Rashid Ali Architects results in chequered backyard tea space in Somaliland

Somaliland- and London-primarily based Rashid Ali Architects has designed a chequered timber backyard pavilion that can be illuminated as a “glowing lantern” in Hargeisa.

Set within the paved back garden of a home in the money of Somaliland, the very simple pavilion is produced from a timber frame to make a chequered overall look.

“The idea of the chequered facade was to express the structural pattern of the timber as the aesthetic language of the pavilion,” Ali informed Dezeen.

“The infill use of plywood, tinted glass and polycarbonate defuses the intense daylight, and at evening turns it into a glowing lantern in the garden.”

The pavilion is created to contrast the surrounding buildings in a dense residential place of the metropolis.

“The undertaking is component of a recent preoccupation with introducing and experimenting with elements and construction techniques that are locally unfamiliar,” reported Ali.

“With the exception of constrained places of planting, the pavilion is surrounded by tough surfaces and volumes made of rendered concrete,” he ongoing.

“With the use of timber, the idea was to produce a delicate, sculptural quantity that stands out strikingly in its placing.”

The major construction of the pavilion is designed from a timber frame stuffed with a collection of plywood and tinted glass panels.

It is topped with a roof construction that cantilevers higher than each the pavilion’s entrances and was infilled with polycarbonate panels.

The pavilion will be utilised as a sheltered tea space for the home’s homeowners as effectively as a house for workshops for the nearby community.

“Mainly, it functions as a area for the proprietor to go through, enjoy the backyard garden and for socialising with buddies,” described Ali.

“In addition, it is supposed to be made use of for instructional workshops on company literacy for women of all ages in the neighbourhood, and as a common outdoor classroom and perform area owner’s young children.”

Rashid Ali Architects was established by Ali in Somaliland and London in 2011. Formerly the studio created a pink-concrete pavilion in Hargeisa and refurbished a household owned by trend designer Roksanda Ilincic in London.

The images is by Lyndon Douglas.