Dublin graphic design studio4/8/2023 Dublin Design Studio created a form that while being sympathetic to the vernacular farmhouse architecture of the area, offers a bold, contemporary and legible aesthetic. Overlooking Carlingford Lough it faces the dramatic peaks of the Mourne Mountains beyond. This project involved the commissioning of a contemporary family house on a dramatic hillside located in the Cooley mountains. View from the garden of an extension and refurbishment of White Lodge, County Dublin.Ī view of a contemporary family home a new dwelling overlooking Carlingford Louth. It is a robust exterior wrapped with a restricted palette, devoid of fussy detail, and formed to withstand its exposed position. The paired back palette of natural materials including brick, render, timber and glazing strengthen the form of the house and help anchor the house into its environs. The simple stacked volumes are located to create and define a sheltered rear courtyard and to take advantage of the views out to sea and to maximise daylight and solar gain. By fragmenting the main elevation to Sea Road, it will help reduce any perceived visual impact on the church or surrounding dwellings. The sitting room area extends out past the line of the kitchen area and the first floor cantilevers out over the balcony below. The rotating of the floor levels also helps to break down the scale and massing of the house and this is further helped by the stepped/fragmented profile of the front elevation. By orienting the first floor at right angles to the ground floor we are reducing the visual impact on the adjoining houses and minimising any potential loss of views. The ground floor with the living accommodation faces the sea to take full advantage of the views with the first floor housing the sleeping quarters at right angles to this. The design concept and organisational strategy are to stack the floors at right angles to each other. The site is set back from the main road behind the village church car park, in a very sensitive location due to its proximity to the church and its prominent elevated coastal location. The front of a dramatic new house overlooking the sea in Blackrock, County Louth. ![]() View from the outside area of an extension and refurbishment of White Lodge, County Dublin. The extension, while being contemporary in nature, complements the existing Georgian house without compromising the requirements of modern day family life. This extension was designed to complement both the existing house and the new extension to the rear. The two-storey timber clad extension to the gable extends the master bedroom at first floor and the study at the ground floor and helps contain the new west facing courtyard. It is a very ‘light touch’ intervention to the existing house, involving very little fabric disrup-tion protecting structure. ![]() The glass link between the new pitched roof extension and the original house was designed to be a low key minimal connection to the existing house. This part of the extension is separate from but runs parallel to the existing house and the pitched roof was designed to reflect exiting pitched roof but clad in zinc to highlight the contemporary nature. A single-story zinc and timber clad volume containing the open plan kitchen and living area is separated from the existing house by a glass link that encloses a new west facing rear courtyard. The extension is composed of three elements, varying in height and form, which wrap around the existing house. The brief was to design a contemporary extension which complemented and enhanced the existing house. This project involves the restoration and extension to a listed Georgian house. Timber cladding at a remodelled and extended protected structure. Green 19 Restaurant / Modern Green Offices, Dublin 2.
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