Construction of the "visitor's centre" took place late summer (early 2000). One face is an accurate scaled down version of the kitchen tiltslab. The finish is unsealed cement plaster, so we had to make the underlying structure perfeclty waterproof.
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This is the face that is a replica of the kitchen slab |
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There were also restrictions with respect to the bounday to consider, which helped define the shape. We made up the design more or less as we went along.... |
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Under the concrete, on the roof there is butynol, and on the walls we glued two layers of ordinary black plastic (builder's underfloor polythene). The poor solid plasterer was not allowed to puncture any of this, so the bottle tops (that support the reinforcing mesh) had to be glued down, and each carefully, individually drilled and threaded with a little piece of wire to tie to the mesh. |
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Here you can see the relationship of the vistor's centre to the rest of the building (although the prespective is wrong, 'cos of the foreshortening) |
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That's Pip on the right, Tim on the left. The courtyard came up rather nicely! |
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A few sculptures have appeared on some of the plinths now. Bid for on on E-bay (I'm kidding, but they are for sale). |
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