Architecture studio Unknown Works has completed Shou Sugi Bangers, a sunken music studio clad in charred timber, which sits in the garden of a London home.
Designed for an electronic music producer, the soundproof studio is playfully named after its scalloped Accoya wood cladding, which has been charred using the Japanese technique of Shou Sugi Ban.
Unknown Works has completed Shou Sugi Bangers
Both internally and externally, the studio is intended as an immersive sound space and retreat. The cladding is arranged in an undulating formation, forming a series of nooks where the owner is encouraged to sit and listen to natural sounds in the garden.
According to Unknown Works, noises such as wind and birdsong are enhanced and altered by the CNC-milled surfaces of the cladding, which transition from minute grooves, reminiscent of vinyl records, to a smoother reflective surface at ear height. The sunken music studio is clad in charred timber
"We wanted to extend the threshold of the studio, to create a greater feeling of separation from the city," said Unknown Works.
"The smooth surface is most reflective and was used to focus sound from specific areas of the surrounding landscape to the ears of a sitter," it continued. "Where the accoya panels transition into the smaller ridges, the sound behaves differently and acts to deaden reflection ? changing from top to bottom on each panel."
Its curved facade creates a series of seating nooks 
The studio i...