A few progress shots as we sped around Dorset today on the traditional ‘wages run,’ vising the Greendale sites.
At Swanage Sea Rowing Club:
From Left Brian Morgan, Rob Hooker, Dave Rixon Estimator, Alan Benham, Mike Fergerson Carpenter, Tim Wall Site Manager.
And in Ringwood, at the Lantern Community:
The Lanterns- weavery cedar shingle roof completed
The weavery clerestory windows installed and elevation prepped for cedar cladding.
You can read in full about the work we are doing for the Lantern Community by clicking here to read our official press release on the project.
In a nutshell, The Lanterns Community are having a new pottery and weavery, being built by Greendale, will use green and ecological methods wherever appropriate and will enable the 34 adult residents and 10 day placements with a learning disability, to experience meaningful day opportunities from 9-5pm, 5 days a week. The design of the workshops, by CASA architects, has been developed to a very high environmental standard, planned to substantially exceed the energy conservation requirements, reducing the dependence on energy. The buildings are designed to work as a pair, of similar form, materiality and in detail. The roofs are proposed as cedar shingles with small elements of copper and the walls in materials to reflect the use of the internal spaces, so clay bricks for the pottery and flexible workshop with small elements of render and woven oak lathes between brick ‘book ends’ for the weavery and seasonal crafts areas within the buildings. The 48 week project will also incorporate a “foundation stone” for each building. Made of copper in one of the workshops, the dodecahedron will be filled with whatever each member of the community feels expresses their connection to the Lantern. This is then buried within each building on a special occasion with all the community in attendance.