Hyperspace converts suburban garage into Dark Matter garden studio
London-based architecture studio Hyperspace has created a garden studio in Hertfordshire, England, featuring a pivoting door and a charred-timber facade that doubles as an insect hotel.
Hyperspace converted a suburban garage to create the work-from-home studio called Dark Matter.
The building's name refers to its facade, formed of 850 pieces of charred wood. The process, called Shou Sugi Ban, prolongs the life of the wood by making it more resistant to moisture.
The garden studio was created by converting a former garage
Gaps were left in between these wooden shingles to provide natural habitats for insects, with the aim of promoting biodiversity in the garden.
They act "as a giant bug hotel for insects to hibernate in", according to Hyperspace founder Olli Andrew. Andrew designed the studio to provide the client, design recruitment consultant Wayne Euston-Moore, with a spacious and tranquil workspace.
An extra-wide pivoting door forms the entrance
The ambition from the outset was to go beyond the simple, glass-fronted box that forms most garden studios.
The pivoting door follows this approach. Located on an angular cutaway at the building's corner, this double-width element create a sense of drama from arrival.
Two perforated "light chimneys" help to animate the interior
The building also features two "light chimneys" dotted with perforations.
Extending down from skylights in the roof, they create dynamic light reflections intended to mimic...
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