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Flexible study space & yoga studio in the garden of a Victorian house
The project, situated in a back garden of a Victorian house in a Conservation Area, is surrounded by lush and verdant vegetation with large trees.
The façade is made of heavily textured cedar, blackened using a traditional Japanese technique called Shou Sugi Ban. The interior is wax finished birch plywood.
The concept was for the studio to be a quiet, abstract object in the landscape of the garden, sunken into the ground and its dark charred skin blending in with the established foliage.
A window wraps around to form a skylight, eroding the box-like nature of the studio and permitting glimpses of the trees and stars from the inside. The ability to create a range of atmospheres within the small space allows it to be used in a multi-functional way during the day and night, when the black timber dissolves into the darkness and the windows glow like lanterns.
Data
- Begun: Mar 2015
- Completed: Jul 2015
- Floor area: 15m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £35,000
- Funding: Private
- Tender date: Feb 2015
- Procurement: JCT MW
- Address: 13 Primrose Gardens, Belsize Park, London, NW3 4UJ, United Kingdom
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Professional Team
- Architect: Neil Dusheiko Architects
- Client: Karaca Mescti and Sally Davies
- Consultant and Structural Engineer: Momentum Consulting Engineers
- Planning consultant: Howard Sharp & Partners LLP
- Arboriculturalist : Tree Reports
Suppliers
- Lighting : Mr Resistor
- Cladding: Exterior Decking Company
- Flooring: Sika
