A Timber Room
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Temporary exhibition space that creates a ‘rich sculptural interior,’ designed by students from the London Metropolitan University
The project was designed for the Ecobuild exhibition 2008, conceived as both an exhibition space and to provoke awareness of the endless possibilities of timber construction.
Constructed from Kerto S composite timber elements donated by Finnforest, the scheme was an abstraction of the archetypal timber dwelling with exposed timber framework.
The students wanted to recycle the project after the Ecobuild exhibition had finished, and wanted to reuse the building as a whole. Subsequently they met with artists Rut Blees Luxemburg and Hilary Koob-Sassen, who agreed to rebuild the scheme for them in Hadspen, Somerset.
In June 2008, the structure was transported by lorry, reassembled and added to, thereby transforming it into a visually and thermally warm space inside of an existing agricultural shed.
Data
- Begun: Feb 2008
- Completed: Feb 2009
- Sector: Arts and culture
- Total cost: £9,500
- Address: Hadspen, Somerset, BA7 7LX, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Unit 7, London Metropolitan University
- Client: Ecobuild Competition 2008
- Artist: Rut Blees Luxemburg
- Artist: Hilary Kook-Sassen
Suppliers
- Kerto-S: Finnforest