Totton Housing
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Project: Totton Housing, Southampton A former diary site that has been derelict for many years with a locally listed former farmhouse at its heart, has been absorbed into the urban sprawl of Totton, a suburb of Southampton. Surrounded by a faceless suburban townscape, we grounded our design concept for a new residential development on the idea of farmyard typology to created simple barn-like forms and materials. e scheme delivers 19 No apartments, including 2 No within the retained and restored farmhouse. PROJECT DETAILS Our concept is based on reinventing a farmyard typology on this site. By retaining the existing former farmhouse and introducing two new blocks – a terrace of five family houses to the rear and a block of 12 apartments – based on barn-like forms framing a shared surface court we make coherent, farm-like assembly of buildings. Onto the main road, the new block creates two gable ends, a theme that is consistent along the road. e retained farmhouse is refurbished to provide two 2 bed apartments. e layout creates a shared surface that serves the site, while to the rear, a tarmac parking court is located adjacent to the southern boundary to maintain an open space to the rear of the adjacent properties. e design makes a positive space fronting the houses with access to small front gardens. e frontage to the main road is car-free and landscaped behind low hedges. To reflect a farmyard typology, the buildings have simple pitched roof forms with large cut-out apertures, infilled with windows and timber panels. Walls are in a red brick typical of the local area, together with a matching clay tile roof with grey metal rainwater goods. Windows are grey stained timber and timber boarding and beams are in black stained ‘Platowood’. Balustrading is black painted metalwork. Client: Frogmaore Ltd. Status: Completion 2014 Contract value: c. £2M Planning Consultant: Jerry Davies Consultancy
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A former diary site that has been derelict for many years, with a locally listed former farmhouse at its heart, has been absorbed into the urban sprawl of Totton, a suburb of Southampton. Surrounded by a faceless suburban townscape, we grounded our design concept for this 19-unit residential development on the idea of a farmyard typology. We reinvent a farmyard typology on this site by retaining the existing former farmhouse and introducing two blocks – a terrace of five family houses to the rear, and a block of 12 apartments – based on barn-like forms combine to frame a shared surface court. With these moves, we create a coherent, farm-like assemblage of buildings. Onto Salisbury Road, the new block creates two gable ends, a theme that is consistent along the road. The former farmhouse is retained and refurbished to provide two 2-bed apartments.
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Project: Totton Housing, Southampton
A former diary site that has been derelict for many years with a locally listed former farmhouse at its heart, has been absorbed into the urban sprawl of Totton, a suburb of Southampton.
Surrounded by a faceless suburban townscape, we grounded our design concept for a new residential development on the idea of farmyard typology to created simple barn-like forms and materials.
The scheme delivers 19 No apartments, including 2 No within the retained and restored farmhouse.
PROJECT DETAILS
Our concept is based on reinventing a farmyard typology on this site. By retaining the existing former farmhouse and introducing two new blocks – a terrace of five family houses to the rear and a block of 12 apartments – based on barn-like forms framing a shared surface court we make coherent, farm-like assembly of buildings.
Onto the main road, the new block creates two gable ends, a theme that is consistent along the road. The retained farmhouse is refurbished to provide two 2 bed apartments.
The layout creates a shared surface that serves the site, while to the rear, a tarmac parking court is located adjacent to the southern boundary to maintain an open space to the rear of the adjacent properties.
The design makes a positive space fronting the houses with access to small front gardens.
The frontage to the main road is car-free and landscaped behind low hedges.
To reflect a farmyard typology, the buildings have simple pitched roof forms with large cut-out apertures, infilled with windows and timber panels.
Walls are in a red brick typical of the local area, together with a matching clay tile roof with grey metal rainwater goods.
Windows are grey stained timber and timber boarding and beams are in black stained ‘Platowood’.
Balustrading is black painted metalwork.
Client: Frogmaore Ltd.Status: Completion 2014Contract value: c. £2M
Planning Consultant: Jerry Davies Consultancy
