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Artworks
Studio Reiver
Rewilding Education: Three PavilionsDigital mixed media
In collaboration with Studio Reiver30 x 110 x 5 cm£ 500.00Further images
Studio Reiver are a group of architects who work on a volunteer basis to help local communities and charities develop and realise low budget, environmentally low-impact, transformative projects. These three...Studio Reiver are a group of architects who work on a volunteer basis to help local communities and charities develop and realise low budget, environmentally low-impact, transformative projects. These three views depict a series of pavilions designed in collaboration with two primary schools and a non-profit outdoor education charity. All three organisations are looking to integrate Forest School and outdoor learning into their curricula and transform how they engage with surrounding communities. Collectively, these projects aim towards a proposed ‘rewilding’ of contemporary education, underpinned by the belief that engagement with the natural environment makes education more inclusive and improves cognitive development, mental health, and physical well-being. The first view describes a proposal for a pavilion structure at the entrance to a Forest School set within the grounds of a primary school. The pavilion provides space for tool storage; an accessible, composting WC; and a covered area where children can change and gather for informal teaching. The pavilion has a timber frame and is clad using translucent panels providing a greenhouse-like interior for the growth of plants. The cladding to the rear of the building, which will be made by children as part of their Forest School classes, will be made of woven sticks to form a dense brash for plant and moss growth. The second view shows proposals for a new shed structure at the centre of a large landscape site around a former Sure Start building. The local authority has temporarily awarded custodianship of the formerly abandoned site to a non-profit organisation who provide outdoor education classes to all age groups in the community. The new shed provides a secure and flexible covered space at the centre of the site. It will be made by volunteers from the local community in reclaimed timber and translucent sheeting materials. The third view shows a proposal for a multi-use pavilion in the grounds of a primary school. The pavilion will function primarily as a space within the school for parents but will also provide a new learning environment allowing for the incorporation of a new mountain bike track and allotment garden into the curriculum. The proposal embodies ideas about environmentally low impact design - the structure will be made using locally sourced timber, mechanical fixings will be kept to a minimum and standards material / component sizes will be used throughout.