as we were visiting the quarries to decide what tone of limestone we might choose, the quarry master erected a column for us as an example of what this might look like. next to that was what s called a master block, which is extracted from the quarry. it had fossils, ammonite shells, fossilised coral, all over the surface. that is the expression not only of the material itself, but also the process, the skill of the quarry master and the stonemason, expressed in the material and therefore the architecture. the advantages of an exoskeleton are the internal structure. that flexibility at the moment is a series of moving walls and doors. those doors can slide across and subdivide a larger room into smaller ones, which essentially means that, whatever you lay out internally for today, can be removed tomorrow. i think one of the beauties of the apartments as a whole is the scale of the reception space, the way the sound works, the relationship to the outside. you can stand on the balcony an
next to that was what s called a master block, which is extracted from the quarry. it had fossils, ammonite shells, fossilised coral, all over the surface. that is the expression not only of the material itself, but also the process, the skill of the quarry master and the stonemason, expressed in the material and therefore the architecture. the advantages of an exoskeleton are the internal structure. that flexibility at the moment is a series of moving walls and doors. those doors can slide across and subdivide a larger room into smaller ones, which essentially means that, whatever you lay out internally for today, can be removed tomorrow. i think one of the beauties of the apartments as a whole is the scale of the reception space, the way the sound works, the relationship to the outside. you can stand on the balcony and have a drink of a summer s evening. every modern building in the uk that has a flat roof needs what is called a biodiverse roof today. you plant some grasses, some wil
the whole building is held up by stone alone, but, at the same time, it s going to be the externalfinish. what s it going to look like? what s the actual appearance of it? as we were visiting the quarries to decide what tone of limestone we might choose, the quarry master erected a column for us as a sample of what this might look like. next to that was what s called a master block, which is extracted from the quarry. it had fossils, ammonite shells, fossilised coral, all over the surface. that is the expression not only of the material itself, but also the process, the skill of the quarry master and the stonemason, expressed in the material and therefore the architecture. the advantages of an exoskeleton are no internal structure. that flexibility at the moment is a series of moving walls and doors. those doors can slide across and subdivide a larger room into smaller ones, which essentially means that, whatever you lay out internally for today, can be removed tomorrow.
what this might look like. next to that was what is called the master block that is extracted from the quarry. it had fossils, ammonite shells, fossilised coral all over the surface. that is the expression not only of the material itself but also the process, the skill of the quarry master and the stonemason expressed in the material and therefore the architecture. the advantages of an exoskeleton are no internal structure. that flexibility at the moment is a series of moving walls and doors. those doors can slide across and subdivide a large room into smaller ones, which essentially means that whatever you lay out internally, for today, can be removed tomorrow. i think one of the beauties of the apartments as a whole is the scale of the reception space, the way the sound works, the relationship to the outside, you can stand on the balcony and have a drink of a summer s evening. every modern building in the uk that has a flat roof needs what is called a biodiverse roof today.