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Work - Projects - Binary House

• Binary House

  Date: 2010-11-01

  Location: Ireland

  Type: Residential

  Client: Private

  Cost Control: WMQS

  Team: Alan Dempsey,Paul Loh,James Chung,Wenwen Wang,

  Status: Tender

  Budget:

  Situated on a hill on the west Coast of Ireland, the project engages with a vernacular typology and explores how it can adapt to different programmatic requirements. Rather than demolishing a small existing house on site, the main volume is retained and refurbished for use as the  living space, while a second adjacent volume is created containing all bedroom accommodation. 
  
  The two houses are connected on the ground floor by a green roof that envelopes the main service and dining spaces and a terrace that performs as an external room overlooking the sea. The relationship between discrete volumes is intended to create a distinct silhouette on the horizon, which is at the same time embedded in the landscape.

  RELATED LINKS:   Binary house gets planning