Red Bridge House, East Sussex
| Architect Image Credits |
Smerin Architects Tim Crocker |
Awards | RIBA South East Award RIBA National Award RIBA Manser Medal Longlist |
The new build house replaces an existing 1920s summer house in an area of woodland overlooking a stream and farmland beyond. Clad in corten steel panels and timber, the house is arranged over three levels with the main living spaces accessed via a folded steel plate bridge leading out to a veranda. Solid oak stairs are machined from timber from the woods and cantilevered from the supporting insitu concrete walls leading either up to the bedrooms or down to the swimming pool where the timber-framed glass panels open to the surrounding meadow. We provided all mechanical and electrical services including drainage, utilities and design of the dual fuel biomass boiler system, control strategy and its interface with an auxiliary LPG heating system. A sedum-planted green roof references the woodland floor while collecting and harvesting rainwater.
