Local studio Patrick Bradley Architects has added a cantilevered shipping container to ruined walls on an old farm in Northern Ireland to create a contemporary house with an annexe.
Named Barneys Ruins, the project brings a traditional small-holding settlement in Mid Ulster, known as a clachan, to modern-day standards while preserving the 200-year-old ruins of its old cottage.
A shipping container cantilevers over ruins at Barneys Ruins
Patrick Bradley Architects' founder inherited the site from his great-great uncle Barney ? after whom the project is named ? and sought to revive it after years of deterioration.
With his studio, Patrick Bradley's goal was to celebrate the clachan's history while transforming it into a contemporary home, creating "a strong juxtaposition of old and new". The home is located on an old farm in Northern Ireland
"The Bradleys have maintained a deep connection to their land over generations," Bradley told Dezeen.
"Owning the land passed down from Barney has fostered not only an economic foundation but also a profound emotional tie ? each generation has cultivated and cherished this land, nurturing a strong sense of belonging and identity rooted in their stewardship of the farms."
Its ruins are walls of an old cottage
Barneys Ruins is accessed via a grated steel staircase that straddles one of the ruined walls. Alongside it, a former barn has been converted into a small annexe.
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