>A022 Dane John Gardens

The significant renovation, and extension of, a Grade II listed Regency Villa in Canterbury’s historic Dane John Gardens, set inside its city wall.

Themes currently being explored focus on architectural language and its manipulation; specifically the articulation of the formal and informal, architecture in conversation; how parameters are established to govern the new and whether new form should be of equal standing or subservient, or subordinate – and then whether layered or placed over the host.

Images left explore the Regency love for material subversion – stucco pretending to be stone, softwoods highly decorated as exotic hardwoods – and now, several cast steps and hearths appearing fabric-like. To be added matchboard timber will see wood grain made graphic.

In short, it’s about establishing an essence, much like its origin, but evolved for our times.

Client
Private
Location
Canterbury, UK
Year
2017 –
Status
Under Construction
Team
Carl Trenfield, Jacob Westmoreland, Daniel Stilwell.
Collaborators
Structural Engineer: Alan Breck. Archaeologist: Geoff Morley. Master Craftsman: Adam Stevenson. Specialist Contractor: Apollo Brickwork.

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