Client/Developer: Samuel Guilfoyle
Architect/Designer: ArkleBoyce Architects Ltd
Builder: Vine House Construction
We were asked to create a series of holiday apartments on a site within central York’s conservation area. A derelict, two-storey former restaurant occupied the site but was in a poor state of disrepair and was generally detrimental to the street.
The existing buildings façade treatment, scale, and massing were at odds with the historic streetscape. The proposals sought to retain the existing concrete frame and add a lightweight timber frame to minimise the embodied carbon.
A simple palette of materials and form are a contextual response to the surrounding area and the strict planning requirements of the conservation area.
