The existing two storey house at Five Elms does not take advantage of the site’s opportunities and is subject to flooding. The brief required AR Design Studio to embrace and challenge these issues within the protected surroundings of Bosham. The narrative for the scheme came from within the local context, in the form of a Rap-tackle Grade II listed 18th century warehouse, planted in the water of Bosham Quay. This building, typical of its context, uses solid brick plinths to raise the building above water level, protecting and supporting an inhabited timber clad form.