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Text description provided by the architects. With a play on architecture, our design aims to fulfil the simple primary purpose of a Summer House: a space for shelter and relaxation. The design is based on projecting an inverse replica of the historic Queen Caroline’s Temple a tribute to its robust form, space and material, recomposed into a new architectural language.
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By rotating the Temple’s interior space, we expose the structure’s neo-classical plan, proportions and form. Using prefabricated building blocks assembled from rough sandstone similar to those used in building the Temple, in contrast with a soft interior finish, our composition generates the basic elements of architecture a room, a doorway and a window for people to interact with the building, the environment and with one another.
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The carved out void, homely interior and fragmented furniture blocks create comfortable spaces for people to eat, rest or play in and around the house all through the summer.
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