Stow on the wold | McLean Quinlan Architects

Stow on the wold / United Kingdom / 2010

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EN - IT EN - A radical approach was required for this converted barn sited in open countryside. As the previous conversion had been so poor, we decided to demolish the building and using the salvaged stonework, start again with the addition of two new wings and a swimming pool. A new build meant the standard of construction and insulation would be of the very highest standard and had the added benefit of being zero rated for VAT. The aim of the design concept was to create a house that sat naturally in the landscape and appear to be a traditional agricultural building. We had worked on the clients’ London home and they were keen to have our design ideas for their new weekend/holiday house. The brief included a large kitchen/family room, six bedrooms, four bathrooms, playroom, utility room, boot room, gym and changing rooms and an outdoor pool. The house needed to be very practical in the way it related to the outside and the entrance and boot room were key to the design, allowing their four children and friends to come and go, while leaving the house relatively unscathed by the inevitable mud and muck of the countryside. The design of the main barn and the decision to create the 9m high single space created exciting architectural drama. The structural elements were green oak with an oak boarded ceiling to give a sense of warmth to the large space and a large contemporary fireplace was also designed in proportion to the space. Throughout, the pallet of materials used internally was kept simple: Cotswold stone floors, oak floors, beams, doors and ceilings and white painted plasterwork. The energy to run the under-floor heating is created by ground source heat pumps buried in adjacent land. IT- L’intervento di McLean Quinlan Architects è ubicato a Stow on the wold, piccolo paese del Gloucestershire, in Inghilterra. Per recuperare un fienile in aperta campagna era necessario un approccio radicale. Poiché la conversione precedente era stata molto scadente, McLean Quinlan Architects ha optato per la demolizione dell'edificio e il recupero delle pietre per la ricostruzione e l'aggiunta di due nuove ali e una piscina. Una nuova costruzione significava avere elevati standard di realizzazione e di isolamento. Alla base del concept del progetto vi era la creazione di una casa che si trovasse naturalmente inserita nel paesaggio e avesse le sembianze di un tradizionale edificio agricolo. Il committente richiedeva una grande cucina-soggiorno, sei camere da letto, quattro bagni, sala giochi, ripostiglio, deposito per gli scarponi, palestra, spogliatoi e una piscina all'aperto. La casa doveva essere molto funzionale nel rapporto con l’esterno e l'ingresso e il deposito scarponi sono stati elementi fondamentali nella progettazione, in quanto l’esigenza era permettere ai loro quattro figli e agli amici di andare e venire liberamente lasciando la casa relativamente indenne dal fango e dal letame, inevitabili in campagna. Il progetto della “stalla” principale e la decisione di creare un unico singolo spazio alto 9 metri ha creato un effetto architettonico molto scenografico. Gli elementi strutturali e il soffitto sono in quercia, per dare un senso di calore allo spazio di grandi dimensioni. In generale i materiali utilizzati internamente sono semplici: pavimenti in pietra del Cotswold o in rovere, travi, porte e soffitti in bianco intonacati e dipinti di bianco. L'energia per far alimentare l’impianto di riscaldamento a pavimento è generata da pompe di calore geotermiche sepolte nel terreno adiacente.
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    EN - IT EN - A radical approach was required for this converted barn sited in open countryside. As the previous conversion had been so poor, we decided to demolish the building and using the salvaged stonework, start again with the addition of two new wings and a swimming pool. A new build meant the standard of construction and insulation would be of the very highest standard and had the added benefit of being zero rated for VAT. The aim of the design concept was to create a house that sat...

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