House at Camusdarach Sands, Scotland

摘要

The house's exposed concrete and timber frame shows the contractor's boat-building knowledge and craft -they build both houses and boats. We had several workshops with them to develop details at an early stage and throughout construction. The main living space occupies the top floor. The timber superstructure is a series of deep ribs at 450mm centres with V-shaped plywood gussets fixed either side, connecting opposing rafters and studs within a specific zone, to ensure no internal structural bracing is visible. This also improved airtightness levels and the ability to insulate, and the omission of light fixings resulted in a clean soffit.