A previously remodelled 1930s house in a bad state of repair currently occupies the site.
Our brief was to create a new bespoke house from the original raft of the building. We designed a house arranged over three floors with a set back penthouse floor. The building is inspired by the original modernist (international style) house that was on the site. It is also expressive of the views that surround it and clad in materials reminiscent of beach / and dock side (weathered timber, raw metals and raised decks).
The project achieved planning permission in 2017.
The Planning Issues
ECA successfully prepared accompanying statements to the plans for the house to take to the planning department. The statement justified the design of the scheme noting how the existing property negatively contributes to the surrounding environment while proposed plans will make a considerable improvement to both the site itself and the wider area
We successfully justified land use, layout, materials, amenity, landscaping and early-modernist design of the new dwelling.
Particular challenges we overcame included its low lying nature and therefore risks of flooding, overlooking of neighbours and justifying the layered design where each floor a separate and unique “layer”.
