Lantern Studio

摘要

Surman Weston was asked to design a space for studying, relaxing and entertaining that would encourage more engagement with its mature, wooded south London garden. The garden-facing elevation was critical. Here the architect played with transparency and structure to create a building with a subtly shifting appearance. Approaching from the house, the structural timber truss is expressed playfully along the front elevation and is partially screened with a translucent secondary façade, which adds privacy and intrigue. By day the fibreglass skin flickers and shimmers; by night it scatters and diffuses light like a welcoming lantern.