We have recently submitted planning permission for two new contemporary homes in the village of Brockenhurst, in the New Forest.
Paddock House and Paddock Garden will deliver two new independent homes. Paddock Homes is a replacement dwelling, delivering a low energy five bedroom family house. Paddock Gardens is a smaller new build, maximising the potential of the adjacent, and underused paddock field, to deliver a three bedroom home.
Our design responds to the rural setting, while also have carefully considered the plot ratios of neighbouring village homes in order to deliver contemporary, sustainable homes that are balanced and appropriate for the New Forest context, while also reaching the full potential of the site.
This month, we’re proud to share beautifully captured photographs of The Granary by Richard Chivers, along with news of the start on site at St Barnabas, and highlights from a recent event with the University of Reading School of Architecture.
The Granary completes
We’re delighted to share images of the recently completed The Granary, a truly unique project located near Burley in the New Forest National Park. The original property forms part of a late 18th-century agricultural model farm. While the building itself is not listed, it sits within the curtilage of a listed structure, which made the planning process more complex.
Our design carefully reworks the existing building, infilling the open carport at ground floor level to extend the living accommodation and bring the primary living spaces down to this level. This approach allows the first floor to accommodate more private functions.
The result is a generous and flexible ground floor, with the potential to create additional bedrooms as needed, supporting the long-term future of the building for its young owners.
Phase One of the church renovation is now underway on site. Located in the Knowle district, close to Bristol city centre, the church required reconfiguration to better support the needs of its local community.
This phase of work focuses on the interior, creating more accessible and flexible facilities, including an upgraded kitchen, private meeting spaces, improved WC provision, and a range of sustainable enhancements.
Darren was invited to take part in the University of Reading School of Architecture’s latest lecture series, The Politics of Space, this month.
His presentation, titled Small Moves, Big Impact, explored how architecture and design can achieve more with less. The talk reflected on a number of key projects Studio BAD has delivered over the past seven years, with a particular focus on community-led work, including St Margarets Church, Bedford Place, and October Books.
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His presentation was titled ‘Small Moves, Big Impact’ and focused on the ability to use architecture and design to do more, but with less. The talk reviewed some of the key projects Studio BAD has undertaken over the last seven years, focusing on many of our community projects such as St Margarets Church, Bedford Place, and October Books.
In this month’s update, we are sharing news of sustainable EV charging at Marwell Zoo, update on the Brick Pavilion project in Chichester, and another award win for our Brockenhurst House.
New Forest Design Award Win
We are honoured to have had our Brockenhurst House awarded with Best Residential Project in this years New Forest Design Award, the second award for this project so far!
These awards are organised by the New Forest District Council, set up to recognise high quality design and the best new developments within the New Forest National Park.
The judges commented,‘this design was a noteworthy combination of modern, forward-thinking ideas, which referenced the local vernacular in materials, and employed good green credentials. They were particularly pleased to see a proposal more in spirit of the government’s advice over embodied carbon, with retention over replacement, and showcasing a retrofit scheme on a more typical modern dwelling found within the New Forest.’
Chichester Brick Pavilion update
We have submitted planning for our Brick Pavilion project, an exciting milestone in this community project. Our design reimagines and redevelops the vacant, locally significant building situated in the north-west corner of the cities Priory Park.
We have been working in collaboration with Chichester Community Development Trust (CDT). To help steer the designs we have hosted communitte engagment events, to explore how this neglected building can be restored, using design to deliver a valuable community asset.
Sustainable EV Charging at Marwell
We have achieved planning permission for a unique, fully off grid electrical vehicle charging system at Marwell Zoo, working in collaboration with the University of Southampton and the FEVER research project.
The project delivers over 20 EV charging spaces, designed with solar panels installed on butterfly roofs, which are linked to battery storage and a back up generator.
The design offers visitors an opportunity to charge their cars sustainably, aligning with the zoo’s strong commitment in this area. Learn more here.
Studio BAD have worked in collaboration with University of Southampton to research, and achieved planning permission for fully off-grid electric charging within the Marwell Zoo customer car park, near Winchester in Hampshire.
Designed to deliver sustainable infrastructure to support the nationwide drive towards sustainable car charging, without adding a burden to the existing electrical grid, this project is a trail which we hope can be rolled out to more locations in the near future. This scheme is set to be live for three years, to test the unique, fully off grid electrical vehicle charging technology. Because of the temporary nature of the installation, the design does not involve the removal or alternation of any of the mature trees on the site, installing permanent foundations, or fixing, it has been designed to touch the ground lightly, and be removable.
In total the project will deliver over 20 car charging space, with solar panels installed on butterfly roofs, linked to battery storage, and a back up generator.
The design offering visitors to the zoo an opportunity to charge their cars sustainably. Supporting and aligning to the zoo’s strong commitment in this area, other initiatives include generating their own power through solar power, and their ‘Zoo Poo’ project which recycles animal waste to heat buildings.
The project works in collaboration with the FEVER research project, led by the University of Southampton in partnership with Universities of Sheffield, Surrey, and Portsmouth, and funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
We are so happy to have had our Brockenhurst House recognised in the New Forest Building Design Awards this year, picking up the award for Best Residential Project – our second award for this project to date!
Our project has reimagined the distinctive 1970s chalet-style home set on the edge of Brockenhurst village. Our design was guided by three key ambitions: improving spatial flexibility, enhancing environmental performance, and strengthening the connection between house and garden. The finished project has created a contemporary, sustainable, and accessible home, without compromising the architectural quality of the spaces.
The judges commented that the project had a ‘noteworthy combination of modern, forward-thinking ideas, which referenced the local vernacular in materials, and employed good green credentials.’
They went on to praise the project, which they felt was ‘in spirit of the government’s advice over embodied carbon, with retention over replacement, and showcasing a retrofit scheme on a more typical modern dwelling found within the New Forest’.
This would not have been possible without our wonderful and inspiring clients, and our hardworking team of collaborators who brough this scheme to life – congratulations to us all.
