Thursday 29 December 2022

Project Update


Restoration of an eighteenth century manor house is moving towards a satisfying conclusion. Subsidence has been stabilised with the insertion of structural tie rods. Cracks in the front elevation have been pointed with lime mortar and gaps in window surrounds filled. 

The portico over the front door has been strengthened, where it appeared to be moving away from the facade, with stainless steel. The front terrace paving is being re-laid with a granulated stone strip to absorb rainwater. This is designed to reduce splash back onto the front elevation, avoiding further deterioration of the first few courses of blue lias stone. 


Friday 16 December 2022

Home Office Aery

 


Change of lifestyle during the Covid lockdown created a need to create a dedicated work area in a small two bedroom cottage. Our solution is to carve out an aery-like space within the roof void, accessed from the back bedroom. Planning permission has been granted, on appeal, and we are now preparing working drawings.

Thursday 22 September 2022

Arched Opening


Restoration of an arched gateway in the boundary wall of a listed building in Bishopsworth, Bristol. Sand/cement mortar will be replaced with a traditional sand/lime mix.
 

Wednesday 25 May 2022

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For better or worse, collaborating is increasingly an online activity. 

This image sign posts a shared space for ideas and conversations.


More information at: biohybridbodies.wordpress.com 

Friday 11 March 2022

Living with Living Machines

A UCL research project into Biohybridity has adopted this twitter logo designed by JIA:



The term ‘Living Machines’ has appeared in the last decade, announcing a science to understand and harness the convergence between biology and technology. This banner includes projects that create new technologies inspired by nature (biomimetics), projects that engineer/orchestrate living matter (synthetic biology), and projects that intimately couple biological entities with manufactured components for new biohybrid systems.