Main Ridge Barn by Bryant Alsop Architects

ArchiPro Project Summary - A thoughtfully designed weekend barn featuring dual zones for group separation, maximizing site use with oversized elements and a focus on sustainable living through passive solar design and natural materials.

Title:: Main Ridge Barn
Architect:: Bryant Alsop Architects
Category:: Residential/; New Builds
Region:: Victoria, AU
Photographers:: Rhiannon Slatter

This new build was designed for an English couple looking to create a ‘weekend barn’ for use with friends and family, as well as a high-end holiday rental. The main feature of this design is the 2 zones which allow separation between groups.

The site itself is tight, so maximising its use was imperative. We achieved this with both the borrowed landscape and the design of the house itself, exposing trusses to maximise volume as well as complying with site requirements to get as much ‘house’ as possible. The use of scale in the design also helped, everything is oversized! From the wall cladding and guttering to the internal double height spaces.

Services to the site are limited. Power to the site is connected, however the owner’s priority is to use solar. Good passive solar design was forefront in our minds, capturing northern light and warmth through winter, and shield from western summer sun throughout the hotter months. Rainwater tanks and septic sewerage are also in use.

To continue on with the ‘weekend barn’ theme, restrained palette of materials and finishes were used with an emphasis on natural and rural finishes (timber, stone, corrugated metal reminiscent of local agricultural buildings).

The result is a beautiful holiday home which fits into its surrounds perfectly, with the vision of a self-contained lifestyle by its owners achieved.

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Bryant Alsop delivers carefully considered, intelligent, projects for our clients. Each project is personal and unique.

Our work spans residential, education, and commercial sectors, and is underpinned by a belief that architecture should be uplifting, beautiful and honest. We are committed to achieving carefully considered design solutions and are committed to fully delivering the complete project to our clients.

Buildings grow and evolve with time. It is important that a building engages with the landscape, and that the two are viewed in unison. Similarly, much attention is given to interior spaces and as such, we offer a specialised interior design service with the expertise to offer full interior design services.

Bryant Alsop offers a highly-personalised approach, based on developing strong working relationships with our clients. We believe that a collaborative approach is necessary for successful design results that speak both of the client's desires, our architectural ideas and the project context.

Bryant Alsop works closely with our clients to ensure that their needs and desires are at the core of every project.