Fifeshire Bolthole
In response to the varying grain of a built-up roadway, the mixed-use insertion toys with asymmetric planes and weightier masses as a primary delineator of the programme housed within. Spaces are clear and legible, bound by an offset spine of vertical circulation — a glowing beacon of passive surveillance, amid a constant trickle of passersby. As the name suggests, this is a robust and utilitarian bolthole for those who reside within — inherently raw, robust, and unfussy.
Covertly positioned within an industrial cul-de-sac, the new construction is respectful of its gritty urban locale — a stoic grouping of likeminded forms bound by a utilitarian agenda.
Defined by an industrial palette of steel portals, precast concrete, and longrun cladding, the architecture slots comfortably into the longstanding streetscape, devoid of a single style or era. Weathered Corten serves to highlight the third storey residence — a reference to the owner’s former vocation. Of a common resolve, the interior instils a similar tonality of blackened steel, stainless sheet, and burnished cement plaster. Timber floors run continuous underfoot, softened by generous area rugs to the lounge and primary suite, against a backdrop of dusty white painted surfaces. Recycled brick and hardwood timber is reborn from the Irish hall that once occupied the site, reimagined as touchstones throughout. Covertly positioned within an industrial cul-de-sac, the new construction is respectful of its gritty urban locale — a stoic grouping of likeminded forms bound by a utilitarian agenda.