Saturday, February 13, 2010

The Dovecot Studio, Sufffolk, by Haworth Tompkins: AJ Small Projects shortlist #3


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Shortlisted for the AJ Small Projects Award, (an annual competition for projects completed for under £250,000) this studio forms part of the music campus at Snape Maltings, founded by Benjamin Britten in derelict industrial buildings on the Suffolk coast.
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The studio inhabits a ruin and expresses the internal volume of the existing Victorian structure as a Cor-ten steel ‘lining’.
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The monocoque, welded structure was built next to the ruin and craned in once complete.
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The building is welded in a single piece to achieve weather-tightness, and then fitted with a simple plywood inner lining.
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A large roof window provides even light for artists, while a small mezzanine platform with a desk incorporates a fully opening glazed corner window that has long views over the marshes.

Plans

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Project details

Architects: Haworth Tompkins
Photographer: 
Philip Vile
Name:
 The Dovecote Studio
Address: Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Start on site: January 2009
Date of completion: August 2009
Gross external floor area: 30m²
Form of contract: JCT IFC ‘98
Total cost: £155,000

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