Lovedon Fields, Hampshire Homes
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Lovedon Fields Homes in Hampshire
21 July 2022
Design: John Pardey Architects and BBA Architects Ltd
Location: Kings Worthy, Hampshire, South of England, UK
Renders © Jim Stephenson
Lovedon Fields Homes, South England
Lovedon Fields was part of the client?s broader objective to achieve a step-change in the design quality that is expected of and delivered by rural housing developments, and in the hard-nosed commercial context of mass housing it is no mean feat to have achieved as much as it has.
There are many good basic ingredients in the mix – mixed tenure including 40% affordable dwellings and shared ownership; a mixture of apartments, terraces and detached houses, including some lifetime homes; timber frame structure; and plenty of green public space. The overall layout is structured around a street and a triangular green and, combined with the variation of house types and a gently sloping site creates a good balance of order and informality, in contrast to some of the other developments nearby. Unusually, about two-thirds of the site is conceived as a wildflower meadow with integrated landscaping including mixed native hedging.
In terms of individual house designs, external massing and composition are generally simple and unfussy without being stark, and the mixture of a reasonably lively buff/grey brick with both weathered and black-stained timber cladding is...
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