Mark Merer
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
The Pennock’s saw an opportunity to connect myself with an Architect friend of there’s, Art Peterson of Cedar Tree Architects in Seattle, who had been working with Ray Williams of the Swinomish Tribal People of Fidalgo Island Washington State, they had just completed the building of a Traditional long House.
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
They had been discussing the current housing situation on Fidalgo Island which is a long way from the beliefs and traditions of the Swinomish and bore no resemblance to their surroundings. The houses are currently designed and placed regardless of the Landscape and their Traditions.
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A meeting was organized and out of it came the idea to develop an environmentally sensitive scheme for an allocated development area and Landhouse was born. The structures were refined and developed into module units comprising of Elder, Student, Single family, Vacation, Multifamily and community facilities.
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
I came back to the UK and decided to build one which is now almost completed and due to be opened in the spring of next year. This has become Welham Studios that my wife Artist Lucy Glendinning and I work from.
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
The building is constructed in structurally insulated panels using the factory in Seattle that was involved in the Swinomish project; this was to be a test for the modular units.
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
We used thermoform 3ply cladding that came in 5m by 2m sheets. The roof is a EPDM membrane with a inbuilt root barrier, a 100mm substrate with a wild flower turf.
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Photo © Courtesy of Louis Porter Click above image to view slideshow |
We are know looking for Partners to set up a US wide Research program for developing designs in the Landscape with Tribal communities in collaboration with Landhouse.
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location--drawing © Courtesy of Mark Merer Click above image to view slideshow |
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lower floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Mark Merer Click above image to view slideshow |
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upper floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Mark Merer Click above image to view slideshow |
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north elevation--drawing © Courtesy of Mark Merer Click above image to view slideshow |
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east elevation--drawing © Courtesy of Mark Merer Click above image to view slideshow |
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south elevation--drawing © Courtesy of Mark Merer Click above image to view slideshow |
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west elevation--drawing © Courtesy of Mark Merer Click above image to view slideshow |
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sketch--drawing © Courtesy of Mark Merer Click above image to view slideshow |
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sketch--drawing © Courtesy of Mark Merer Click above image to view slideshow |
The people
Architect: Mark Merer
Location: Welham, Somerton, Somerset, England
Consultant Architect: Art Peterson
Engineering: John Beverage
Budget: £350,000
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Louis Porter
Location: Welham, Somerton, Somerset, England
Consultant Architect: Art Peterson
Engineering: John Beverage
Budget: £350,000
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Louis Porter
Note>>Location in this map, It could indicate city/country but not exact address.
