The Derwent Valley,\u00a0a green, rural\u00a0landscape of floodplains and rolling hills in the UK\u2019s\u00a0Derbyshire, is the picturesque setting for\u00a0this modernist-inspired house by architecture studio Blee Halligan. The new-build family home not only pays homage to its environment, through its red brick that references local cotton mills, and low, modest forms...
The Derwent Valley, a green, rural landscape of floodplains and rolling hills in the UK’s Derbyshire, is the picturesque setting for this modernist-inspired house by architecture studio Blee Halligan.
The clients wanted to make the most out of the project’s generous site, its light, views and green gardens. ‘The strategy was to deconstruct the building and extend the plan through the site, so as to maximise the experience of “living in a garden”. The building defines a variety of linked garden spaces, each of different scale, orientation and outlook,’ say the architects, led by studio founders Greg Blee and Lee Halligan.
The garden’s character mimics the local River Ecclesbourne, the team add, so the house’s shape weaves in views of verdant landscapes as well as natural, tactile materials – from the blue and red brick façades to the pre-cast concrete banding and capping stones. Inside, the ground floor is dominated by an expansive, and partially double-height living space that opens up fully to the garden through a long, glazed façade. ‘Inspired by the mill interiors of steelwork and exposed timber beams, this is a space that is intended to be durable and adaptable,’ the architects say.
Wellbeing played a key role in the design development. The garden was conceived as a restorative space, composed around the principles of a Zen garden. The clever interweaving of natural and manmade elements, and the strong visual presence of plants within the project maximise the experience of being engulfed in greenery at every turn. §
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