Something I’ve become very interested in recently is the sport of skyrunning. This is, in essence, a cross-country trail race through some of the most unforgiving and inhospitable terrain in the world, where the elements can turn In a moment. My cabin concept is to provide shelter, and a safe-haven, for such a race high in the mountains. The cabin will be very utilitarian purely to provide shelter and the essentials to survive. Currently I’m undecided on what form the cabin will take but I’m fascinated by the forms and shapes of origami style shelters. Perhaps a more permanent version would be interesting.

My cabin entry will be located in the Louisianan bayous. Surrounded by beautiful Cyprus and Tupelo trees covered in Spanish moss, sitting in the dark murky waters of the swamp. The idea of a beautiful modern cabin nestled back in the trees is very exciting to me. These are the beginning of my collection of reference images for location and overall feel.

I want this cabin to feel like it really belongs to the coastline, I want to capture that Brighton spirit through the use of metal which links strongly to the pier and old pier. Lots of pubs and service industry restaurants are finished with mirror glazed bricks which are very idiosyncratic to London/south coast pubs/tube stations. Flint has been used historically around the South coast for hundreds of years and i’d love to capture a bit of that history and character that those buildings hold. I’m also falling in love with the combination of brick, flint and metal, it gives a really industrial, textural and structural feel to a building. Finally, the chalk cliffs of the South coast are famous across the world (white cliffs of dover). These cliffs are really going to ground this concept and define the character and materials used.