British studio Moxon Architects has repurposed a small cluster of Nineteenth-century farm buildings in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, right into a guesthouse, glasshouse and personal artist’s studio.
Constructed following the restoration of the proprietor’s principal home in a hillside settlement within the Cairngorms Nationwide Park, the completion of the trio of buildings marks the top of a decade-long endeavor by the studio to reoccupy the positioning.
In line with the studio, three materials decisions outlined the design: expressed oak within the guesthouse inside, Douglas Fir timber for the glasshouse and frameless glazing inserted into apertures all through present wall buildings.
“It’s testomony to the robustness and resilience of the historic buildings that this can be a mission characterised by retention and restore,” stated Moxon Architects founder Ben Addy. “The place there are new interventions, they’re modest but extremely crafted, and search to emulate the craft, kind, and rigour of the 170-year-old architectural cloth.”
The L-shaped guesthouse was rebuilt from {a partially} collapsed cattle shed as a indifferent extension of the shopper’s major residence.
A double-height dwelling house and kitchen lie beneath an uncovered hayloft roof construction, whereas the partitions had been completed with a textural clay plaster and oak joinery to disguise fashionable home equipment.
Essentially the most ruinous constructing of the transformed trio was the greenhouse. Remnant stone partitions turned a backdrop for a glazed extension which was framed with structural timber and a metal portal enclosure.
“The glasshouse doesn’t comply with a vernacular sample, it’s a new kind, nevertheless it carries the identical spirit [as the original building]… undertaken with nice care and precision within the element,” stated Addy.
To the northern fringe of the glasshouse lies the artist’s studio, which accommodates a non-public workshop, kitchen, moist room and storage for the designer shopper, Naomi Mcintosh.
Inside partitions had been lined with maritime pine and contrasted towards a tough metal block insertion coated with phosphate and beeswax.
For each exterior works and inner detailing, Moxon Architects prioritised utilizing and reusing supplies sourced from throughout the positioning.
“The place the masonry has been rebuilt the stone has once more come from the positioning itself – zero materials miles,” defined Addy. “Equally, wind-blown cherry and ash from the backyard has been turned to kind door handles and different joinery particulars.”
By referencing the strong materials decisions of the area, Moxon Architects sought to create a way of longevity and resilience.
“Sturdiness, in all senses, was necessary,” stated Addy. “We developed the design and particulars to make sure that these as soon as derelict buildings will survive for the following 200 years.”
“Most of all, it’s about continuity within the ‘artwork of constructing’ embodied by the prevailing buildings,” Addy continued.
“For what are ostensibly humble vernacular buildings, the precision of the unique building is outstanding… and it was necessary that the brand new elements introduced ahead the identical sensibilities.”
Based in 2004, Moxon Architects has places of work out of each London and Aberdeenshire. In 2022, the studio was awarded RIAS’ Andrew Doolan Finest Constructing in Scotland Award for his or her Quarry Studios mission.
The images is by Simon Kennedy.
