Catch Beach House, Seasalter Kent
Catch Beach House, Seasalter Home, Kent Residence, English Architecture, Property Project
Catch Beach House in Seasalter Kent
28 June 2022
Architects: Stiff + Trevillion
Location: Seasalter, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Photos: Lukasz Bernacki
Catch Beach House, Kent
Situated outside Whitstable on the North Kent coastline, the Catch house takes its cues from the traditional fisherman?s huts and boat sheds whilst making references to the indigenous materials and textures which inhabit this stretch of coastline.
The upper level of the house is split into two distinct, single storey, timber clad forms, which help break down the massing of the building to a domestic scale and which sit comfortably alongside neighbouring structures. The long ?boat shed? element contains the garage and master suite, the smaller ?fisherman?s hut? structure contains further bedrooms and a study.
The orientation of the two timber structures has been set out allowing uninterrupted views of the sea from all the bedrooms. The roofscape has a dynamic and asymmetrical form which reflects the constantly changing surface of the sea in the background and sets up the contemporary interpretation of a traditional, local architectural language. These two elements are connected by a Corten steel and glazed link structure containing the entrance hall and vertical circulation.
The house takes advantage of the sloping site with the upper floor elements cantilevering weightlessly towards the sea helping to ...
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