2013年，客户Annette Moody和她的丈夫Alan找到Ben，要求他在二战期间被一枚流弹炸平之前，为他们的二级农舍设计一个扩建项目。
Ben was approached by the client Annette Moody and her husband Alan in 2013 to design an extension to their grade two listed farmhouse on a footprint part of the house originally stood on before being flattened by a very stray bomb during World War II.
在向当地议会提交计划时，客户安妮特遭受了严重的脊柱中风。这一毁灭性的事件使她从颈部以下永久瘫痪，除了右手的有限使用。该项目随后被放弃了。
At the time of submitting the plans to the local council, the client, Annette suffered a severe spinal stroke. This devastating incident left the her permanently paralysed from the neck down, with the exception of limited use of her right hand. The project was subsequently abandoned.
两年后，客户准备再次审视它。现在她面临着要在轮椅上度过余生的前景，因此对这个项目提出了一套全新的、没有商量余地的限制。重新设计解决了所有楼层的新旧建筑之间的平坦通道问题，电梯通道和外部连接的设计使安妮特能够使用整个建筑。该设计是与中德文郡议会和他们的保护官员保罗-达德森一起制定的。我们还与客户进行了一系列一对一的规模实验，作为评估舒适度和可及性的手段。
Two years later the client was ready to look at it again. Now faced with the prospect of spending the rest of her life in a wheelchair, an entirely new set of non-negotiable constraints were paced on the project. The redesign tackled issues of level access between the old and the new building on all floors, with lift access and exterior connections designed to allow Annette to use the whole of the building. The design was developed with Mid Devon Council and their conservation officer Paul Dadson. We also went through a series of one to one scale experiments with the client as a means of assessing comfort and accessibility.
Architects: New British Design
Area : 145 m²
Year : 2018
Photographs :George Fielding
Manufacturers : Ncheck, Trimble
Contractor : Jon Garrity Associates
Landscape : Broomsmead, Sean Hayes
Engineering : Simon Bastone Associates
Joinery : Toby Sharp
Country : United Kingdom