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A kids' space and a serene
meditation spot are the
contrasting functions that
mark the Forest Pond
House, a small, pristine
case study of intentional
architecture by TDO
architecture. "We did
not envisage both uses
happening at once, but the
pond house would need to
accommodate each use at
different times," explains
the studio's director, Tom
Lewith. "We saw the
transition from forest to
pond as a metaphor for
transition from busy, noisy
space to a calm, open
one, so the site did a lot
of the work in suggesting
how they could be
accommodated together."
Not only beautifully, but
ingeniously and attuned to
context, as well.
Mirroring its
rural setting,
an experimental
structure
of minimal
character asserts
itself as a form
of opposing
functions.
W R I T T E N B Y J E N N T H O R N T O N
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