Hoo House
Project location: Suffolk, UK
Client: Lucie Fairweather
Size: 160m²
Contract value: £242,000
Structural Engineer: G C Robertson
Sustainability Consultant and CSH Assessor: Buro Happold
Main Contractor: Sprake and Tyrell
Timber Contractor: Ridgeon Timber Frame
Timescale: Completed February 2010
On a site in a market town in Suffolk, this new-build timber framed house is a modern interpretation of local agricultural buildings. Internally the smaller rooms are grouped together in one half of the envelope volume, in order to provide a dramatic double-height living space with a fireplace at the centre. A combination of air source heat pump, super-insulation, solar-thermal panels and clever daylighting strategies reduce the energy requirements of the house, so that it produces 60% less carbon emissions compared to a UK 'standard' new-build house.
Project location: Suffolk, UK
Client: Lucie Fairweather
Size: 160m²
Contract value: £242,000
Structural Engineer: G C Robertson
Sustainability Consultant and CSH Assessor: Buro Happold
Main Contractor: Sprake and Tyrell
Timber Contractor: Ridgeon Timber Frame
Timescale: Completed February 2010
On a site in a market town in Suffolk, this new-build timber framed house is a modern interpretation of local agricultural buildings. Internally the smaller rooms are grouped together in one half of the envelope volume, in order to provide a dramatic double-height living space with a fireplace at the centre. A combination of air source heat pump, super-insulation, solar-thermal panels and clever daylighting strategies reduce the energy requirements of the house, so that it produces 60% less carbon emissions compared to a UK 'standard' new-build house.
