Slipped House
A manufacturer of timber framed houses has commissioned AiR to develop an affordable Zero Carbon Concept House for individual one off houses. Still at concept stage, AiR is looking at evolving a strong form to the building that allows the footprint to be enlarged or shrunk to suit an individual client whilst retaining the essential aesthetic and spatial composition of the house. Flexibility is the essence of the project. The ‘Z’ shaped plan, derived from a slipped wedge, allows for gardens to be created front and back and dual aspect to all rooms giving flexibility in the placement of windows and so flexibility of the orientation of the house. The house will be flexible and adaptable both at design stage and once built in order to address the needs of family life for the future, both from changing working and living trends and also suitable for lifetime use remaining accessible as mobility decreases. There is complete flexibility in the layout of the rooms to suit a clients needs: living space can be split up and down with a linking mezzanine or reverted between the two sides. A mezzanine could be added to the double height space to gain an extra room or the two wings can be extended to add extra rooms. Presently the designs are looking to suit a suburban or rural location working with a form that evolves the vernacular motif of a large pitched roof.
