Architect Kate Darby and designer David Connor describe how they preserved a 17th-century cottage in Leominster, Herefordshire, and turned it into a studio – for £160,000
现有的破旧小屋坐落在一个公共用地的旁边。在小屋的东端,有马厩,但是这些已经倒塌,并没有修复。
The existing listed ruined cottage sits next to a common. To the east end of the cottage there were stables but these have fallen down and were beyond repair.
The strategy was not to renovate or repair the 300-year-old structures but to preserve them within a new high-performance outer envelope. This means that there is often two roofs and two walls, an old one and a new one. Everything about the ruin is retained including the ivy, the birds nests, old fabric, the cobwebs and the dust.
The new shell is made with a steel frame infilled with timber and the voids are filled with insulation. Skylights are triple glazed and windows are double glazed, where there is an old window, a new one is fitted on the outside. The new structure is then clad externally with black corrugated iron – an agricultural material used extensively in the area.
The super-insulated structure is heated by two log burning stoves; electricity is provided by an array of photovoltaic panels, and under the south-facing metal roof runs 100m of black pipe to act as a solar collector for hot water in the summer months.
The building is currently laid out as a design studio with a store, kitchen, sleeping area and a living room. However, the building has also been designed to become a three-bedroom house with minimal alterations.
项目信息
成本:16万英镑
设计时间:2014年1月
完成时间:2016年12月
建筑面积:115平方米
形式:自建
顾问和结构工程师:Donald McIntyre
钢架:John Ruck
铝合金窗户和门:Velfac Windows
自定义天窗:Natralight
钢结构楼梯和栏杆:Border Engineering
屋顶灯:The Rooflight Company
Project data
Cost: £160,000
Begun: Jan 2014
Completed: Dec 2016
Floor area: 115m2
Procurement: Self build
Consultant and structural engineer: Donald McIntyre
Steel frame: John Ruck
Aluminium clad windows and doors: Velfac Windows
Custom skylight: Natralight
Steel staircase and blaustrade: Border Engineering
Rooflights: The Rooflight Company