Bespoke Office, Lostwithiel

We have been developing our HUSK pods for a number of years; a modern, modular design which can be used as a garden room, accommodation, studio – the possibilities are endless. This project required a super-sized pod, so we adapted our design to create an office that could house a growing business with style and functionality.

The client originally approached us about our pods as she wanted to create a large open plan office for her business.

It quickly became apparent that in order to accommodate her staff, we needed to go bigger…..much bigger!

We worked with the client to adapt our pod design, resulting in a vaulted open plan office space to accommodate six work stations and a kitchenette. The showstopper of the building is the offset pitched roof and inset porch, which is clad in Siberian Larch to contrast with the dark industrial metal of the windows and external cladding.

Because of site access issues and the size of building, a full onsite build was needed, which in turn allowed us to tweak the design in various ways, including the creation the unique and striking roofline.

As well as giving the inside space a quirky and spacious vaulted ceiling, the angle of the larger roof elevation was purposefully designed at the optimal angle for future solar panels, and the building was orientated with this in mind too.

The office is super insulated, and has a high quality aluminium window package to keep it as air-tight and energy efficient as possible. It is currently connected to mains electricity, but when the solar panels are installed, the owner aims to have it operating in a fully off-grid capacity, right down to the composting staff loo!

The industrial stripped-back aesthetic was carried through to the inside, with exposed timber beams across the ceiling vault, varnished OSB walls, and custom built kitchenette, window reveals and bespoke CNC-cut curved desks in birch ply, which were designed and commissioned by ourselves and the client jointly.