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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

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

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Budget
£3000

Structural Engineer
TALL Engineers
Toby Maclean, Step Haiselden

With thanks to Day Building Ltd for providing additional labour during the site construction

 

 

We have taken the view that without also creating a protected habitat, a hide in a busy city park is less about hiding people than about mediating and guiding the experience of looking at birds in our given site. The hide is designed to ‘hide’ in the most minimal way. We have designed a curved structure of transparent acrylic tubes that break up the image of the body and disguise its movement so that it may be mistaken for the movement of leaves blowing in the wind, seen as an extension of the tree under which it resides. The curves project towards and direct you to the best viewing positions on the site towards the island.

The hide will be moved to a site in Battersea Power Station at the end of Architecture Week.

Steel Tubing 3170mm 88.9 x 3.0mm by Parker Steel Ltd www.parkersteel.co.uk

100/94 Clear Acrylic Tubing by Alternative Plastics Ltd www.alternativeplastics.co.uk

350M PVC strip 100mm x 2mm Safety Screens Ltd www.safetyscreens.co.uk

4mm diameter Carbon Fibre Rod by RBJ Reinforced Plastics www.rbjplastics.com

Mobile Borer by HSS Hire www.hss.com

 

 

 
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