Existing Plans

Before the start of the renovation in 2011 the basement has not been altered besides few bits to update services for the home such as ventilation and electricity. Out of the whole house, the basement floor is at the most raw form containing arches and brick work that were laid before the house was even completed in 1651.

Here's a short walk-through video our fellow volunteer Simon Horton from FARO Technology UK Ltd. scanned and put together:

Commonly in English country homes, the basement floor was used as the servants quarters as well as housing the maintenance facilities needed to serve the family.

Basement Floor:

Bulter's Pantry

Servants Hall

Wine Cellar

Beer Cellar

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Documents Room

China Room

Strong Room

Boots Room

Pantry

Estate bar

Disuse room

1st Floor: 

Grand Dinning Hall 

Main staircase landing

Library room  

Designing for relationships

In achieving full respect for a historically saturated building, designing with meaningful concepts and intentions will be nonetheless the vertebrae of this project. Since partial completion in 2013, parts of the St. Giles House became available for hire, predominantly the gardens and library. They have hired out for photo shoots, weddings, a book launch and couple of charitable festivals on the property thus far. These events and the intention of a communal focus has geared my design to implicate the essence of social gatherings. During events and gatherings, people will always tend to communicate, observe and develop thoughts about their surroundings and those words that are exchanged, creating a personal link with themselves and another form. I intend to reconnect the social aspect of an event, connecting people with people and enhancing relationships within the property whether it be creating new relationships, building on existing ones or connecting guests with the spaces.

Story board

Initial sketch for video trailer 

Progress: mixing of watercolors and marker