Milltimber home emphasises lightness with overhangs and sun tunnels
April 16 2024
Plans for a detached family home in the suburban setting of Milltimber, Aberdeen, have been filed by Fiddes Architects.
Latterly serving as a construction access road to the Oldfold Farm housing estate the site was previously a paddock and already has planning permission in principle for a two-storey home.
The narrow, rectangular plot necessitates a north-to-south build in line with Oldfold Farm House next door, acknowledged by the inclusion of a granite wall.
In a planning statement, Fiddes Architects observed: "The building has 2 distinct forms broken down into 3 smaller elements that together to create a the single built form. The two-storey mass has a distinctive break in material which separates the first floor from the ground floor, clad in metal corrugate and timber to give a sense of a lighter mass the first floor sits on the solid base walls of granite and render. The single storey element wraps round the two-storey section and is clad in a crisp render to allow it to sit subservient between the two-storey mass and the neighbouring building."
A sheltered corner entrance is pulled deep within the building envelope leading to a well-lit hallway from staggered roof lights that marks the transition from two to single-storey elements.
Overhanging elements resting on glass and slender steel columns are used to reduce the apparent weight of the first floor while also providing sheltered external space.
An offset first floor permits rooflights to illuminate the main hall
Facades will be finished in a mix of granite, render and timber
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