Oolite House

Oolite House is a proposed family home nestled into the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills. The topography and surrounding grain have shaped the form and massing to ensure the house sits comfortably within its context.

The area around Stroud, including Oakridge Lynch is well known for its outcrops of Oolite limestone. It famously formed the Cotswold Hills during the Jurassic period and is an extremely permeable material. Where it meets beds of clay, water is driven out in the form of springs. It is these springs that have been highly active in the formation of the deep and complex valleys.

Oolite House is constituted of two splayed forms, split by a central feature stair. The topography has informed the landscape treatment. The dominant form to the east emerges from the hillside, while the rest of the home is concealed below the level of the terraces.