BUILD - 2019 Home And Garden Awards

Build 2019 Home And Garden Awards 38 Conservation Architecture of the Year 2019 - South East England & Best Residential Architecture Project (Chichester): 1 and 2 Joy Lane Supporting clients across the South East and London of the UK from it’s base in Chichester, Joy Architects Ltd offers a wide range of services to suit the needs of its varied clients. We invited Julian Joy to talk us through the firm and the secrets behind its success. all need to achieve the one major goal; a beautiful space. This can be formed for any budget and does not have to have the expensive tag to achieve; just good design, which we aim to provide. By offering an all-inclusive design service, we will always hold the design integrity from inception to completion, ensuring satisfaction for our clients.” Among the firm’s recent successful projects was a challenging undertaking involving a number of regulations. Julian explains how his firm overcame the issues it faced to achieve excellence for its clients. “One of our latest completed projects involved a multitude of complex issues, which everyone at Joy Architects is proud to have overcome. The site was situated in the grounds of a grade 2 listed building, a conservation area and flood zone 2 of the historic City of Chichester. The proposal was to build two storey houses, where one house sale paid for the development. “With a modern approach this surprisingly satisfied the local historic planning officer who was forward looking enough to understand that a facsimile of old properties dumbs down the grade listed buildings architectural merit. The design even received a commendation from the local conservation area committee which was both humbling but also a realization that assumptions about a city’s architectural taste can often be assumed to be old fashioned than with a more refreshing appetite for change. With all the design criteria achieved and supported by the local planning department there was one very difficult hurdle to jump: a little section in the planning document called the sequential test. This means that we had to prove that there is not an available site similar in size that could not be used first before going to flood zone 2 and so on. As the site was so small in light of the size of Chichester district council this became an impossible task to prove. The way to over- come this was to employ a barrister who argued the fact that any windfall site needs to be contained within an area of sustainable growth and that the sequential test pushes win fall housing in a random scatter approach. The building was well received by the planning committee members once they got past this legal point, and overall we are proud of our work on this project.” Looking to the future, Joy Architects will continue to focus on innovation and quality to ensure ongoing success on every future project it undertakes. hanks to its vast experience across the architecture market, Joy Architects has achieved a reputation for excellence over the years, supporting a wide range of residential, Health and commercial cli- ents. Julian discusses the firm’s approach to architecture and how this has helped ensure that every project it completes is a success. “Here at Joy Architects our principal aim is to reshape the built form and re-form its architecture taking all the latest regulations as design parameters rather than problems. We combine an expert understanding of design, planning and the latest onerous regulations with genuine design skills at both a strategic and a detailed design level. “In this instance my humanist approach places equal emphasis on the functional logistics of the house design and the creation of therapeutic envi- ronments for the client. Through design, I endeavour to de-institutionalise any environments, empower the home owner and create a beautiful environment to live in that’s also efficient, eco-sustainable, and cost-effective buildings.” Today, thanks to its innovative approach, the practice’s portfolio of innovative and award-winning projects ranges from the single private house, major reconfiguration and refurbishment to housing developments along with other areas of expertise from social and health care housing, care homes to affordable homes. Incorporating all aspects of the living environment, the firm works tirelessly to create projects that every client will be proud of. Julian explores the techniques his firm employs to set itself apart from its competitors and mark itself out as the best possible option for its clients. “Operating in such a competitive industry, at Joy Architects we set ourselves apart from our competitors by drawing on our experience and knowledge of many aspects of the built environment. As a result, we are able to under- stand the design brief and needs of the client from the start of any project, looking at the design not only in aesthetic terms but how it is going to be built and delivered are critical to a successful design. “Many designs are just for planning stage and then left to the builder to interpret and add their own details that may end the project on a below expectation result. Some sites and or buildings are simpler than others, but T Jan19431 Company: Joy Architects Ltd Name: Julian Joy Address: 1 Joy Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO191DW Telephone Number: 07789170015 Web Address: www.joyarchitects.co.uk Joy Architects Ltd