Fir House in Bransgore, New Forest

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Fir House in Bransgore, New Forest Property

Residence Rear Building Extension in Bransgore, England, design by Footprint Architects

21 Jul 2016

Design: Footprint Architects

Location: Bransgore, New Forest, England

Fir House in Bransgore, New Forest

Fir House

Photos by Alex Campbell

Fir House in the New Forest

Set on the edge of the New Forest, Footprint Architects’ latest residential project is the completion of an extension to a 1960’s bungalow.

Fir House

Fir House

Situated to the back of the bungalow in a low lying, unused area of the garden the extension provides a new 30 sqm living room and study area. Designed to take advantage of the tree lined backdrop the design is a light filled single storey vaulted room, connecting the garden and the sky.

Fir House

Fir House

Peter Ward, Director of the Bournemouth based architectural practice said “our aspirations were to do something economic but uplifting to what was a fairly ordinary 2 bedroom bungalow. The extension is deliberately designed as a separate entity to distinguish the old from the new”.

Fir House, Bransgore, New Forest

Fir House in Bransgore, New Forest

Inspired by the regional black clad buildings of the New Forest the extension uses a range of widths of Douglas Fir cladding sourced from a local saw mill. Peter added “we wanted the design to be as sustainable and efficient as possible and it was important that we could limit wastage even with the cladding and utilising varying widths of the cladding ensure the whole tree to be used’.

contemporary Hampshire home in Bransgore, New Forest

Fir House design by Footprint Architects

The cladding has been laid vertically with open joints referencing local agricultural buildings. Behind the cladding, the extension is a highly insulated lightweight timber framed construction and has a suspended timber floor.

contemporary Hampshire home design by Footprint Architects

The reconfiguration of spaces enable the main living areas of the house to address the garden, refreshing the flow of spaces and providing contemporary living suited for a young family.

New Forest house extension to 1960s bungalow design by Footprint Architects

New Forest residence extension to 1960s bungalow design by Footprint Architects

The works also included the refurbishment of the bathroom, the conversion of the former living room to a bedroom and knocking through to form a family kitchen diner opening out onto a new raised terrace externally.

New Forest house extension

Photography: Alex Campbell

Fir House in Bransgore, New Forest images / information from Footprint Architects

Location: Bransgore, New Forest, southern England, UK

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