The Infill_

The Infill occupies the gap. Set on a compact plot in Dore, Sheffield, the site sits between established homes within the Green Belt. From this overlooked piece of land came an opportunity for something new: a contemporary home with its own presence and identity. Space was limited from the outset, so every move needed to count.

Can you build on an infill site in the Green Belt? Potentially — but the parameters are tight. In Dore, the site was already defined by neighbouring homes, established boundaries and the wider landscape beyond. Scale and mass needed restraint, privacy had to be protected and the openness of the Green Belt remained fundamental. Rather than pushing against those constraints, the architecture takes its cues from them. A difficult site becomes the starting point.

Slotted precisely into its setting, the house responds to the scale and rhythm of the surrounding Dore properties without copying them. Its form is controlled, while carefully positioned openings pull daylight into the plan and direct views away from neighbouring homes. Inside, proportion and volume make a compact footprint feel generous. Outside, the architecture remains deliberately contemporary. Tight site. Clear moves.

What emerges is a home that feels settled rather than squeezed in. Compact without feeling compressed. Contemporary without competing with its neighbours. Every part of the plot works harder — from the position of the building to the placement of its openings and the way daylight moves through the interior. The Infill turns a constrained Green Belt plot in Dore, Sheffield, into a considered new home. Architecture shaped by the gap, the landscape and the limits around it.