Garden Pavillion

Location : Churchtown, Dublin
Status : Completed Feb 2006

Highly Commended
OPUS Awards November 2006

Selected for exhibition
RIAI Awards May 2007
Category: Best House Extension

The client asked us to design a pavilion to escape the main family home and to entertain in summertime. We sited the pavilion in the north eastern corner of the site to take advantage of the south west light and the best views of the garden. Clad in Larch on all sides, including the roof, the pavilion is nestled between two trees. The form is kept simple, a cube with a deck of equal proportions. Both are elevated to float over the garden rather than impose. The 3m high larch doors slide open from the corner allowing the pavilion be used as an outdoor room when climate permits. It is lined with an inner skin of plywood, stained red as is the kitchenette, storage unit and book shelves which extend up to form a roof-light. Strip lamps are concealed between the two skins vertically and horizontally illuminating the pavilion at night; the garden lantern.

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