Rural Design Advice for Individual Houses in the Countryside

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4.PLANNING THE SITEContextThe new country house reflects a renewed sense ofoptimism and confidence about rural life. It reflects thedesires and preferred lifestyles of an increasing numberof people looking for a combination of the pastoral andthe provincial. The country house has always beenrelated to ideas of status, class, wealth and aspirationsof the owner—it is not just a home, but often a symbol ofsuccess, privilege and social position.To build houses that complement the different landscapecharacters of County Limerick requires a sympatheticand understanding eye, together with construction skilland craftsmanship. The numerous pattern-bookexamples of new houses too often demonstrate theconsequences of inappropriate styling and design.Whereas the grand country house soughtto dominate the landscape, the newcountry house can take the oppositeapproach by seeking to integrate with thelandscape - the setting becomes theinspiration and organising force around thedesign of the building. The new countryhouse seeks a comfortable place withinthe landscape - context is everything.Houses are often designed in a far too fussy and overcomplicatedmanner, using ‘imitation’ materials, underthe misconception that this will create an acceptable‘rural’ effect. The outcome is invariable ‘suburban’, withnew housing that appears awkward within itssurroundings, especially when adjacent properties vie forattention, rather than unobtrusively settling into thelandscape.37.38.28.County Limerick: Rural Design Advice for Individual Houses in the Countryside
PLANNING THE SITE4.The main approach should be toreinvent the country house anddevelop a new rural architecture forthe 21st century, rather than simplyremodelling or recreating themethods and manners of the pastGeneral Design PrinciplesNew house design needs to respond not only to thecontext of individual sites (as described in the previousSection), but should also reflect modern lifestyles andadvanced building technologies. The objective of thisDesign Advice is to promote high quality design in thecountryside that is innovative and firmly of its time, whilerespecting and contributeng to the character of the area within which it is located.39.The design of new buildings in the countryside presentsan opportunity for re-examining some of the trends thathave dominated traditional and more recent influences,so as to arrive at a fresh approach to design that iscontemporary while being respectful of the past.40.This Design Advice cannot provide a ‘blueprint’ for gooddesign, as this in itself would result in standardisationand lack of innovation. Instead it sets out a number ofbasic principles aimed at achieving more appropriate andgood-mannered rural buildings. Foremost of these iscontext, followed by issues such as proportion, formscale and massing, which all need to be carefullyconsidered in relation to the site and its neighbours.In most cases it is recommended that the services of aqualified architect are sought to deal not only with thedesign of the house, but also to understand theconstraints and steer the development through theplanning requirements, thereby speeding-up the housebuilding process.41.Examples of award-winning rural Irish houses (this pageand previous) illustrating well-considered designsolutions, providing modern living requirements thatrespect the context of the site in terms of siting, proportionand landscaping, while combining an appropriate mix oftraditional and contemporary building styles and materials.County Limerick: Rural Design Advice for Individual Houses in the Countryside29.
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