Sliding Window Shields Adjust Sunlight at This Scottish Country Home

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Challenge Particulars:

Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Architect: Moxon Architects / @moxonarchitects

Footprint: 1,185 sq. ft 

Builder: Brudon Joinery

Structural Engineer: Graeme Craig Consulting Engineers

From the Architect: “Moxon Architects has accomplished an extension to a rural dwelling close to Sauchen in Aberdeenshire. The scheme is designed to boost gentle, views, and connection to the encircling agricultural panorama whereas considerably bettering total environmental efficiency. The mission expands an present high-performance home with a brand new dwelling and eating house, workplace, a principal bed room suite, and a brand new entry hallway. The newly created areas are accommodated inside two, single-story pitched-roof volumes, linked by a biodiverse inexperienced roof planted with native wildflowers, creating ecological continuity between previous and new whereas strengthening the constructing’s relationship with the panorama. The ensuing architectural composition remembers conventional farms, the place the principle home kinds a decent cluster with a barn and different outbuildings.

“Beneficiant glazing and punctiliously positioned roof lights align with key factors of arrival and motion by the home, drawing daylight deep into the plan and framing lengthy views throughout the encircling fields. Past offering further lodging, the extension unlocks the present plan, establishing uninterrupted traces of sight by the home and enhancing readability of motion and house. Constructed-in storage and window seats complement the light-filled inside and provide the residents practicality and luxury.

“An economical cladding technique repurposes angled battens, sometimes used as assist, lowering materials processing whereas introducing delicate variation throughout the façade. Sliding exterior louvres, knowledgeable by close by farm buildings, present photo voltaic shading to the massive home windows and assist stop overheating with out compromising openness or views. A slate roof and galvanized trough-style gutters provide additional up to date reinterpretation of native constructing traditions.

“From the outset, efficiency and sustainability have been central to the mission, which has been designed to Passive Home requirements, and which has raised the house’s EPC score from B to A. Excessive ranges of insulation, triple-glazed south-facing home windows, louvers, and mechanical air flow with warmth restoration and different providers are built-in seamlessly into the structure and work collectively to maximise consolation and decrease power demand. Materials choice prioritized low embodied carbon and native procurement, with the timber equipment, doorways, and bespoke plywood furnishings fabricated inside 10 miles of the positioning, supporting regional manufacturing and lowering transport emissions.”