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Architects: TYPE

Area : 199 m²

Year : 2020

Photographs : Rory Gardine

Structural Engineer : PCA Consulting Engineers

Services Engineer : KFT Renewables

Electrics : Howden Electrical Solutions

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Built in 1810, Redhill Barn was originally an out-farm, a model farm typology which emerged with the modernisation of farming on wealthy estates during the 19th century

Stone barn in Devon, giving it renewed purpose as a sustainable, contemporary rural family home.

The 199m² retrofitted barn sits within a 25-acre site of green fields and is part of a wider long-term strategy, which is being developed by the clients and the practice, to regenerate and rewild the secluded site, turning an agricultural relic into the hub of a new ecological smallholding. The scheme creates a new kitchen garden, traditional orchard and series of wildflower meadows, interspersed with wild margins, hedgebanks and areas of copse and scrub.

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The project embodies TYPE’s interest in ecology, low-energy construction and architecture’s interface with the natural world, and it exemplifies a rigorous approach to craft. It was on site for five years, managed at close hand by founding partner Tom Powell, who moved to site with his partner to lead the build.

Dating from 1810, Redhill Barn was originally a threshing barn and cow byre, built as part of a wealthy farming estate. Separated from other farm buildings and inaccessible by road, the building fell into disrepair; the roof fell in and the remaining stone walls became overgrown.

Intent on preserving the character of the original building with its monumental stone walls, TYPE’s strategy has been to create a new home within the reconstructed barn, rather than convert the barn into a house. The design utilises the original envelope, with no new openings imposed on the elevations. Fenestration is set back and minimal, allowing maximum light to enter. Pivot doors allow the wide openings that were originally made for cattle to remain undivided, yet easily handled.

The house has a simple hipped roof with milled aluminium sheeting to ‘ghost’ the original roof form in a light, reflective material; the corrugated profile and gutterless eave reference agricultural detailing and materials.

The plan is informed by the barn’s internal stone columns, which provide the base for a new timber floor and roof structure (Douglas fir from the UK) designed to evoke the rhythm and beauty of traditional barn structures. The roof truss spans lengthways, utilising small diameter timber and steel connections, allowing the structure to sit higher than a conventional truss, stressing the height, form and scale of the space.

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The two bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen are located on the ground floor in a cellular arrangement which makes use of a series of arched doorways. The open expanse of the upper floor is a generous light-filled space for relaxing, and the main social space of the house. Floating boxes clad in English sycamore create discrete spaces for a study and shower room that bookend the main space.

TYPE managed the project as a self-build, forgoing a main contractor to manage all subconsultants and trades directly, ensuring that they could apply the same quality of care and craftsmanship to all aspects of the build. The design works across multiple scales, from the wider landscape strategy to the smallest fittings, and comprehensive detailing is used to express material properties and marry traditional techniques with contemporary craftsmanship.

The site was originally inaccessible and without water and electricity. It now benefits from an access track and is equipped with an air-source heat pump, and permission has been granted for ground-mounted photovoltaics.

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Selected products

Tongue and groove boarding
Vastern
English-grown sycamore in 75, 100 and 125mm widths with two coats Osmo raw satin matt finish
Internal wall cladding
vastern.co.uk

Lime plaster
Lime Green
Solo
Internal linings of external walls
lime-green.co.uk

Aluminum roofing
Architectural Profiles
AP18R, milled aluminium finish
Roof covering
archprof.co.uk

Insulation
Thermafleece sheepswool
Cosywool, various thicknesses
Internal wall and acoustic insulation
thermafleece.com

Structural timber frame
Carpenter Oak
Bespoke English Douglas fir
First floor and roof
carpenteroak.com

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LIME PLASTER-
-it is used on the internal linings of the external walls.
- material used was solo from lime green

ALUMINUM ROOFING
- it is used as the roof covering.
- materials used is AP184, milled aluminium finish from Architectural profiles

INSULATION
- it is used in the internal walls and acoustic insulation.
- the insulation used was from thermafleece sheepwool ,cosywool, in various thicknesses.

STRUCTURAL TIMBER FRAME
-it is used on the first floor and on the roof.
-the material used was bespoke english douglas fir from carpenter oak.

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- references
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-use revit image instead of picture from the google for the powerpoint for introduction slide
- create a 3D structural section of the building

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So she wants something like this for the section. i was wondering if you could annotate it and the pictures you made and i'll do rest of the powerpoint? lemme know

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lemme know if i should change something