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TYPE:
RESIDENTIAL
YEAR:
2022
AREA:
200msq
CONSTRUCTION
SIPS
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TYPE:
RESIDENTIAL
YEAR:
2022
AREA:
200msq
CONSTRUCTION:
SIPS
Gillows
Barn
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Arkhi Architects were commissioned to transform a disused stables building into a bold, architecturally ambitious private residence. Nestled in the North Staffordshire greenbelt, the site offers spectacular countryside views, shaping a design that both respects its agricultural past and embraces modern, sustainable living.
The concept centred on repurposing the existing structure, retaining its form while introducing carefully considered interventions to create a seamless, light-filled home. A sensitive extension enhances space and functionality while maintaining the building’s agricultural aesthetic. Simple forms and angular rooflines echo the original structure, ensuring minimal visual impact from surrounding viewpoints.
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Arkhi Architects were commissioned to transform a disused stables building into a bold, architecturally ambitious private residence. Nestled in the North Staffordshire greenbelt, the site offers spectacular countryside views, shaping a design that both respects its agricultural past and embraces modern, sustainable living.
The concept centred on repurposing the existing structure, retaining its form while introducing carefully considered interventions to create a seamless, light-filled home. A sensitive extension enhances space and functionality while maintaining the building’s agricultural aesthetic. Simple forms and angular rooflines echo the original structure, ensuring minimal visual impact from surrounding viewpoints.
Sustainability is key, with a high-performance envelope, an EPC rating of 96A, and cutting-edge energy solutions. A photovoltaic array, battery storage, and an air source heat pump power the home, while a Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery system ensures efficiency. The site’s biodiversity is enriched through wildlife-friendly landscaping, new ponds, and habitat-friendly roof designs, fostering a thriving ecosystem.
At its core, this project is a harmonious fusion of heritage, innovation, and sustainability—transforming a redundant structure into a future-focused, low-impact home.
At The Roost, sustainability is at the heart of the design. From high-performance insulation to energy-efficient heating systems, every element has been carefully considered to reduce environmental impact while enhancing comfort and efficiency. This home not only respects its rural surroundings but also sets a new standard for sustainable living.
Hear from the client
We began working with Arkhi in 2016, when we acquired some near-derelict 1960’s stables, and hoped to get planning permission to convert them to an environmentally sensitive house – in terms of energy efficiency, enhancing wildlife habitat and visually in our beautiful greenbelt location.
Arkhi took time to work with us and understand how we wanted to live in our new home (a marked difference from our previous 17 th century house) and to ensure the design would meet our immediate as well as future needs as a home for us, and also for wildlife, whilst also meeting the realities of planning constraints for a green-belt conversion. The design phase was very collaborative, with Arkhi encouraging a lot of contribution from us, and adapting their initial ideas to incorporate our preferences (as well as planner’s foibles).
The resulting design is everything we could have hoped for and more - constructed on time, and on budget, despite the pandemic, Suez canal blockage and Brexit! We now have a light, warm, super energy-efficient house, which has also increased wildlife habitat and looks beautiful. Everything a new home should be.
Gillows Barn
Sustainability is key, with a high-performance envelope, an EPC rating of 96A, and cutting-edge energy solutions. A photovoltaic array, battery storage, and an air source heat pump power the home, while a Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery system ensures efficiency. The site’s biodiversity is enriched through wildlife-friendly landscaping, new ponds, and habitat-friendly roof designs, fostering a thriving ecosystem.
At its core, this project is a harmonious fusion of heritage, innovation, and sustainability—transforming a redundant structure into a future-focused, low-impact home.
At The Roost, sustainability is at the heart of the design. From high-performance insulation to energy-efficient heating systems, every element has been carefully considered to reduce environmental impact while enhancing comfort and efficiency. This home not only respects its rural surroundings but also sets a new standard for sustainable living.
hear from the client
We began working with Arkhi in 2016, when we acquired some near-derelict 1960’s stables, and hoped to get planning permission to convert them to an environmentally sensitive house – in terms of energy efficiency, enhancing wildlife habitat and visually in our beautiful greenbelt location.
Arkhi took time to work with us and understand how we wanted to live in our new home (a marked difference from our previous 17 th century house) and to ensure the design would meet our immediate as well as future needs as a home for us, and also for wildlife, whilst also meeting the realities of planning constraints for a green-belt conversion. The design phase was very collaborative, with Arkhi encouraging a lot of contribution from us, and adapting their initial ideas to incorporate our preferences (as well as planner’s foibles).
The resulting design is everything we could have hoped for and more - constructed on time, and on budget, despite the pandemic, Suez canal blockage and Brexit! We now have a light, warm, super energy-efficient house, which has also increased wildlife habitat and looks beautiful. Everything a new home should be.
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