22.3.2010
The Long Barn Studio in Mid-Bedfordshire, England
El edificio tiene un estilo arquitectónico distinto al de esta zona de Bedfordshire. El Estudio cumple con el actual reglamento de construcción y está diseñado para permitir a los clientes y al personal utilizar adecuadamente todas las instalaciones. La planta es simple, con amplios y abiertos accesos al entorno.
The building in itself is diverse in its architectural style for this area of Bedfordshire and this carries through into the diverse mix of staff who are employed. The space is both appealing to adults and children, who enjoy the freedom of the internal and surrounding external spaces.
The studio meets the current regulation under part M of the building regulations, and is designed to enable clients (and staff) to successfully use all the facilities. This includes a generous disabled WC facility with colour differentiated door markings. A hard surfaced external setting down point with level entrance threshold. The internal plan is easily navegable with wide, designated access spaces within the open plan environment.
The studio has a purpose built kitchen to encourage staff to cater their own lunches, tus reducing off site travel at lunchtime and car usage. Full use of the outdoor environment is encourage with outdoor seating area, staff vegetable patch (to provide fresh food for the kitchen and flowers for reception) compost and water harvesting for vegetable patch. Within the studio we have a wide ranging recycling policy, incorporating composting and utilizing our old print outs as notepads. We also have a staff panic alarm and buddy system for leaving/ ensuring people are safe on the site.