Visible Studio, Bath, United Kingdom. Architect: Invisible Studio, 2014.

Visible Studio, Bath, United Kingdom. Architect: Invisible Studio, 2014.

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A new studio that was built by the practice with the help of neighbours and friends (who were all paid an equal rate) using untreated and unseasoned timber grown in the woodland that surrounds the studio. The studio is on 2 floors – there is a 55m2 enclosed space accessed via a bridge from the slope, which is above an open workshop for the practice to make full scale models. No one who worked on the project had constructed a building before. The project was an exercise in establishing a system of building that could be constructed by unskilled labour, with minimal drawings, allowing ad hoc discoveries and improvisation to be embraced, and the tyranny of predetermined design to be escaped. The ‘mistakes’ of the unskilled team remain evident in the building, and no attempt was made to conceal them. All of the timber was milled over the 2 days that a mobile saw was booked, and the kit of parts was the trees that stood on the site of the studio. No other timber was used.

Image Details:
Image File: AMAT-0094-0010
Caption: View of active working area under studio. Visible Studio, Bath, United Kingdom. Architect: Invisible Studio, 2014.
Property Release: No
Model Release: N/A
Dimensions in PX: 4580 x 3663 pixels
Date of Photograph: 15/06/2014
Restriction: No Restriction
Credit: Andy Matthews/VIEW
Building Details:
View Project Number: 61305
Building Name: Visible Studio
Headline: Visible Studio, Bath, United Kingdom. Architect: Invisible Studio, 2014.
City: Bath
Country: United Kingdom
Architect: Invisible Studio
Architect Website: http://www.invisiblestudio.org
Category: Culture And Entertainment
Building Type: Art Studio
Year of Completion: 2014
Collection: VIEW Architecture
Public Notes: A new studio that was built by the practice with the help of neighbours and friends (who were all paid an equal rate) using untreated and unseasoned timber grown in the woodland that surrounds the studio. The studio is on 2 floors – there is a 55m2 enclosed space accessed via a bridge from the slope, which is above an open workshop for the practice to make full scale models. No one who worked on the project had constructed a building before. The project was an exercise in establishing a system of building that could be constructed by unskilled labour, with minimal drawings, allowing ad hoc discoveries and improvisation to be embraced, and the tyranny of predetermined design to be escaped. The ‘mistakes’ of the unskilled team remain evident in the building, and no attempt was made to conceal them. All of the timber was milled over the 2 days that a mobile saw was booked, and the kit of parts was the trees that stood on the site of the studio. No other timber was used.
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Orientation: H
Type: Art Studio
B/W or Colour: Colour
Number of People: Nobody
Technique: Full Frame
People Incidental: N/A
Point of View: General view
Time of Day: Day
Interior or Exterior: Exterior
Photographer: Andy Matthews
Source File Name: AMAT-0094-0010.jpg
Copyright Info URL: www.viewpictures.co.uk