Past Projects - Private Housing
Downs Barn, Milton Keynes - 15 4 bed detached houses
This site was developed with 15 detached houses on land formerly owned by the CNT. The development of the site was particularly sensitive to local opinion as it was at the edge of a previously developed grid square which has a strong orthogonal grain; a characteristic of the area. The land had also been used for some time as open space and its development provoked much opposition in the area.
The design solution adopted for the site was selected to ensure that the new housing fitted seamlessly into the existing urban fabric, working with the same grain of development. This also allowed for the visual and physical linkages between the new and old housing areas to be extended into the site, to reinforce the integration of the overall area.
Wavendon Gate, Milton Keynes - 12 detached houses
This site is the former location of a country house and its mature landscaped gardens on the edge of the Village of Wavendon, Milton Keynes and it is the existing landscape both on the land and on its boundaries that has defined the form of the development.
The site consists of 12 detached houses that are randomly located within the original landscape and which take their cue for external design from elements of the historical housing in this area, particularly the estate houses of Woburn Park.
The landscape of the site has been retained, protected & supplemented by additional planting within the site that adds to the mature quality of the development.
