Pottery Studio

The studio is designed to innovatively minimise volume externally and maximise volume and footprint internally. It is constructed from an internally exposed prefabricated spruce glulam timber frame meticulously constructed by Timber Workshop and wrapped in insulation and clad in cedar boards with a sedum roof. The tea cosy style construction minimises the external building fabric. Shelves between the timber frames create a seamless storage solution for finished works and raw materials, enhancing the studio's functionality. The studio's exterior, clad in western red cedar boards and covered with a sedum roof, harmonises with the verdant new landscaping by John Davies Landscape. The materials, predominantly timber were chosen for their low embodied energy, warmth and sustainable credentials. There was much attention paid to detailing from the plywood flitches of the frame, the exposed services and the tiles for the worktop splash back hand painted by the family.