We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Matthew Heywood about their original and creative Residential House design work. Matthew Heywood is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original residential house works.
Matthew Heywood ("MH") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Trish House Yalding Residential House. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
MH : I wanted to design a very modern and contemporary house, but I also wanted it to be contextual to the surrounding countryside and the village of Yalding. The house is inspired by the location.
MH : Creating a building of great quality which is in some way timeless. I also wanted to design something which challenges peoples assumptions on the value of modern house design.
MH : The house is currently for sale. I wish to build on the experiences of this project and make it the starting point for a series of domestic projects over the next few years, perhaps with the intention of publishing the works as a study in modern house design.
MH : Where does design start and stop. The project took 2 years from start to finish and the design is not 100% complete until it is fully realised.
MH : This is a very personal project that I initiated myself to establish that it could be done.
MH : Influences are wide ranging and impossible to list, but the design is very much mine.
MH : Anyone who wants to live in a large beautiful house in a wonderful setting.
MH : I wanted the design to have integrity.
MH : Several years ago my mother was trying to relocate to the South East of England from Scotland. My brother and I were finding it difficult to find a house that matched my mothers needs, and we briefly explored the option of buying a piece of land (next to my brothers house) and building a new home for my mother. The project became know as Trish House (Trish being my mothers name). We eventually found a property and the new house was never built. Although the house in Yalding was never intended to be a home for my mother, somehow the "Trish House" name stuck.
MH : A pen and a computer.
MH : The angles involved in the structure and windows.
MH : Finding a company who could fabricate the angular opening windows was tricky. Initially I hadn't realised how hard this was to fabricate.
MH : A great many things too numerous to mention. It will be a terrible day if we ever stop learning.
