Stones Throw Residence / Mole Architects

Textual content description supplied by the architects. Stone’s Throw is an improve and extension to a single-story vacation home in Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast, a stone’s throw from the ocean. The present home was poorly organized, with residing house tucked into one finish and the sunny finish of the location dominated by a double storage. The brand new home now seems to be again to the ocean from a brand new house in direction of the ocean, from a dramatic room full of gentle and views. The excessive ceiling is damaged half means by a triangular rooflight and an angled column that separates the primary eating and kitchen from the elevated residing house past. Central to the house is a block of marble, its shade, and sample harking back to a Maggie Hambling portray of the ocean, which sits on a ground of finish grain woodblock. The previous bungalow has been upgraded and remodeled into a brand new light-filled home: a grand home on a modest scale.

Consumer Transient – The shoppers had owned the Sixties bungalow as a second dwelling for a few years and had explored the thought of a brand new home. Nonetheless, a lot in regards to the bungalow was nice, and their wants weren’t appreciably totally different when it comes to lodging. The choice to retain the bungalow and prolong was accepted with a plan to re-arrange the home to make higher use of the plot. The transient was to extend the residing house of the home, to create an en-suite lavatory.

Idea/Answer – The kitchen and lounge had been on the southern finish of the plot, lacking out on daylight and views of the backyard because of the proximity to bushes on the southern boundary, while the massive (not often used) storage was on the north finish of the plot. The brand new extension changing the storage initiatives into the backyard, permitting the brand new lounge to have a south-facing view of bushes past the backyard. A big east window faces the ocean, with views of the sky. The extension intentionally elevates the dimensions of the home, creating an area that’s modest however grand. A change in degree creates a extra intimate residing space, and a triangular fire and roof gentle enable south gentle into the center of the plan. The over-cladding of the prevailing home unifies the brand new extension to the prevailing home.

Sustainability – The present home was upgraded with new double-glazed home windows and doorways and new loft insulation. The brand new extension was constructed from a timber body. U-values for the extension exceeded Constructing regulation necessities by 30%.