CASE STUDY GASWORKS CHRIS DYSON ARCHITECTS

摘要

The Gasworks was a redundant stone structure built in 1877 as a private acetylene gas works to provide gas for lighting to the large house at the centre of the nearby estate. The brief was to refurbish the existing building and add an additional converted extension for accommodation. The design had to be aware of the demands of the location in an Area of Outstanding National Beauty in rural Gloucestershire, topography, and environmental issues around soil contamination. The approach was to create a new element which respected the industrial history and nature of the site, a building that sits well in its environment and maximises the views out into the surrounding woodland. In centering the new building around an existing buried circular pit, we created a courtyard ambulatory, glazed into the private courtyard and serving the radiating bedrooms. The connection to the existing building was kept to a small door-sized opening with a linking corridor, tapered as it grows into the main circulation space.