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| PROJECT:
Shack (Photographer's Hide) |
| LOCATION: Northamptonshire,
UK |
| CLIENT:
Private |
| BUDGET:
£15K |
| COMPLETION:
1996 |
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A tiny building
is located on an old WW2 reconnaissance air base that had been converted
into a nuclear missile site and then abandoned.
The project is a studio for photographing wildlife on an old pond. The
design is intended to capture different manifestations of light reflected,
refracted and veiled as it enters the building. The form of the building
makes many references to reconnaissance aircraft, camouflage and the complex
history of the site. Locals call it the dragonfly.
The building was constructed using a steel structure with ply and fibreglass
roof resting on rendered block walls. The external shade canopies are
perforated, galvanised steel with stainless steel rods bracing them into
the water. The building was made without working drawings from a series
of 1:10 models placed in the middle of the site then built around. |
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