes’
around the site. (See site analysis)
Design Intent
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
01. Four forms on site-axis creating courtyard
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
02. Axis divides entrance form
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
03. Forms angled to site views
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
04. Boxes recessed to ground
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
05. Roof form sloped to meet the ground
Four forms positioned on site axis, creating internal
courtyard.
Entrance dictated by main axis . Site views determine the angle of each element
Elements recessed at ground level to interact with
landscape.
Roof forms slope to meet the ground. Green roofs
reinforce the elements’ connection with the landscape.
Final concept form of Coles House.
A central courtyard garden is formed to break the mass of
the house and allow the building to become integral to
the landscape.
The central courtyard garden space benefits the internal
spaces by allowing natural daylight to penetrate deeply
into the elements where a deeper footprint of a typical
house of this size would be restricted.
Each element has its own character which is
distinguishable and responds to the views and landscape
in its vicinity; for example, the tallest parts of the house
are afforded the best views, whereas the lower parts
signify entrances or back of house uses. Similarly the
elements with the best views are afforded larger areas of
glass, whereas those that look to the trees, such as the
North façade, have less.
In arranging the elements in this way the new house will
have a sequence of connecting spaces that offer and
frame specific views to the picturesque landscape.
The arrangement of individual elements means that each
space has a dual aspect; one to the mature gardens, and
one into the new central courtyard garden. This central
courtyard garden cascades from the house into the core
of the garden; it then extends under the house, reaching
back into the established gardens
The elevated elements sit aboard flint retaining
structures. The main lawn avenue slopes down under the
main element between two terraces.
The elements are ‘pushed’ into the ground in response to
their functions. The roofs are sloped so that their forms
meet the ground, and grow up to its tower, reserved for
the best panoramic views of the gardens.
Due to the core design principles of the building being
so integral to the landscape, the design process has been
one of collaboration with Ibbotson Studios.
20 21
Scheme: Private New Build Replacement DwellingSite Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3PH
Coles
The design takes inspiration from the local building
traditions and the landscape around. The house is
intended to befit its landscape and as such should be of
the proportions to match the grounds in which it sits. Its
proportions are relative to those of late eighteenth and
early nineteenth century houses that are found within
similar grounds.
The house was developed with its principal forms
arranged on the two main axes of the site which associate
with the vistas across the landscape established by the
site analysis.
The early concept for the house determined that it must
grow from its landscape, and from inside its inhabitants
must always feel part of its gardens.
The house is divided into core elements, each with
their own function, hierarchy and views. Specifically
positioned along the core axis of the site, each one
orientated to afford key views towards ‘Activity Nodes’
around the site. (See site analysis)
Design Intent
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
01. Four forms on site-axis creating courtyard
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
02. Axis divides entrance form
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
03. Forms angled to site views
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
04. Boxes recessed to ground
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
05. Roof form sloped to meet the ground
Four forms positioned on site axis, creating internal
courtyard.
Entrance dictated by main axis . Site views determine the angle of each element
Elements recessed at ground level to interact with
landscape.
Roof forms slope to meet the ground. Green roofs
reinforce the elements’ connection with the landscape.
Final concept form of Coles House.
A central courtyard garden is formed to break the mass of
the house and allow the building to become integral to
the landscape.
The central courtyard garden space benefits the internal
spaces by allowing natural daylight to penetrate deeply
into the elements where a deeper footprint of a typical
house of this size would be restricted.
Each element has its own character which is
distinguishable and responds to the views and landscape
in its vicinity; for example, the tallest parts of the house
are afforded the best views, whereas the lower parts
signify entrances or back of house uses. Similarly the
elements with the best views are afforded larger areas of
glass, whereas those that look to the trees, such as the
North façade, have less.
In arranging the elements in this way the new house will
have a sequence of connecting spaces that offer and
frame specific views to the picturesque landscape.
The arrangement of individual elements means that each
space has a dual aspect; one to the mature gardens, and
one into the new central courtyard garden. This central
courtyard garden cascades from the house into the core
of the garden; it then extends under the house, reaching
back into the established gardens
The elevated elements sit aboard flint retaining
structures. The main lawn avenue slopes down under the
main element between two terraces.
The elements are ‘pushed’ into the ground in response to
their functions. The roofs are sloped so that their forms
meet the ground, and grow up to its tower, reserved for
the best panoramic views of the gardens.
Due to the core design principles of the building being
so integral to the landscape, the design process has been
one of collaboration with Ibbotson Studios.
20 21
Scheme: Private New Build Replacement DwellingSite Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3PH
Coles
The design takes inspiration from the local building
traditions and the landscape around. The house is
intended to befit its landscape and as such should be of
the proportions to match the grounds in which it sits. Its
proportions are relative to those of late eighteenth and
early nineteenth century houses that are found within
similar grounds.
The house was developed with its principal forms
arranged on the two main axes of the site which associate
with the vistas across the landscape established by the
site analysis.
The early concept for the house determined that it must
grow from its landscape, and from inside its inhabitants
must always feel part of its gardens.
The house is divided into core elements, each with
their own function, hierarchy and views. Specifically
positioned along the core axis of the site, each one
orientated to afford key views towards ‘Activity Nodes’
around the site. (See site analysis)
Design Intent
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
01. Four forms on site-axis creating courtyard
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
02. Axis divides entrance form
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
03. Forms angled to site views
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
04. Boxes recessed to ground
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
05. Roof form sloped to meet the ground
Four forms positioned on site axis, creating internal
courtyard.
Entrance dictated by main axis . Site views determine the angle of each element
Elements recessed at ground level to interact with
landscape.
Roof forms slope to meet the ground. Green roofs
reinforce the elements’ connection with the landscape.
Final concept form of Coles House.
A central courtyard garden is formed to break the mass of
the house and allow the building to become integral to
the landscape.
The central courtyard garden space benefits the internal
spaces by allowing natural daylight to penetrate deeply
into the elements where a deeper footprint of a typical
house of this size would be restricted.
Each element has its own character which is
distinguishable and responds to the views and landscape
in its vicinity; for example, the tallest parts of the house
are afforded the best views, whereas the lower parts
signify entrances or back of house uses. Similarly the
elements with the best views are afforded larger areas of
glass, whereas those that look to the trees, such as the
North façade, have less.
In arranging the elements in this way the new house will
have a sequence of connecting spaces that offer and
frame specific views to the picturesque landscape.
The arrangement of individual elements means that each
space has a dual aspect; one to the mature gardens, and
one into the new central courtyard garden. This central
courtyard garden cascades from the house into the core
of the garden; it then extends under the house, reaching
back into the established gardens
The elevated elements sit aboard flint retaining
structures. The main lawn avenue slopes down under the
main element between two terraces.
The elements are ‘pushed’ into the ground in response to
their functions. The roofs are sloped so that their forms
meet the ground, and grow up to its tower, reserved for
the best panoramic views of the gardens.
Due to the core design principles of the building being
so integral to the landscape, the design process has been
one of collaboration with Ibbotson Studios.
20 21
Scheme: Private New Build Replacement DwellingSite Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3PH
Coles
The design takes inspiration from the local building
traditions and the landscape around. The house is
intended to befit its landscape and as such should be of
the proportions to match the grounds in which it sits. Its
proportions are relative to those of late eighteenth and
early nineteenth century houses that are found within
similar grounds.
The house was developed with its principal forms
arranged on the two main axes of the site which associate
with the vistas across the landscape established by the
site analysis.
The early concept for the house determined that it must
grow from its landscape, and from inside its inhabitants
must always feel part of its gardens.
The house is divided into core elements, each with
their own function, hierarchy and views. Specifically
positioned along the core axis of the site, each one
orientated to afford key views towards ‘Activity Nodes’
around the site. (See site analysis)
Design Intent
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
01. Four forms on site-axis creating courtyard
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
02. Axis divides entrance form
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
03. Forms angled to site views
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
04. Boxes recessed to ground
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
05. Roof form sloped to meet the ground
Four forms positioned on site axis, creating internal
courtyard.
Entrance dictated by main axis . Site views determine the angle of each element
Elements recessed at ground level to interact with
landscape.
Roof forms slope to meet the ground. Green roofs
reinforce the elements’ connection with the landscape.
Final concept form of Coles House.
A central courtyard garden is formed to break the mass of
the house and allow the building to become integral to
the landscape.
The central courtyard garden space benefits the internal
spaces by allowing natural daylight to penetrate deeply
into the elements where a deeper footprint of a typical
house of this size would be restricted.
Each element has its own character which is
distinguishable and responds to the views and landscape
in its vicinity; for example, the tallest parts of the house
are afforded the best views, whereas the lower parts
signify entrances or back of house uses. Similarly the
elements with the best views are afforded larger areas of
glass, whereas those that look to the trees, such as the
North façade, have less.
In arranging the elements in this way the new house will
have a sequence of connecting spaces that offer and
frame specific views to the picturesque landscape.
The arrangement of individual elements means that each
space has a dual aspect; one to the mature gardens, and
one into the new central courtyard garden. This central
courtyard garden cascades from the house into the core
of the garden; it then extends under the house, reaching
back into the established gardens
The elevated elements sit aboard flint retaining
structures. The main lawn avenue slopes down under the
main element between two terraces.
The elements are ‘pushed’ into the ground in response to
their functions. The roofs are sloped so that their forms
meet the ground, and grow up to its tower, reserved for
the best panoramic views of the gardens.
Due to the core design principles of the building being
so integral to the landscape, the design process has been
one of collaboration with Ibbotson Studios.
20 21
Scheme: Private New Build Replacement DwellingSite Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3PH
Coles
The design takes inspiration from the local building
traditions and the landscape around. The house is
intended to befit its landscape and as such should be of
the proportions to match the grounds in which it sits. Its
proportions are relative to those of late eighteenth and
early nineteenth century houses that are found within
similar grounds.
The house was developed with its principal forms
arranged on the two main axes of the site which associate
with the vistas across the landscape established by the
site analysis.
The early concept for the house determined that it must
grow from its landscape, and from inside its inhabitants
must always feel part of its gardens.
The house is divided into core elements, each with
their own function, hierarchy and views. Specifically
positioned along the core axis of the site, each one
orientated to afford key views towards ‘Activity Nodes’
around the site. (See site analysis)
Design Intent
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
01. Four forms on site-axis creating courtyard
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
02. Axis divides entrance form
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
03. Forms angled to site views
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
04. Boxes recessed to ground
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
05. Roof form sloped to meet the ground
Four forms positioned on site axis, creating internal
courtyard.
Entrance dictated by main axis . Site views determine the angle of each element
Elements recessed at ground level to interact with
landscape.
Roof forms slope to meet the ground. Green roofs
reinforce the elements’ connection with the landscape.
Final concept form of Coles House.
A central courtyard garden is formed to break the mass of
the house and allow the building to become integral to
the landscape.
The central courtyard garden space benefits the internal
spaces by allowing natural daylight to penetrate deeply
into the elements where a deeper footprint of a typical
house of this size would be restricted.
Each element has its own character which is
distinguishable and responds to the views and landscape
in its vicinity; for example, the tallest parts of the house
are afforded the best views, whereas the lower parts
signify entrances or back of house uses. Similarly the
elements with the best views are afforded larger areas of
glass, whereas those that look to the trees, such as the
North façade, have less.
In arranging the elements in this way the new house will
have a sequence of connecting spaces that offer and
frame specific views to the picturesque landscape.
The arrangement of individual elements means that each
space has a dual aspect; one to the mature gardens, and
one into the new central courtyard garden. This central
courtyard garden cascades from the house into the core
of the garden; it then extends under the house, reaching
back into the established gardens
The elevated elements sit aboard flint retaining
structures. The main lawn avenue slopes down under the
main element between two terraces.
The elements are ‘pushed’ into the ground in response to
their functions. The roofs are sloped so that their forms
meet the ground, and grow up to its tower, reserved for
the best panoramic views of the gardens.
Due to the core design principles of the building being
so integral to the landscape, the design process has been
one of collaboration with Ibbotson Studios.
20 21
Scheme: Private New Build Replacement DwellingSite Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3PH
Coles
The design takes inspiration from the local building
traditions and the landscape around. The house is
intended to befit its landscape and as such should be of
the proportions to match the grounds in which it sits. Its
proportions are relative to those of late eighteenth and
early nineteenth century houses that are found within
similar grounds.
The house was developed with its principal forms
arranged on the two main axes of the site which associate
with the vistas across the landscape established by the
site analysis.
The early concept for the house determined that it must
grow from its landscape, and from inside its inhabitants
must always feel part of its gardens.
The house is divided into core elements, each with
their own function, hierarchy and views. Specifically
positioned along the core axis of the site, each one
orientated to afford key views towards ‘Activity Nodes’
around the site. (See site analysis)
Design Intent
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
01. Four forms on site-axis creating courtyard
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
02. Axis divides entrance form
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
03. Forms angled to site views
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
04. Boxes recessed to ground
Site Address: Coles House, Privett, Alton, HampshireScheme: Private New Build Residential
Design Development - Concept
05. Roof form sloped to meet the ground
Four forms positioned on site axis, creating internal
courtyard.
Entrance dictated by main axis . Site views determine the angle of each element
Elements recessed at ground level to interact with
landscape.
Roof forms slope to meet the ground. Green roofs
reinforce the elements’ connection with the landscape.
Final concept form of Coles House.
A central courtyard garden is formed to break the mass of
the house and allow the building to become integral to
the landscape.
The central courtyard garden space benefits the internal
spaces by allowing natural daylight to penetrate deeply
into the elements where a deeper footprint of a typical
house of this size would be restricted.
Each element has its own character which is
distinguishable and responds to the views and landscape
in its vicinity; for example, the tallest parts of the house
are afforded the best views, whereas the lower parts
signify entrances or back of house uses. Similarly the
elements with the best views are afforded larger areas of
glass, whereas those that look to the trees, such as the
North façade, have less.
In arranging the elements in this way the new house will
have a sequence of connecting spaces that offer and
frame specific views to the picturesque landscape.
The arrangement of individual elements means that each
space has a dual aspect; one to the mature gardens, and
one into the new central courtyard garden. This central
courtyard garden cascades from the house into the core
of the garden; it then extends under the house, reaching
back into the established gardens
The elevated elements sit aboard flint retaining
structures. The main lawn avenue slopes down under the
main element between two terraces.
The elements are ‘pushed’ into the ground in response to
their functions. The roofs are sloped so that their forms
meet the ground, and grow up to its tower, reserved for
the best panoramic views of the gardens.
Due to the core design principles of the building being
so integral to the landscape, the design process has been
one of collaboration with Ibbotson Studios.
Employment: AR Design StudioArchitectural Assistant
BOX 459 was inspired by the 459 fallen soldiers from the Winchester area. The shafts of light, when lit, shine through 459 apertures representing the city’s lost generation. A further 43 coloured apertures represent the fallen heroes of the 43 parishes in the Winchester District.BOX 459 symbolises the Armistice. The dimensions of the boxc are derived from the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month; 1100 x 1100 x 1100mm. The material used was Corten steel and was inspired by the industrial nature of modern warfare.It was placed in front of Winchester Cathedral for one week for the anniversary events. Since the event it has moved to another part of Winchester.I was part of the design team and involved in discussions with the council and heritage organisations.
Project: Box 459 (Design team)
