Work - Projects - Binary House
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- 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