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1. Flag UK single-ply roof membrane 2. Gravel border 3. Extensive green roof


4. Tapered phenolic insulation


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5. Double-glazed clerestory window 6. 18mm plywood 7. Roof void zone with cantilevered steel joists supporting overhang


8. Timber joist 9. Gypsum board ceiling


10. 75x75mm English oak infill post


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11. Finger-jointed solid oak framing


12. Cruciform steel column


13. Steel plate 14. Composite beam formed from rolled steel channels


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15. Laminated oak window with thermally broken aluminium glazing system


16. Bespoke board and batten European oak cladding with Osmo oil finish


17. Upstand at edge of concrete raft


18. Pietra serena sandstone floor finish


19. Bute Fabrics ‘Tiree’ and ‘Kames’ wool and nylon mix woven upholstery


20. English oak


flooring with Osmo oil finish


21. Pietra serena sandstone skirting


22. DuPont Zodiaq chalk white quartz kitchen worktop


Maggie’s Centre


MJP Architects Roof, external wall and inglenook


Te structure supporting the steel and timber roof consists of eight cruciform steel columns supporting longitudinal composite I-beams formed with channels. Tis enables the roof to float over a non-loadbearing external envelope conceived as a series of pieces of furniture that form alcoves capped by a continuous cornice. Tis gives rigidity to the assembly, and reflects daylight under the roof. Te joinery envelope perches on the upstand at the edge of the concrete raft framing alcoves for seating and kitchen units and ensuring that, externally, the oak cladding stops short of the ground. Te focus of the interior is the inglenook, which is conceived as a small room within the larger scale of the main space. Tis enables the main space to be subdivided by two large hinged screen doors which fold into the sides of the structure. Sliding folding shutters above the stove serve the same purpose. A concealed clerestorey provides acoustic separation between the cornice and the underside of the roof.


Like the alcoves at the perimeter,


this structure is articulated as a framed enclosure separate from the oversailing cornice. Te cruciform steel columns supporting the roof are embedded in the joinery from which they emerge through apertures in the cornice. Tis intricacy was inspired by the trellises and screens in Maggie Keswick Jenck’s book Te Chinese Garden. Richard MacCormac, chairman, MJP


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