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Prefabricated timber frame construction

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NewsNews • 22 Jul 2021

Spacious new barn at Waterloo City Farm highlights the qualities of prefabricated timber frame construction

Established in 2014 on a formerly neglected plot south of Westminster Bridge, Waterloo City Farm is London’s most central urban farm and an important amenity for the local community. The third phase of the project’s masterplan includes this elegant timber-framed education barn by architecture firm Feilden Fowles. Peter Cook This spacious new barn addition features intimately-scaled interior classrooms alongside active outdoor areas that host activities such as gardening, carpentry, cooking, animal care and lambing, as well as a quieter, contemplative walled garden. Peter Cook The form and materiality of the structures have been informed by typical agricultural buildings and feature a prefabricated timber frame system... More