Gate House Farm – an upgraded home with ample spaces for family gathering and entertaining guests, while at the same time allocating private spaces for work and play for parents and the growing children. Capitalising
on the beautiful landscape and surrounding yard, the design also seeks to provide a seamless flow between indoors and outdoors, where the same curation of both large-group spaces and private pockets applies.
Family Retreat At Home
The house redesign, done within the existing building footprint, is centered around three main objectives: firstly, the house is to be a Central Hub with spaces to be together with friends and families; secondly, the idea of connected independence means that each family member has sufficient privacy without having to hide in a corner; and thirdly, the house must take advantage of its beautiful surrounding and allows for easy movement between indoor and outdoor.
Initial study render showing the
Master Bedroom on the upper
floor is visually connected to the
Living Area on the Ground Floor
The dining and living areas are clearly defined by the varying ceiling heights, and are seamlessly tied together by the surrounding landscape.
Family Retreat At Home
Ground Floor Plan
Front Elevation
First Floor Plan
Side Elevation
The rooftop terrace
provides a hangout area
on an otherwise private
first floor where the
bedrooms are located.
Dark corrugated metal facade wrapped around the main volumes, with timber panels softening the overall appearance and tying it back to the countryside in which the house is nestled in.