UK practice Invisible Studio has collaborated with local community groups to design and build a shelter from timber sourced within the Westonbirt arboretum in Gloucestershire, England.
Designed to be used by Westonbirt's outreach programme, the shelter was made entirely from oak felled from the arboretum as part of its routine woodland management.
▲ Invisible Studio在Westonbirt设计了一座庇护所
Invisible Studio designed a shelter at Westonbirt
"Westonbirt has an outreach programme where they work with local community groups and adults with learning differences in a woodland context – coppicing, charcoal making and numerous other woodland activities," said Invisible Studio founder Piers Taylor.
"The shelter replaces a temporary canopy and is a permanent home for their outreach programme," he told Dezeen.
▲ 它将用于植物园的外联活动
It will be used by the arboretum's outreach programme
Taylor与木材专家Xylotek以及当地社区团体成员合作，设计建造了庇护所的形式。
它独特的双曲抛物面形状在一系列的车间演变而成，在那里由纸板、电缆扎带和木材条制成模型。
Taylor collaborated with timber experts Xylotek and members of local community groups to determine the form of the shelter.
Its distinctive hyperbolic-paraboloid shape evolved through a series of workshops where models made from cardboard, cable ties and timber strips were developed.
▲ 该结构的形式是由当地社区团体设计发展而来的
The structure's form was developed with local community groups
"We went along to a making session with the groups with a couple of free-form models that I'd made in the studio from cable ties and cardboard – we wanted a free-form structure to encourage everyone to dive in and take part – precious, exacting structures tend to exclude people and prioritise 'expert' knowledge," Taylor said.
"We then made a bigger version on site with the groups, with timber laths, which evolved the form through making, and we then 3D scanned that larger model, which we'd made with many hands, and optimised it structurally and technically via an iterative process where we'd go back to the groups to make further models that we'd then scan again."
▲ 它是使用蒸汽加工后的曲率木材建造的
It was built from steam-bent timber
该建筑由英国林业志愿者和工作人员建造，主要来源于蒸汽弯曲的木材。
木材构件的连接处由整个场地回收的铝质标牌制成。
它的目的是为团体活动提供庇护所，同时让人们可以看到周围的林地。
庇护所没有固定的内部装置，因此空间可以用于多种用途。
The structure, which was built by Forestry England volunteers and staff, was constructed largely from steam-bent timber.
The joints were made from recycled aluminum signage from across the site.
It aims to provide shelter for the group activities, while allowing extensive views out to the surrounding woodland.
The shelter has no permanent internal fixtures for flexibility and so the space can be utilised for numerous purposes.
▲ 它有一个独特的形式。Piers Taylor摄
It has a distinctive form. Photo by Piers Taylor
Taylor希望这个项目能展示出以创新的方式来使用本土材料的潜力。
他说：“这个社区非常棒，大众都能踊跃加入进来，这个设计让团队工作变得轻松。”
“我认为使用者深受这个过程的影响，我希望参观者能意识到用创新的方式使用本土材料的潜力！”
Taylor hopes that the project will demonstrate the potential of using locally sourced materials in inventive ways.
"The community were brilliant and loved being able to join in and the design allowed a looseness that came from the group working," he said.
"I think the users have been deeply affected by the process, and I hope visitors realise the potential in using materials to hand in innovative ways!"
▲ 这个庇护所被林地包围着
The shelter is surrounded by woodland
Westonbirt, which is the UK's National arboretum, is a forest estate in Gloucestershire established in the Victorian era by Robert Holford that contains over 2,500 different species of tree from all across the world.
Invisible Studio previously designed a pair of woodland maintenance buildings on the estate, which were also built entirely from trees felled as part of its routine maintenance. The arboretum also contains a 300-metre-long elevated walkway designed by Glenn Howells Architects.
项目信息：
建筑设计：Invisible Studio
承包商：Xylotek
客户：Forestry协会，Westonbirt植物园
Project credits:
Architect: Invisible Studio
Contractor: Xylotek
Client: Forestry Commission, Westonbirt arboretum
