If the desire is to escape from the City, The Makers Barn is the ideal place. Located in the deep south suburbs of London, the holiday home is designed by the architectural studio Hutch Design and is located in a wild prairie, surrounded by forest.
“For this project it was essential to create a sense of belonging to the place, as if the building had always been part of that landscape. We used natural materials and created open and fluid spaces, with a strong connection with nature, also thanks to the floor-to-ceiling windows”, explains the founder of the studio, the architect Craig Hutchinson.
The project, which is developed on 65 mqwas originally a concrete stable. The name of the project, The Makers Barn, refers to the use of simple materials, tailored and handcrafted furnishings, ceramics, various tools. The Hutch Design studio modeled the house by taking inspiration and revisiting the local architecture: thick plastered walls, beams and a wooden roof strictly in larch. “We adopted a design approach rooted in the local context, with the aim of creating a refuge inspired by the architecture of the area. I wanted to create a bespoke English house, with references to Tudor cottages: imposing roofs, prominent chimneys, large frameless windows, plastered and clay walls and an overall wooden structure,” says the architect.
The house is divided into a single room around a central fireplacewith angular and fluid perspectives that harmoniously connect the living area and the sleeping area. The bedroom and the study are located in the southeast, while the living area, the dining room and the kitchen They are located to the northwest, creating a natural separation between the spaces.
The design intent was to create perspectives that could frame and focus the panoramaas in the bedroom, where a shower area illuminated by a skylight is located next to a free-standing sunken bathtub, which overlooks the outside landscape but also the living room.
The colors and shades of the materials reflect the palette of the English countryside. Like the wood used for the barn, which the older it gets, the more it blends in with the surrounding environment. The materials are raw, organic and earthy tones borrowed from the landscape, worked by craftsmen, the walls and ceilings are plastered in clay, the parquet floors are in English elm. The design includes a mix of contrasting texturescombines rough surfaces with the most minimal, combines a contemporary approach with brutalist accents. Even the furnishings are all custom-made, without however giving up iconic pieces, such as the Camaleonda sofa by Mario Bellini.
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