The shapes and hues of native masonry buildings knowledgeable this monolithic residence close to Belfast, Northern Eire, designed by native structure agency McGonigle McGrath.

Situated simply outdoors a small village within the Lagan Valley Regional Park, the dwelling, referred to as Hill Home, replaces a single-storey Sixties residence owned by the purchasers. The change was made after it grew to become clear their spatial necessities necessitated a a lot bigger construction.

To be able to present 5 bedrooms, a big entertaining area, a visitor annex and area for a group of artworks, Belfast-based McGonigle McGrath created a cluster of brick types, with a butterfly roof referencing the previous residence.

“We frequently specific homes within the countryside as a group of types, coming from an understanding of the historic rural situation right here, of dwellings, clusters and farmsteads, and as a method of managing the demand for bigger buildings in rural settings,” McGonigle McGrath co-founder Kieran McGonigle instructed Dezeen.

“We now have employed that technique right here, organising the plan in accordance with the acts of household life, of gathering and dispersal, of social actions and personal actions,” he continued.

A bigger kind to the south incorporates the primary entrance, main into a big dwelling, eating and kitchen space, utilizing the sloping terrain of the location to create a sunken “dialog pit” under and a play mezzanine above.

To the north, an offset, adjoining smaller kind incorporates a cosy and bedrooms, whereas to the east a 3rd, standalone kind homes a visitor space, related to the primary residence by way of a walkway sheltered below a steel cover.

Gray-coloured brickwork was used to create all of those types, with giant openings framed in timber opening out onto paved patios at floor ground stage, and deep reveals with perforated brick sections offering extra privateness above.

“Brick was chosen as the primary materials for its robustness, longevity and sweetness. We selected a textured gray to be impartial, and to function a distinction to the exact darkish timber window frames,” defined McGonigle.

“The positioning is on the periphery of a small hamlet comprising a church and masonry buildings, a few of that are brick, so the selection of a sturdy materials like brick for the mission felt like an apparent one,” he added.

To be able to show the consumer’s assortment of artworks, excessive, brilliant areas had been created, with skylights within the butterfly roof illuminating white-painted brickwork and concrete flooring within the dwelling areas.

For the bedrooms, a better feeling of heat has been created by means of the usage of wooden panelling on the partitions and ceiling of the stairwell.

Earlier residential initiatives accomplished by McGonigle McGrath embrace a dwelling knowledgeable by agricultural structure in County Down close to Belfast, topped with zinc-clad uneven gable roofs.

Elsewhere in Northern Eire, Corridor McKnight used crimson brick to construct Church Highway home, a blocky residence that’s organized over a sloping web site.

The pictures is by Aidan McGrath.