A SEPARATE SPACE, (HANGING CAPSULE), DORSET, UK
Project and experience prior to the formation of FF studio. Images copyright credit: separate-place.blogspot.com
- Project Facts
GFA: 48 sqft
Levels: 1 floor
Land Area: Floating in mid-air
Height: approximately 1.5 meter
Total unit: 1 capsule
Design commencement: 2007
Completed: 2008- Role
Designer and Builder
- Team Credits
Architect: none
C+S Engineer: none
M+E Engineer: none
Quantity Survey: none
Main Contractor: none
Leader: Jesse Randzio
Designer and builder: Margaret Dewhurst, Francois Guyot, Daniel, Lawrence Lek, Vidhi Gupta, Annie Diana, Kassia, Lisa Lai, Jan Nauta, Shen Fei
Advisor: Charlie Corry Wright- Design Story
This futuristic clam-shaped vessel is made from western red cedar planks taken from timber felled in Hooke Park forest. All other materials, including the copper rivets that hold the shell together, the copper trim, and the stove and chimney were sourced locally. In order to learn the necessary boat building and rigging techniques, the students took lessons from experts from industries in the nearby community.
A Separate Place is a hanging retreat in the forest built during a month long summer workshop by a student group led by AV Custerson Award recipient Jesse Randzio.
It appears to float in an iron-trimmed netting that is suspended with cables from the nearest trees. As a result of this adaptable construction, which ensures that the pod has virtually no environmental impact, the retreat sways ever so gently in the wind, like the clinker boat after which it was modeled.