Barnsole Vineyard
Converting a working vineyard's storage building into a home, where daylight and framed views lead the plan and weathering Corten steel keeps the industrial character.
- Location
- Canterbury, Kent
- Type
- Conversion to dwelling
- Status
- Concept / Planning
- Year
- 2022
- RIBA stages
- 0–2
- Practice
- PJArchitecture
A proposal to convert a vineyard's storage building into a residence. Working alongside my mentor — each of us developing a separate sketch design — I let the views out across the vines and the quality of daylight entering each room set the organisation of the plan.
To preserve and enhance the building's industrial character, the scheme proposes Corten (weathering) steel cladding externally: a material that settles into the agricultural setting and changes with the seasons rather than fighting them. Internally, a courtyard draws light deep into the plan and gives the house a quiet centre.
