Surrey Hills Property, Home, Southern England Residence, Building Design
The Hidden House
Surrey Hills AONB Residential Development, South East England, UK – by AR Design Studio
19 Dec 2016
The Hidden House in Surrey Hills AONB
Architect: AR Design Studio
Location: Surrey Hills AONB, South East England
AR Design Studio receives planning permission for The Hidden House

AR Design Studio is delighted to announce the recent planning approval for its latest project, The Hidden House.
Situated in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, The Hidden House is a four bedroom home that has been fastidiously engineered to sit seamlessly within its stunning surroundings. Set on a disused riding school that was once a scar upon the countryside, the house has been designed to complete the landscape. The house?s geometry was informed by the North Downs? geological arrangements. By embracing the erosion patterns of the area, the form was sculpted to become a continuation of the hill in which it sits. Taking further measures to blend the house in to the landscape, the project form uses ?Dazzle Camouflage?, a tactic employed by ships during the First World War to deceive the eye and create illusions that help break up the solid mass.
Four board-marked concrete ?pods? create the solid walls of the house. These were orientated, based upon the respective view, and then manipulated to respond to the requirements of the users. The first and largest pod houses the sleeping qua...