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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
Vicki Spielmann
Vicki Spielmann Group Creative Lead, Head of Brand Experience at Google
Overall, the space put too much foc...
3
2
4
3
3
Vivian van Schagen
Vivian van Schagen Founder at The Invisible Party
Connecting the visual identity with...
5
5
5
5
5
Howard Duffy
Howard Duffy Founder at HTDSTUDIO Arkitekter AB
Nice little commentary on interior...
8
7
6
6
6.75
Bhavin Taylor
Bhavin Taylor Founder / Interior Designer at Bhavin Taylor Design
A fun colourful and functional work...
5
7
6
5
5.75
Hana Ahriz
Hana Ahriz Co-founder at Space & Pepper
For the innovation part, the modula...
2
5
3
3
3.25
Tracey Wiles
Tracey Wiles Principal at woods bagot
3
6
4
5
4.5
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson Architect at Mark Anderson Design
Functional and straightforward. Int...
3
5
5
4
4.25
Sam McMorran
Sam McMorran Strategy and Design Director at IDEO
A great mix of spaces to connect an...
4
8
4
5
5.25
Nic Lee
Nic Lee Design Director at Waterfrom Design Co., Ltd
4
4
3
5
4
Puri Lighting Design
Puri Lighting Design Design Director at Beijing Puri Lighting Design
4
5
3
5
4.25
Franziska Heuschkel
Franziska Heuschkel Founder at Space & Pepper
3
5
4
4
4
Agnes Kwek
Agnes Kwek Design Ambassador at DesignSingapore Council
4
6
4
4
4.5
Lauren Touhey-Otto
Lauren Touhey-Otto Head of Design at Kinzo Architekten GmbH
3
4
4
4
3.75
John Allsopp
John Allsopp Architect at John Allsopp Studio
4
6
5
5
5
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
Vicki Spielmann
Vicki Spielmann Group Creative Lead, Head of Brand Experience at Google
Overall, the space put too much foc...
3
2
4
3
3
Vivian van Schagen
Vivian van Schagen Founder at The Invisible Party
Connecting the visual identity with...
5
5
5
5
5
Howard Duffy
Howard Duffy Founder at HTDSTUDIO Arkitekter AB
Nice little commentary on interior...
8
7
6
6
6.75
Bhavin Taylor
Bhavin Taylor Founder / Interior Designer at Bhavin Taylor Design
A fun colourful and functional work...
5
7
6
5
5.75
Hana Ahriz
Hana Ahriz Co-founder at Space & Pepper
For the innovation part, the modula...
2
5
3
3
3.25
Tracey Wiles
Tracey Wiles Principal at woods bagot
3
6
4
5
4.5
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson Architect at Mark Anderson Design
Functional and straightforward. Int...
3
5
5
4
4.25
Sam McMorran
Sam McMorran Strategy and Design Director at IDEO
A great mix of spaces to connect an...
4
8
4
5
5.25
Nic Lee
Nic Lee Design Director at Waterfrom Design Co., Ltd
4
4
3
5
4
Puri Lighting Design
Puri Lighting Design Design Director at Beijing Puri Lighting Design
4
5
3
5
4.25
Franziska Heuschkel
Franziska Heuschkel Founder at Space & Pepper
3
5
4
4
4
Agnes Kwek
Agnes Kwek Design Ambassador at DesignSingapore Council
4
6
4
4
4.5
Lauren Touhey-Otto
Lauren Touhey-Otto Head of Design at Kinzo Architekten GmbH
3
4
4
4
3.75
John Allsopp
John Allsopp Architect at John Allsopp Studio
4
6
5
5
5
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.