Dry Stone Room
This
Edinburgh garden originally provided a coal store and drying green.
Although it faces south, it runs steeply uphill. During the seventies,
a boiler house and tool shed were added, forming a physical barrier
between the house and the garden. The owners wanted to improve the
light and sense of space in the ground floor rooms and establish a
connection between the house and the rear garden.
Digging into the slope allowed a new outdoor room to be formed at the
same level as the house. A dry stone wall in Caithness sandstone forms
a dipping crescent with curving steps to the upper level. The steps
narrow as they rise, creating a sense of receding perspective and
giving the illusion of a much larger space.
Dry stone work by Bruce Curtis.
In
collaboration with Bern Balfe Architect - www.aco-co.eu
Bottom Left: Drawing by Bern Balfe Architect
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