038 PROJECT 2
PROJECT INFO Start date
December 2018
Completion date September 2020
Gross (internal and external) floor area 401m2
(plus 65m2 roof terrace)
Form of contract or procurement route Moxon Architects was client, designer and builder. All commercial aspects were under its exclusive control
Construction cost £1m
Construction cost per m2 £2,500
Client Moxon Architects
Architect Moxon Architects
moxonarchitects.com
Executive architect Moxon Architects
Main Contractor Tor Contracting/ Moxon Architects
torcontracting.com
Structural engineer Graeme Craig, consulting engineer
coffee and food made with high-quality, locally- sourced ingredients. ‘They’re really young and are making the most of the opportunity,’ Addy says. ‘They’re doing an amazing job.’ As a result of the cafe’s presence – already popular in the short time it has been open – Moxon frequently has curious people exploring the perimeter of the studio, and even on to its roof. Given the rural location, this was a welcome surprise. ‘It was just wonderful because there were so many people around the site, wandering around, enjoying the place,’ Addy recalls. ‘It’s quite nice for us as architects to have a bit of life around the place.’ The team had previously been working from a studio nearby, located in one of the outbuildings of Addy’s home. This had a number of problems, not least the steep track to the door – dificult to traverse in winter months. But it also lacked meeting rooms and suficient space, in part because Moxon didn’t originally anticipate it would have so much work in Scotland compared with its London ofice. The new space is more than ample for the practice’s current staff, leaving room for the team to grow up to a ‘sensible maximum’ of 25 – Addy says that the practice is already looking to take on more staff once lockdown restrictions end.
There is a main open studio space, filled with work stations and drawing boards; a model room that is ‘necessarily more messy’, Addy assures; a more formal boardroom-style meeting room; and a ‘living room’ area for staff, for relaxing with coffees or taking informal meetings.
The interiors are filled with white, as a counterpoint to the exterior’s black surfaces. It is light and airy, the north light coming in
QS/Cost consultant Moxon Architects
Other consultants George Watt + Stewart Architects (CDM Coordinators)
gws-architects.co.uk
with
Previous page The single-storey structure sits harmoniously inside a former gravel quarry and council tip
Top A meadow behind the studio; a beautiful, holistic place to create
Left Birch trees have proliferated on the site, a development that Moxon wants to safeguard
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