1View into site from Adderbury
2Interior perspective across the central volume
3View towards the street frontage
4Spatial view through the primary circulation
5Interior view across the threshold condition
6Perspective through the interior
7View across the completed interior from Adderbury
8Interior perspective towards the entrance sequence
9Detail view of the junction detail
10View along the material finish
11Axial view towards the joinery line
12Sectional view through the perimeter condition
13Oblique view across the ceiling plane
14Raking view along the floor datum
15Threshold view into the display wall
16View back towards the back-of-house transition
Al-Jawad Pike were commissioned to remodel and reconstruct an existing barn in Oxfordshire to improve the layout and quality of spaces, for use as a family home. The layout is split into three wings with the larger two storey central block accommodating the main living spaces.
An open staircase located within a large top-lit double height space connects the living space and first floor bedrooms. The kitchen wing features a large island and looks out to a south-facing walled garden. A new guest wing accommodates a master suite and additional bedroom overlooking the entrance courtyard and expansive meadow.
Internally, additions have been conceived as new material ‘insertions’ within the barn vernacular. A new polished concrete floor is used throughout the ground floor spaces, with white-washed brickwork, a new mild steel staircase and various douglas fir joinery elements. The external brickwork is ‘bag-finished’ in a lime slurry to unify the various types of brickwork that have been used over time, creating a singular volumetric expression.