The Architectural Association’s Hooke Park campus has announced the addition of another timber building in the shape of its new ‘big shed’. The large construction, which has been clad with cedar wood panels, is intended to act as a shelter for trainees as they erect trial projects.
The new shelter was actually designed by the students themselves and used the timber from the Hooke Park woodland area in Dorset that is now owned by the Architectural Association. There are several other timber buildings on the site, all using the sustainable timber.
The students also worked with wood panels in the design of summer pavilions for London’s Bedford Square.
The big shed was designed around the space that was available, explained one the students responsible for the project, Nozomi Nakabayashi. He told the Architect’s Journal, “We developed a spatial understanding of the site through living here. A large window to the north would help create a sense of arrival [unfortunately cost constraints led to all glazing being replaced by polycarbonate], while a window to the west would engage occupants with the woods.”
Sustainable wood panel products such as Sterling OSB are appropriate the construction of outdoor sheds and workshops. For more information on the product and for some ideas of how it can be used, take a look here.
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