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A minimalist architectural sketch depicting a neighborhood with several houses, roads, and trees. The layout is shown in an isometric perspective with light shading and sparse details, highlighting the arrangement of buildings and greenery.
Seafield Housing

Seafield Housing

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

2018 — 2020

Client   Strathspey Estate
Housing
Grantown-on-Spey is a planned town arranged around a high-street running NE/SW and centred on a civic square. Situated on a subsidiary road off the town centre and next to the Category B Listed Inverallan Kirk, the impetus for this project was to provide financial support for much-needed renovation work to the Kirk to allow it to be used for wider community use.
Architectural site plan showing an overhead view of buildings, roads, and numerous trees. The buildings vary in shape and size, surrounded by green spaces. Roads intersect throughout, creating a network around the structures.

We worked in close collaboration with the Trustees of Inverallan Kirk and the landowner to develop a specific, high-value proposal that addressed housing needs for mid-market and affordable properties as defined in the Cairngorms Local Development Plan. The site lies just outside the Grantown-on-Spey Conservation area and shares a boundary with the Category B listed Inverallan Church by Alexander Smith Cullen, completed in the late nineteenth century.

A sequence of four isometric architectural diagrams. The diagrams illustrate building layout changes, pedestrian paths, solar orientation, and airflow patterns. Each panel uses symbols like arrows and sun icons for visual guidance.

Four new houses were designed to site sympathetically next to the church while maintaining a sense of privacy to the garden spaces. Careful consideration was made to framing the church when viewed at various points in the village, with gable elevations reflecting the grander elevations of the church. The scheme maximised the ecological possibilities of an otherwise disregarded strip of land by offering a substantial area of planting that extended a popular path network. A modest palette of timber, render and zinc is used to reflect the local character while at the same time being appropriate to sustainable development and the availability of small contracting firms based within the National Park.

Architectural floor plan of a residential area showing two buildings, a road with two cars, and surrounding trees. The layout includes interior rooms and pathways, with a grid layout indicating spacing and dimensions.
Modern open-concept living space with high ceilings and large windows. Features a kitchen island with stove, dining table with red chairs, and gray sofas. Skylight and small window provide natural light, accentuating the light wood floors and white walls.
A modern wooden house with vertical siding is partially shaded by a tree on the left. Logs are neatly stacked against the exterior wall. There is a tall, narrow window in the center. The roof is slanted and the sky is clear.

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