Rural Settlements
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about Rural Settlements
Project • By Fraser/Livingstone Architects • Private Houses
Athron Hill Phase 1
Athron Hill is a housing development constructed on a brown-field site in the foothills of the Ochil hills, snuggled into a sheltering woodland and afforded majestic views over Loch Leven, the Lomond Hills and the Pentlands to the south. This unique setting was once home to a tuberculosis sanatorium, which took advantage of the fresh air and sunshine found on the hills. It had stood empty since the late 1980’s and was demolished back in 2003.
Fredrik Frendin
Fredrik Frendin
Historic clachans and townships evident across the Scottish landscape were finely tuned to climate and landscape. New housing developments often neglect such simple principles. At Athron Hill, forms are tuned to exploit views and to mitigate the vi... More
Project • By gad • Private Houses
Dongziguan Affordable Housing
The project tackles a current social issue within the urbanization process in China: the increasing urban-rural disparity. Currently the living conditions in large part of rural China are poor, for instance in Dongziguan Village in Fuyang Hangzhou, most of the farmers still live in the aged housings of disrepair. Local Government in Fuyang District of Hangzhou decided to fund an exemplary affordable housing project in Dongziguan Village aiming at improving living condition for relocalized farmers.
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During the design process, architects conducted investigations and meetings to communicate with different families of the relocalized farmers for first-hand information including their living habits. This award-winning project seeks to o... More