CLEAVE house

Location:
TEESDALE

Year:
2024

Builder:
TBC

Brief: The brief for CLEAVE house was quite clear from the outset. The owners, a young family looking to build a house in a rural setting with a modern feel and a strong emphasis on thermal efficiency.

Key aspects and themes of the client's wish list included:

• contemporary gable roof forms,
• ​two pavilions or ‘wings’ linked by recessive form/structure,
• light-filled internal spaces,
• ‘natural’ colour and material palette consisting of brick, metal and timber,
• long ‘vast’ lines,
• glazing bound hallways/ambulatories,
• open plan living, dining and kitchen; and,
• rural-modern feel with the incorporation of elements such as fireplaces and internal stonework or concrete.

Following initial discussions and visiting the site, the approach was to locate the house in such a way that captures the northern aspect as much as possible (both for the house and outdoor use of the site), protecting from prevailing weather while also meeting the constraints as previously identified.