The Road and The Clearing - Clan 2
The Carpenter is a role within a sustainable community located on Carsington Water designed by seven students studying Architecture at the University of Nottingham. The Carpenter's role guards and harvests the natural resource of the forest, honing the produce offered into useful products for the rest of the community. He provides a bridge between the forest and the community with a more public interaction occuring in the form of teaching workshops in addition to the items he crafts.
The idea of the building reflecting the story that takes place within it originated with this piece of wood found on the site. During a second site visit I used this fallen tree limb as a walking stick. The area I used as a handle has since been sanded to a comfortable fit while the rest of the stick tells the story of how it was torn from its original place in the tree and the base carries the story of each contact with the ground beneath me as I walked along.
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