Kent, residential conversion

Sigrún worked as part of the Brinkworth Design team with partner Kevin Brennan on this unusual residential project – to convert a former water reservoir in rural Kent into a weekend retreat for artist Dinos Chapman, Tiphaine de Lussy and their two daughters. The structure, built in the 1930s, comprised a 740 square-metre concrete box, which was transformed into a stunning five-bedroom home with a swimming pool and a pavilion on top.

Outcome

“The extraordinary site was excavated to reveal the 1930s concrete shell and columned framework within. Brinkworth’s architectural intervention embraces the given context by dissecting and inserting spaces within the gridded bays. To the rear, the bedrooms face onto a lap pool hidden behind the one side banked by earth. The open living spaces are exposed to the vast views, and crowned by a steel and glass pavilion. Over time the building and its planting have slowly grown back into the landscape to disguise the building once more”

– Brinkworth Design