Megabucks development: Nature Inspired Building Design

[Graeme Dow]

A cutting-edge house in the country

Design firm Jerry Tate has won planning permission to build a contemporary
country house on a Greenfield site:
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A modern twist on rural living has been given the go-ahead after an
ambitious nature-inspired building design was granted approval.

Jerry Tate Architects (JTA) has received planning permission for a 550m²
home on a Greenfield site in Suffolk. Jerry Tate was one of Grimshaw’s
principal designers on the Eden Centre before he set up JTA seven years ago
and is known for bringing architecture and nature together.

The flowing form of the country house is inspired by the shape and
structure of a sycamore seed. The house will link physically with the
proposed parkland to make them dependent on each other, creating a new
sustainable paradigm for remote contemporary rural dwellings.

Designed in collaboration with architect Luke Greysmith, the landscape uses
the principles of permaculture. This is a method for designing ecosystems
that, alongside the proposed residential development, will enhance the
ecology of the site. These combined strategies will allow the house to be
self-sufficient for energy, water and food.

The building and landscape design have been integrated in both a formal and
functional manner, using the principles of biomimicry to develop a home
that works with nature and the 'found' environment of the site.

The Design and Conservation Officer said of the proposal: “The district’s
tradition of vernacular housing is being continued but using a new
language…the 21st century should have its own form of architectural
expression.”


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