The site’s long footprint and our client’s desire to maximise south-facing aspect for sea views and passive design drove the organisation of the architectural composition, ensuring all habitable rooms are provided with a window facing this orientation. In contrast, openings are more restricted to the east and west-facing walls for maintaining a sense of privacy from the neighbouring properties. 

The buildings are expressed with distinct gable forms, whilst also playing with variety of scale through predominately single-storey dwelling experiences with occasional mezzanine spaces ­– two architectural characteristics commonly seen on the island. 

Black bitumen with a stone base, corrugated galvanised cladding and red metal panels with painted timber are all robust materials which provide necessary protection from the dramatic weather conditions in the area, as well as helping to naturalise the architecture into the Tiree vernacular.