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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Moonshine Retrofit in Bath, England by Invisible StudioNovember 21st, 2020 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Invisible Studio Moonshine is a house built in 1786 near Bath, UK, that was originally a schoolhouse for a large country house nearby, and extended originally in 2002 by Invisible Studio as one of the practice’s first buildings. Practice principal Piers Taylor has lived in the house with his family since 2002, and in the intervening period built various other projects including the practice’s studio in the 100 acre woodland that surrounds the house and which Taylor manages alongside practice.  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson
 Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson Taylor self built the original extension having to carry everything 600 metres along a steep woodland track before the house had vehicular access. The original house won the AJ Small Projects award soon after it was completed. Other than Taylor desired to banish the demons of his youth, and move on from the house he had designed as a young architect, in the intervening years, much has changed in terms of knowledge insulation and airtightness, and with a desire to future proof the house and make it as low energy as possible, Taylor has recently retrofitted the house to achieve exceptional levels of insulation, airtightness and autonomy.  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson This involved leaving the structural timber frame but removing and replacing floors, walls, roof and glazing. The house was extensively thermally modelled, and glazing reduced to avoid heat loss. A biomass boiler fed from waste timber from the surrounding woodland provides heat and hot water when needed, and there is electric infloor heating linked to off-grid photovoltaics on the roof with a battery back up.  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Jim Stephenson  Image Courtesy © Invisible Studio  Image Courtesy © Invisible Studio
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