The Ridge - Hillside Residence
The Ridge is a homestead designed into the landscape in the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire. The project is a series of vessel spaces suspended within the landscape — maximising views in every direction. Where the gradient of the topography descends, the home is integrated into the slope, giving two levels of access: a single-storey feel at the upper end, a grand landscape-facing entrance below.
The forms are organic and apparently complex. The structure is not. Much of the building is manufactured off-site using Design for Manufacture and Assembly techniques and assembled on the plot. This matters to the client. Their principal residence is on the wider site, and a long, disruptive on-site build was never an option.
