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We aim to create an architecture of local adaptation; to climate,
environment and culture.

Our approach is to attempt to avoid falling into preconceived solutions to design problems through a process of detailed analysis of site and brief prior to any design phase, and have experience in many sectors and at all scales - from master planning to product design. Working with an extensive range of consultants, teaching, and collaborations with architects, craftsmen and artists, all enrich the outlook of the studio.

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Gianni Botsford Architects Ltd.
5th Floor
83-84 Berwick St
London W1F 8TS

T +44 (0)20 7434 2277
F +44 (0)20 7434 9977
E info@giannibotsford.com

Gianni Botsford Architects, Italy
Via Euganea, 22
35141 Padova
Italy

T +39 (0)49 871 46 97
E richard.green@giannibotsford.com

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Client
Confidential

Budget
£55,000

Status
Completed

Contractor
Lechenne Construction

Structural Engineers
Tall Engineers
www.tallengineers.com

 

 

By coupling indigenous techniques and materials with modern design technologies and aesthetics GBA has created this intimate double pavilion for a writer in Costa Rica.

A main studio space, with library, writing desk and grand piano, is the writer’s daytime space. The pavilion’s wooden structure, sourced from local timber, sits on a simple foundation of wooden stilts on small concrete pad foundations. Roof beams of up to 10 m long and 355 mm deep allow for an interior with no vertical columns. The mono-pitched roof elevates towards the sea shore, while the interior is through ventilated via a completely louvred glazed end façade.

Set at a short distance along a raised walkway, a second smaller pavilion mirrors the first. This contains sleeping quarters and a bathroom. Externally, the pavilions are clad in corrugated steel sheeting, another locally used construction material. The overall effect is that of a building which blends with its surroundings, both visually and environmentally.

© Photographs copyright Christian Richters

 

 

 
© Gianni Botsford Architects 2005