The Weavery
Some more fantastic shots showing this project so close to completion now. The Lantern Community in Ringwood is an organisation which offers adults with a learning disability the possibility to contribute and partake in a mutually supportive environment. The new buildings have been a long time coming as the Community has spent over ten years fundraising for the project. The new pottery and weavery, being built by Greendale, has used 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 shots below show how The Weavery looks internally now it has been completed:
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 Pottery