Art Barn – modern barn / storage space located in Dartmoor, United Kingdom, designed in 2021 by Thomas Randall-Page.

Description
The brief for this project was to create a sculpture storage space and archival facilities for my artwork, within the envelope of an existing modern agricultural barn on the edge of Dartmoor in rural Devon.
From the outside, I wanted the finished building to appear as a hermetically sealed box, retaining the character of its agricultural origins and blending in with the contemporary vernacular.
At the same time I wanted the interior space to be full of natural light, with large apertures which, when opened, blur the boundary between the interior space and the surrounding landscape.
Architect?s statement The exterior was designed to follow the straightforward and utilitarian approach farmers have always taken to building barns.
The large, low-pitched volume is simply wrapped in vertical cedar boards. This skin gives way, at a horizontal datum to a galvanised steel skirt, amplifying the natural gradient of the land and protecting the timber from rain splash. Camouflaged in these metal and timber facades are a series of industrial scale shutters, playfully folding and sliding to reveal generous areas of glazing.
The project?s programmatic mix of archive, storage, and studio, with the fragmented pattern of use, led me to divide it into three distinct environmental zones.
Highly insulated, airtight and linier, the arc...