Archinect - News2024-11-14T23:14:17-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150454129/invisible-studio-creates-rammed-stone-yoga-studio-in-uk-countryside
Invisible Studio creates rammed stone yoga studio in UK countryside Niall Patrick Walsh2024-11-14T08:27:00-05:00>2024-11-14T14:16:33-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e1/e130a6972245c691d5d49750147f5759.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>UK-based <a href="https://www.invisiblestudio.org/" target="_blank">Invisible Studio</a> has completed a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/207825/rammed-earth" target="_blank">rammed stone</a> yoga studio for the Newt Hotel in Somerset, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/81288/united-kingdom" target="_blank">UK</a>. Aside from its innovative use of rammed earth, the scheme is defined by a 36-foot-long rooflight made from a single insulated double-glazed unit.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/41/41724a1f50cc68095c684c13f5f8cf39.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/41/41724a1f50cc68095c684c13f5f8cf39.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Jim Stephenson</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6e/6e6a14dcfdf2216c2f3f7ff25ad19f78.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6e/6e6a14dcfdf2216c2f3f7ff25ad19f78.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: Jim Stephenson</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The studio is lined entirely in beech slats to provide a "warm and immersive sanctuary-like space." The external skin uses the same rammed stone as the hotel’s adjacent gym, made from local limestone to give it a distinctive red color. Meanwhile, copper detailing borrows from the palette of materials established by the hotel’s Beezantium. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d4/d44104fae69eadbc4b5a36dc59dc7bf9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d4/d44104fae69eadbc4b5a36dc59dc7bf9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Jim Stephenson</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/05/054dc7a4fe0c98f4f1c55eb7eb161756.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/05/054dc7a4fe0c98f4f1c55eb7eb161756.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: Jim Stephenson</figcaption></figure></figure><p>“The rammed stone external skin is something we get asked about a good deal, particularly with no roof overhang,” Invisible Studio founder Piers Taylor explains. “The mix is colored only by using local ‘Hadspen’ limestone, which has a distinctive red hue, which is crushed from 45mm to dust. Th...</p>