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sections of Purbeck stone and a new
font has also been commissioned
greeting visitors on entering from the
South door. Designed to reflect light
within the interior spaces, the font
basin, made from highly polished
stainless steel, is a section of a sphere,
a reference to “light of the world”.
The basin is supported on a polished
Purbeck limestone cylindrical plinth.
A number of bespoke oak furniture
pieces were commissioned from
and designed in collaboration with
Luke Hughes, most notably the oak
pews, lecturn, credenza storage units,
bookcases and tables.
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The obvious location for the extension
was to the north of the main Chapel;
despite the site constraints, the
resulting design is an empathetic
response to the gothic revival building
where its connection, form and
materiality seem both intuitive and
exciting.
The design consists of a pitched
roof structure that mirrors that of the
existing building and allows light to
penetrate into the perimeter exterior
spaces. The ridge over-sails the
existing building eaves line creating a
clerestory window that provides both
light and ventilation at high level. The
plan form creates a twist in the pitched
roof bringing an intriguing geometric
dynamic to the new addition.
The form lent itself to a timber frame
structure – a series of primary wall
and roof trusses, each one different to
create the changing form. Externally,
the form is clad with perforated
aluminium panels, anodized to give
a highly reflective ‘gold’ finish, giving
a dramatic textural surface to the
building that is continuous over both
roof and wall, allowing the building to
be interpreted at different distances
and scales. Design Engine developed
a pattern referential to the existing
architecture and an interpretation
appropriate for the 21st century.