Thursday, October 15, 2015
BSW Timber develops an unique and inventive building project with pioneering architectural and environmental practice Studio Bark in the heart of the Norfolk countryside.
The company has provided easy edge timber for Warren Lodge – a timber frame barn located on a former rabbit warren near Swaffam – as part of a major drive to promote the use of home-grown UK timber. The project forms part of Bark Live Build 2015 which aimed to complete the building in eight weeks using architectural students to assist in its construction. Central to the building ethos was the use of local materials to create a low impact building that fitted perfectly with its idyllic environment.
“Bark Live Build is all about celebrating small scale timber-framed buildings using local materials, allowing architectural students to get closer to the design and building process,” explains Wilf Meynell, Studio bark’s project lead.
“We are especially pleased with the finished building, Warren Lodge, which replicates traditional the barns of the Norfolk countryside combining a super-insulated airtight timber frame with reclaimed bricks for the skin. It’s a low impact building which has been constructed entirely of local materials, and we hope it will provide a blueprint for environmentally-sensitive and innovative design.” he concluded.
For BSW Timber, the project provided the ideal opportunity to promote the company’s formal commitment to the Grown in Britain campaign which promotes forests and forestry products manufactured in the UK.
Tags: bark live build, BSW Timber, norfolk barn project, studio bark
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