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Devon Passivhaus

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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
House
7.00
7.62
7.23
8.69
7.63
Lawrence Kim
Lawrence Kim Architect and Professor at A+U Lab and Pusan National University
6
5.5
4.7
5
5.3
Bjorn Verlinde
Bjorn Verlinde Founder at Studio Bjorn Verlinde
7.02
7.02
7.52
4.74
6.58
Alessandro Pulina
Alessandro Pulina Founder and Chief Interior Designer at Pulina Exclusive Interiors
7.38
7.31
7.24
5.67
6.9
Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg Partner at Ester Bruzkus Architekten
5.45
4.73
8.21
5
5.85
Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy Principal, Interior Design Director at CLB Architects
6.39
6.64
4.32
3.06
5.1
Sarah Nabih Nasif
Sarah Nabih Nasif Lecturer at October University for modern Science and Arts (MSA)
7.02
6.1
6.95
5
6.27
Maja Kozel
Maja Kozel Senior Interior Architect at iL Office
6.6
5.67
6.45
4.17
5.72
Ray An Chuang
Ray An Chuang Executive VP & Managing Partner at Cheng Chung Design
6.02
6.31
6.45
4.88
5.92
Edmund Sumner
Edmund Sumner Founder at Edmund Sumner Photography
5.71
5.51
6.67
4.77
5.67
Amir Idiatulin
Amir Idiatulin Founder at IND Architects
6.02
6.21
6.88
4.69
5.95
Michael Lam
Michael Lam Founder and Creative Director at Design Plus Design
5.94
5.27
6.24
5.9
5.84
Jing Xu
Jing Xu Cofounder at Shanghai Neobio Enterprise Management
6.19
6.12
6.19
6.4
6.23
Katerina Kavazi
Katerina Kavazi Founder at K. Kavazi Interior Design Studio
6.95
5
6.74
5
5.92
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - House of the Year
7.31
7.76
7.32
8.75
7.78
Lawrence Kim
Lawrence Kim Architect and Professor at A+U Lab and Pusan National University
6
5.5
4.7
5
5.3
Bjorn Verlinde
Bjorn Verlinde Founder at Studio Bjorn Verlinde
7.02
7.02
7.52
4.74
6.58
Alessandro Pulina
Alessandro Pulina Founder and Chief Interior Designer at Pulina Exclusive Interiors
7.38
7.31
7.24
5.67
6.9
Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg Partner at Ester Bruzkus Architekten
5.45
4.73
8.21
5
5.85
Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy Principal, Interior Design Director at CLB Architects
6.39
6.64
4.32
3.06
5.1
Sarah Nabih Nasif
Sarah Nabih Nasif Lecturer at October University for modern Science and Arts (MSA)
7.02
6.1
6.95
5
6.27
Maja Kozel
Maja Kozel Senior Interior Architect at iL Office
6.6
5.67
6.45
4.17
5.72
Ray An Chuang
Ray An Chuang Executive VP & Managing Partner at Cheng Chung Design
6.02
6.31
6.45
4.88
5.92
Edmund Sumner
Edmund Sumner Founder at Edmund Sumner Photography
5.71
5.51
6.67
4.77
5.67
Amir Idiatulin
Amir Idiatulin Founder at IND Architects
6.02
6.21
6.88
4.69
5.95
Michael Lam
Michael Lam Founder and Creative Director at Design Plus Design
5.94
5.27
6.24
5.9
5.84
Jing Xu
Jing Xu Cofounder at Shanghai Neobio Enterprise Management
6.19
6.12
6.19
6.4
6.23
Katerina Kavazi
Katerina Kavazi Founder at K. Kavazi Interior Design Studio
6.95
5
6.74
5
5.92
Location
Floor area
388 ㎡
Completion
2018
Structural Engineer
Tribus
Structural Engineer
Airey and Coles
Quantity Surveyor
Hosken Parks
M&E
Warm
Contractor
Goulden and Sons

Planning for this project was won under Paragraph 79, the Country House Clause, with a design taking inspiration from the surroundings. The overall design is simple and clean. An elegant brick front complements the brickwork of the old garden wall and a discrete front door opening references the gate in the garden wall. Further down, an oriel window breaks through, hinting at what is behind. Elsewhere, external surfaces are dark render, designed to recede visually in deference to the surrounding garden. Tucked within, the house has a glass roofed courtyard at its centre, a winter garden flooding light into the interior. Spaces are arranged around this central core so the building functions both as a home and a gallery for our clients, great collectors of pottery and art, with spaces to display and curate. Comfortable and serene interior spaces are punctuated with tactile and textured materials: reclaimed terracotta, rough sawn oak and clay plaster, to ensure that internally the building feels connected to the garden that inspired it. The footprint and walls of the original garden inform the design of the house, the landscape is replanted, and historic paths have been re-established. The house is certified Passivhaus, and includes air source heating, MVHR, solar power, battery storage, super-insulation and triple-glazing throughout, to provide over 100% of required energy.