A new timber-based, sustainable semi-detached house as part of a rural community for an eldery couple in Dalmally, Argyll, Scotland. Currently under construction.
This new house is being built adjacent to an elderly couple's current dwelling as a fully accessible building with all the current insulation and heating needs met. Whilst their children are to move into the original house in order to help care for them as they age.
The design very much accords with a rural Scottish vernacular. Key drivers are a warm, light, comfortable internal architecture appropriate to the climate, soft thresholds with the wider outdoors, the use of local, low-carbon materials, primarily timber, and careful attention to sizing and proportion of windows and roof overhangs... plus an element of fun. The building will be finished internally with wood-wool and a wet lime-hemp plaster to lend a kind acoustic quality, good internal air quality and maintain breathability of the building fabric.
