Nick Willson Architects lines Three Oaks Farm with steel-framed walkways

Glazed residing areas shaded by a steel-framed cloister overlook a courtyard at Three Oaks Farm, a house in West Sussex designed by London studio Nick Willson Architects.

Positioned on the location of a disused farm on the outskirts of Ifold, Three Oaks Farm is surrounded by lawns, a wildflower meadow and a small pool, all of that are seen by means of the full-height glazing.

It was designed by Nick Willson Architects throughout a single degree, making certain the shoppers may proceed residing there comfortably in shut connection to the panorama as they become old.

“The home explores what a up to date courtyard home can be like in a semi-rural setting, one which explores the connection of nature to constructing, ecology, sustainability and intergenerational residing,” mentioned the studio.

“There’s an intimate connection to nature between landscaping and the home. Views by means of the home have been fastidiously designed to supply a connection to nature, daylight,” it added.

“The altering seasons will enable the views and hues by means of the home to alter because the bushes shed and forgo their foliage.”

The facades of Three Oaks Farm distinction pale brickwork with full-height glazing that brings in gentle and views. They’re topped by a zinc-clad roof with giant overhangs, which prolong to kind a cloister-style house across the central courtyard and out to the gardens.

Dwelling, eating and kitchen areas line the northern facet of the courtyard on both facet of a smaller herb backyard, related by a glazed hyperlink that opens onto the walkways by means of sliding glass doorways.

A row of bedrooms encloses the courtyard’s japanese edge, overlooking the wildflower meadow on the alternative facet. That is hugged by the primary bed room to the north, alongside a yoga studio.

To the west of Three Oaks Farm, a storage block sits alongside a house workplace, plant room and utility house, divided into particular person blocks which might be separated by extra small gardens and planters.

Flint Home by Nick Willson Architects

In each the bedrooms and residing areas, sections of the roof pitch upwards to create double-height areas with giant clerestory home windows, the edges of which have been clad externally in zinc shingles.

A monochromatic palette within the interiors contrasts with the extra textural brickwork of the outside, in addition to the panoramic views of the encircling panorama. Above, a timber-lined ceiling creates a continuity between the courtyard cover and residing areas.

“The important thing element of Three Oaks Farm was to mix new know-how with a component of craft,” mentioned the studio.

“The home brings collectively a wealthy combination of crafted components and landscaping: the textural brick wall, zinc cladding and timber joinery, that are all made by hand, using specialist tradespeople,” it added.

The operation of Three Oaks Farm is designed to be “as off-grid as potential”, with photovoltaic panels and battery storage, passive heating and air flow, rainwater assortment and an air-source warmth pump.

Beforehand a director at Willson & Bell, Nick Willson based his eponymous studio in 2010. Its earlier tasks embody a home in London clad with sections of flint, timber and lead.

The courtyard typology was additionally not too long ago explored by UK studio Hugh Unusual Architects for a rural house in Cornwall, organised round a central backyard that pulls on a standard farmstead.

The pictures is by Gareth Gardner.