Detailed Sective through Cooking and Storage (full view recommended) EXTERIOR WALL: 100mm Whinstone veneer attached to 50mm battens with plastic ties, Solitex breather membrane, 30mm natural fibre insulation board, 360 mm Thermafleece insulation between timber I-Beam construction 72x45x360mm at 600mm centres, DB+ recycled paper vapour barrier, 10mm plywood, 25mm services gap, 12mm plasterboard, 10mm plywood
Cooking space
Town of Braco and Ardoch Roman Fort - Community buildings are highlighted.
Section through Ardoch Roman Fort site - Left to Right:
North of the site: historical agricultural use
Roman Fort: ancient legacy, medieval chapel and burial site
Walled Garden: once part of the Braco Estate, with an artificial pond, a true retreat from the retreat
Site Model - The Walled Garden has its own microclimate and is within walking distance from the nearby town Braco.
Building Concept: Materiality - Public Side: Cooking; Dining - polished concrete for floor and whinstone cladding for exterior walls.
Private Side: Bedrooms and Lounge: timber floor and wall surfaces
The unifying element is the thickness of walls, dictated by the decision to use local sheep wool as insulation
Site Aerial View - Site of chapel highlighted and connected to the opposite side of the pond with a line parallel to one of the walls of the garden.
Site Concept - Connecting the site of the chapel (and the center of the Roman Fort) with the Boat House via the Dining Space. The line is parallel to the Eastern wall of the garden.
Walled Garden Site Model - The site owes its microclimate to the sheltering trees to the south.
Sugar Cube Concept
Building Concept - hierarchy of heights; modest intervention; domestic clues: chimney stacks; entrance filtering the view beyond
View over the Pond
Balsa Model
Plans - Roof; Underground; Ground plans
The garden features a combination of herbs, vegetables and flowers.
Ground Floor Plan
Handshake of the Cook House - the proposed door handle
Structural Design Submission - 2 pages pdf including
- Materials
- Precedents
- Structural System
- Construction Sequence
- 3D build-up
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Environmental Strategy - Fireplace / Boiler/ Cooker - bespoke device, uses the heat in the flue to increase the temperature of preheated water to 80 degrees.
GSHP DX 2 tonne capacity, 1.5 kW
Grey water recycling
MVHR for recovering heat from the kitchen, dining and the wet areas
Ground Cooling for constant pre-heated or pre-cooled air supply to AHU, to the store rooms and Cooking space
Proven 6kW
PV-Trees
Septic tank
Zoning
Approach
Little Farm Shop
Entrance / Sitting Area
Kitchen Garden
Exterior
Dining Room
Dining Room
Exterior
Lounge
Evening Exterior
Winter Approach
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Off-grid Cook House, Scotland (Stage 3, 2010)
Ardoch slow food convivium is a self-sustainable off-grid residential cook school in rural Perthshire, Scotland. The design sits within an existing walled garden adjacent to an ancient Roman fort. It is built using timber I-joists and is heavily insulated with sheep's wool. The proposal distinguishes between the public and the private through form and finishes.
