The Arc / DROO

In 2019, London-Paris-based DROO - Da Costa Mahindroo Architects were approached by the private owners of the Arc Polo Farm in Surrey. UK, to design, build, and refurbish the stunning new clubhouse, existing building, and landscape to create a beautiful flow between the ‘string of pearls’ on site. The property had been owned previously by a horse trainer and was lined with stables. The clients had recently acquired the property and carried out some initial renovations to the existing keeper's cottage, and one of the agricultural barns. As an active equestrian farm and business, the client wanted to upgrade the facilities with careful consideration for the running and the management of the farm, with water being a primary concern, for both the maintenance of practice fields and also the irrigation of the lake which provides the water source for the entire farm.