Rural Landscape Meadowview House by Platform 5 Architects

Meadowview House by Platform 5 Architects

The Meadowview house designed as family home designed by Platform 5 Architects on the edge of rural village in Bedfordshire. The site has been divided into different areas by the house and hard landscaping, setting up an interplay between the building, gardens and distant landscape.

Interior Meadowview House by Platform 5 Architects

The abstract nature of the surrounding agricultural landscape and vernacular buildings has informed the design, resulting in a house with a simple linear form with a horizontal emphasis. On the ground floor, areas of glazing set up close, sensual relationships with the garden whilst the first floor offers a more detached experience of the landscape with long views framed like pictures on the wall.

Glazing Area Meadowview House by Platform 5 Architects

The deep recessed balcony acts like a lens hood, framing sunsets over the countryside. The concept of a hovering building is continued into the details of the ash tread stair that is cantilevered off the wall in the entrance hall. The lightness of the timber box is juxtaposed with the heavy ironstone gabion wall that encloses the private walled garden.

Meandering Route Meadowview House by Platform 5 Architects

A meandering route through the house creates a sequence of gradually more private internal and external spaces. The entrance hall offers visitors views straight through the house to the pavilion in the back garden whilst screening off the living areas. From the living room, you can gain access to the courtyard garden where more delicate plants can grow protected from the wind and cold. To the rear of the house, swathes of long grasses and meadow flowers are animated by the breeze giving the terrace a wharf-like feel.