British architecture studio Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt has completed a Hampshire house that aims to makes life easier for a wheelchair user, while not compromising on design quality.
Every room in Claywood is designed to be both accessible and functional for retiree Jo Wright, who became a wheelchair user after suffering a spinal cord injury.
Rather than creating a building that looks like a disabled person's home, Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt has produced a family home that embraces contemporary architecture.
The two-storey house is located in Hampshire, England
The building has a sculptural form consisting of two volumes: a textural ground floor with pale walls of textured brick and a black timber-clad first floor that cantilevers over the ends of the block below. "A key part of the brief was for us to design a house that didn't appear to be obviously designed for wheelchairs," studio co-founder Dominic Gaunt told Dezeen.
Claywood is home to Jo and husband David Wright, and also accommodates their three grown-up children.
The house was built in the grounds of the owners' previous home
The couple decided to build the house after realising their previous home couldn't be adapted to meet their needs ? there would always be areas out of bounds to Jo ? and failing to find an appropriate property for sale.
Instead, they sectioned off a portion of their former home's extensive grounds to create a new plot.
The house has a brick base and a timber-clad first floor
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