Elizabeth's Tree House Nhà Ăn by McCauley Daye O'Connell Architects

Elizabeth's Tree House Nhà Ăn by McCauley Daye O'Connell Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Bạc in Thiết kế Không gian Nội thất và Triển lãm Competition Category.

BạcNội thất· 2020

Elizabeth's Tree House Nhà Ăn

by McCauley Daye O'Connell Architects

Client: Barretstown Camp

A' Design Award Bạc Winner in Nội thất Category

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The Design

About Elizabeth's Tree House Nhà Ăn

Là một minh chứng về vai trò của kiến trúc trong quá trình chữa bệnh, Elizabeth's Tree House là một gian hàng ăn uống mới cho trại trị liệu ở Kildare. Phục vụ trẻ em khỏi bệnh hiểm nghèo, không gian này tạo thành ốc đảo bằng gỗ giữa rừng sồi. Một hệ thống đường chéo bằng gỗ năng động nhưng đầy đủ chức năng bao gồm một mái che biểu cảm, kính rộng và một lớp phủ bằng đường tùng đầy màu sắc, tạo ra một không gian ăn uống bên trong tạo thành một cuộc đối thoại với hồ và rừng xung quanh. Kết nối sâu sắc với thiên nhiên ở mọi cấp độ thúc đẩy người dùng thoải mái, thư giãn, chữa bệnh và mê hoặc.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bạc

Elizabeth's Tree House Nhà Ăn là người chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Bạc, một sự công nhận đặc biệt danh giá dành cho các thiết kế thượng hạng đẹp lộng lẫy, cao quý và gây ấn tượng. Những người chiến thắng giải Bạc là những tác phẩm cực kỳ xuất sắc và giàu sáng tạo, minh họa chuyên môn, tài năng và sự nhạy bén nổi bật của các nhà thiết kế. Elizabeth's Tree House Nhà Ăn được kỳ vọng là một tác phẩm tuyệt vời, mẫu mực, chuyên nghiệp đáng kể và đổi mới sâu sắc. Thiết kế chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Bạc này là một phát minh rất đáng chú ý, được ngưỡng mộ, mang lại lợi ích và thúc đẩy ranh giới của nghệ thuật, khoa học, thiết kế và công nghệ. Elizabeth's Tree House Nhà Ăn là một sáng tạo được vô cùng ghen tị, khơi dậy ham muốn, mang lại cảm xúc tích cực và khơi gợi sự kinh ngạc, thán phục.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Flanked by a secret garden wall and castle landscaping, the radiating diagrid pattern weaves and forms a new building which adopts to the landscape and characteristics of the wider grounds and structures. The building blurs the lines of indoor / outdoor space with irregular shapes and floating terraces. Energetic vibrant colours are used extensively throughout with a sense of fun in mind. A playful place in constant dialogue with nature. A new focal point. An inclusive space for all to enjoy collectively, night and day.
Dimensions & Packaging: A bright and airy dining space greets children on entry, where large areas of glass in the walls and roof maximise natural light and capitalise on views of the rolling landscape. The structurally expressive roof, punctuated with four large triangular roof lights, is supported by four primary steel/timber “tree” columns, continuing the dialogue between inside and outside. The internal space is also connected to an external deck via a series of sliding doors, allowing for universal access onto an external space overlooking the existing pond.
Tags: healing, sustainable, universaldesign, therapeutic, timber
Production Technology: The scheme’s attention to performance extends to its materiality. The building is heavily insulated, achieving an A3 energy rating, while the primary timber structure ensures that walls, roofs, and external cladding are derived from sustainable sources. The entire timber cladding is protected using Sioo, an environmentally-friendly, water-based system, while a secondary aluminum sub-frame allows the timber cladding to be panelised to match the geometric grid lines and natural rigour of the diagrid design.
Design Challenge: Camp is situated in Kildare and provides full dining, sleeping and activities for weekend camps for children and their families affected by cancer and serious illness. The camp helps children and their families deal with the emotional and physiological scars often left after months and years of treatment. Offering a completely free stay at their camp, their experience is based on a therapeutic recreation model leading to recovery, with children leaving the camp with increased confidence, self-esteem and the skills they need to face the rest of their journey to recovery. Camp needed a much-improved dining experience and they wanted this to be a magical place; a bright and airy place; a central fulcrum for the campers which would espouse the ethos of their successful therapeutic recreation model.
Research: Using the therapeutic recreation model the building design was developed to not only respect and preserve its natural habitat but to fully integrate the building and the experience into it. Using natural materials, we created a fun “treehouse” concept with internal trees and a rising volume. Large areas of glass in the walls and roof for natural light are capitalising on the views and rolling landscape, with plenty of colour for “serious fun”. Like other therapeutic centers, the positive impact of well-designed buildings on the human healing process is well documented. Architecture takes a risk in a bid to join in on the celebration of life and healing environment so carefully created in the camp.
Inspiration: Located in an overgrown woodland in the heart of the camp, the new dining hall was imagined as a treehouse in the forest, weaving through the tall oak trees to create a dialogue with nature. In keeping with the camp’s ethos of serious fun, the dining pavilion is envisioned as an enchanted portal surrounded by nature, forming connections with the lake, countryside, and forest life.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2016 and was completed in December 2016 in Co. Kildare, Ireland
Operation Flow: The resulting scheme is functional yet magical. Echoing the therapeutic nature of this medically endorsed camp, the pavilion is a demonstration of the role of architecture in the healing process, where a deep connection with nature at all levels promotes user comfort, relaxation, healing, and enchantment.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Donal Murphy, 2017.
Image #2: Photographer Donal Murphy, 2017.
Image #3: Photographer Donal Murphy, 2017.
Image #4: Photographer Donal Murphy, 2017.
Image #5: Photographer Donal Murphy, 2017.