I’m not the first person to be drawn to allotment sheds – so much is interesting about them. In a way they are the archetypal shelter – pure simplicity and function, constructed – or more aptly recycled – from any practical materials, off-cuts and cast-offs to hand, with no consideration to style. It is this unconsciousness which perhaps makes them so elemental and interesting.
As architecture, I think they have a very strong presence in the landscape and a kind of purity it’s hard to find in many ‘designed’ structures.
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The history of corrugated iron is fascinating - I love the material as it gives such an interesting surface to structures and changes continually as it weathers.
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I often think if you are short of ideas for a colour scheme just look at a scene like this - everything works together with no effort!
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It's the mixture of different materials and patterns in one structure which make it so visually interesting
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This is the coolest 'planter' I've seen for a long time!
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13/03/2010
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I adore your architectural work you have done here in this blog.In a way they are the archetypal Shelter pure simplicity and function, constructed or more aptly recycled from any practical materials, off-cuts and cast-offs to hand, with no consideration to style.
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