Contemporary sustainable design
An older chalet house is replaced with a contemporary dwelling. The site allows the main element – a timber clad building the size of a typical New Forest cottage – to be combined with a highly sustainable single storey grass roofed living area. The gardens are kept natural and very simple.
The house is set behind an established tracery of trees and has a modest gated entrance.
Timber features strongly and helps the dwelling and outbuildings merge with the woodland backdrop.
A composition of one and two storey buildings echo the rural courtyard character.
In contrast to the front timbered element, the glazed lounge and green roof are tucked to the rear.
