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The Indlekith

The Indlekith

Studio Weave led a multidisciplinary team through the design phase of landscape and a series of pavilions. Part of the scheme was designed and delivered through a summer workshop with architecture students called “Studio in the Woods”.

Client
Swindon Borough Council
Location
Size
950000 m2
Project dates
Design: May 2012 Construction: 2013
Services provided
Concept, Strategy, Developed & Technical Design (RIBA St 0-6)
Design team

Webb Yates (Structural Engineer) 

Project type
Landscape & Public RealmArchitecture
Use type
Civic & Cultural

Set in Stanton Country Park and Nature Preserve with open green space, woodlands, meadows and a series of ponds and streams, Studio Weave used a narrative design approach.

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Set with the challenge to tie the sites together through one engaging narrative, Studio Weave wrote a story surrounding a community of industrious woodland folk called the Indlekith, who live at a much slower pace to humans – a pace more akin to that of nature. The Indlekith are difficult to spot but clues of their existence lie in the smells, sounds, and textures of the woods