-Urban HideViewing Gallery for Escapist City-dwellers
Adventure Escape Explore Danger Den Revert Retreat
-Conquer-
The ‘Primitive Hut’, ‘Original Dwelling’ and Origins of Architecture
Adventure/Danger/Escape/Conquer
Architectural Conquests
King of the Castle- ‘Primitive Hut’ atop London’s Urban Jungle
Adventuring city-dwellers
Viewpoint/Hide
Under strong winds, the suspended frame shakes whilst the heavy solid oak capsule rocks gently inside its rope cradle
Rope weave cradle with oak carved capsule resting inside
Frame waiting to be woven...
Wood waiting to be lathed...
-Chocolate BoxA Suburban Playhouse
Luxury Pleasure Taste Excess Variety Choice Exhibit Craft Melt Mould
-Leisure-
Extravagant Chocolate/Wood Craft
Suburban Luxury/Extravagance/Enhancement/Exhibitionism
Semi-detached Suburban bin/bike alleys..?
Mirrors rooms within house ‘Chocolate box’ of tactile spaces
climb
meet
recline
study Pin Sculpture wall
Cut-outs assemble furniture
Elastic wooden mattress
Sliding storage boxes/furniture
Hide
Socialise Sleep Play
Store
Suburban playhouse mirrors exisiting domestic spaces
‘Chocolate box’ of spaces with different functions and tactile qualities
-Hearth HouseServices off the M40
Shelter Sanctuary Retreat Gather Warm Rest Refuge Relief
-Energy-
Rural/Urban?
Farmhouse/Cottage ruins
Motorways and Ruins
M40 Site
Clients
Biodigester- poo-oxygen=biogas+fertilizer
Construction fits around exisiting structure
“Back to nature” fleeting countryside visit
Model so far...
Existing structure, timber frame and thatch roof, hanging timber brick walls and lasercut corten windows
Timber frame and thatched roof construction
Laser cut steel corten
Off-cut timber brick construction
Materials and construction methods
Laser cut corten
Thatch
Timber bricks on rope
Moss carpet Materials and proposed construction methods