奇尔特恩斯地区的私人住宅丨英国

Private House in the Chilterns

Buckinghamshire, UK

2009–13

This family house is located in the Chilterns, an area of rolling hills to the north-west of London that is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Presenting itself as a large dam-like earthwork, the single-storey house is embedded in a field facing south-west towards the valley. A deep loggia stretching across the entire width of the building mediates between the private interior space and the expansive landscape.

The site was previously occupied by a two-storey house with several ad-hoc outbuildings, and unsympathetic planting. These have been removed, the mosaic of small fields reinstated, and areas of new native woodland planted. The concrete roof of the house is covered with topsoil and planted with native grass, while the walls are made of brick, left visible both inside and out. The white colour of the bricks and lime mortar is reminiscent of the chalk beneath the house, making it appear as a natural escarpment in the landscape.

Data and credits

Data and credits

Project start

2009

Construction start

2013

Gross floor area

888m²

Client

Private

Architect

David Chipperfield Architects London

Directors

David Chipperfield, Franz Borho

Project architect

Patrick Überbacher

Project team

Matt Ball, Adolfo Despradel, Tiago Frazão, Amandine Kastler, Julia Raff

Landscape architect

Christopher Bradley-Hole

Structural engineer

Alan Baxter Associates

Services engineer

Spink Property

Quantity surveyor

Spink Property

General contractor

Spink Construction

Photography

Rik Nys, Hisao Suzuki, Ben Anders, Simon Menges

Selected Awards

Architectural Review House Award 2015