Much has been written – particularly by Jeremy Till – about architects’ obsession with the fiction of the image of the just completed building, from which people, possessions, time and entropy are banished. For many architects this point, with the illusion of control, is the fleeting moment that represents a kind of perfection – which the reality can never match. We’ve been guilty of that at times. But also, we’ve come to enjoy the delicious anarchy of occupation that comes with life, and believe strongly that architecture at its best can cope with this. These two photographs above were taken exactly 10 years apart, and show the effect of the passage of time on Moonshine.
Separated By 10 Years
Westonbirt, Big Shed Superstructure
Charley Brentnall and Carpenter Oak and Woodland have been appointed by Westonbirt Arboretum to build the new 600m2 workshop, which has 20 m spans that use Corsican Pine grown on site in continuous lengths for the bottom truss chords. Naturally, all the other timber comes from the site too.
