Headlands
House,
technology in tandem with local traditional skills, crafts and
materials to
develop a house model that extends the local vernacular tradition
whilst
considerably reducing its ecological footprint.
The
unusual organic building form has evolved from a response to external
orientation, site constraints, privacy and views across the valley as
well as
from an understanding of how the client and his family live and move
internally
around their home.
In
attempting to liberate the design from planar geometry considerable use
of 3D
CAD was used. A single 3D model was used for all dimensions. The
building form
was evolved by an iterative design process shared by architect and
manufacturer
and this ensured that all development was done to meet the projects
economic
and fabrication parameters.
The
timber structure is a unique hybrid constructed from both green and dry
English
oak and larch. The roof geometry is derived from a standard curvature
for
repetition.
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