The river splits into four channels just downstream from the Barrage Vauban and flows through the half -
timbered buildings together with the narrow lanes and footbridges that connect them.
Not exact matches
Within a large, tangled
timber frame — tacked
together with crisscrossing struts and joists like the jerry -
built scaffolding of some demented rollercoaster — hefty industrial - grade orange and black cords suspend five tumbling blocks the size of shipping containers.
Wysing's Grade II Listed farmhouse, which was
built in the early 17th century reputedly from
timbers of ships salvaged from the sinking of the Spanish Armada in 1588, has hosted many hundreds of artists since the organisation was founded twenty five years ago.The farmhouse is where artists live, sleep and eat, and where
together they discuss the works that they are developing during residencies and retreats.
The solid elements are clad in simple white panels or
timber, with the whole
building tied
together via a black «ribbon».
They are also experimenting with acetylated
timber (more on Accoya here on TreeHugger) and are even making their own Brettstapel, a technique of
building up solid wood panels that are held
together with dowels, and have given it a clever name which I hope they trademarked, Dowellam.
(clockwise from top left) The ground floor features 400 mm Kore EPS insulation under 100 mm reinforced concrete slab; a Siga Majpell vapour control and airtight layer protects the
building against excessive moisture penetration; the 45 mm service cavity fulfilled with mineral wool insulation; airtight detailing to prevent the joist ends causing avoidable infiltration; Ampatop Protecta plus membrane fitted to the roof; the
timber frame structure coming
together