A Room in the Garden
A Room in the Garden is part garden folly, part “other space”. It is intended to relieve the congestion of the urban home and provide a space for family members to work, play, read, sleep or to enjoy a moment of peace and quiet. Packed with innovation, it is designed as both product and building. It is intended to be simple enough for self-build assembly and reassembly, coming as a flat pack kit of parts, it is 100% CNC cut in order to optimise material and affordability. It is ultra low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) both in its end use but also in its assembly.
The geometry of the architecture is an interplay of changing geometric forms. The main timber columns that support the walls converge to form a truss like structure that supports the roof. In so doing they give a heightened sense of verticality and therefore both a greater sense of space and an aesthetic reinforcement of the underlying geometry of the structure. The exposed timber structure which rises to the ceiling converging and framing the skylight, gives a central focal point and top light, ideal when seeking a place to read or for quiet contemplation.
Client: Studio Ben Allen
Services: Design, CNC machining, Material Sourcing
Material: Spruce plywood, Valchromat & Tricoya boards
Time Frame: 2018
Scale: 150 sheets of material
Featured on dezeen, a geometric timber structure constructed from a flat pack kit of CNC cut parts. Intended to relieve the congestion of the urban home, the octagonal garden room can be used as a study, lounge or bedroom.
