Katie's Cottage Sunroom Extension
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Shutters and windows completely open
Micheal Holliday Download Original
Sunroom extension to an existing stone dwelling to create an alternative type of living space.
Roots were invited to design a new sunroom extension which created an alternative living space to those in the original cottage. Roots chose to acknowledge the existing lean-to porch, which the Client had proudly built himself, by referencing its form and use of materials. The extension therefore takes on the form of a traditional lean-to, but is made from a series of sliding wall and roof planes.
This creates an internal space which can be completely enclosed or completely open to suit the weather, with views to three points of the compass. The roof is standing seam zinc while the walls and sliding shutters are clad in Scottish larch.
Upon completion the Client has added a ground-mounted PV array and has proposals for timber decking. In this way, the sunroom extension quietly becomes subsumed in the latest chapter of an evolving rural building cluster.
Data
- Begun: Jul 2011
- Completed: Mar 2012
- Floor area: 13m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £60,000
- Funding: Private
- Tender date: May 2011
- Procurement: Traditional procurement with 'SBCC Building Contract for a home owner / occupier who has appointed a consultant to oversee the work'
- CO2 Emissions: -kg/m2/year
- Address: Katie’s Cottage, Kenovay, Isle of Tiree, PA77 6UU, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Roots Design Workshop
- Client: Ian & Elspeth Gillies
- Structural engineer: David Narro Associates
- Quantity surveyor: Morham & Brotchie
- Main contractor: John MacKinnon Builders
Suppliers
- Zinc standing seam roof: Rheinzink
- Glazing systems: Sunparadise