"THE LODGE" AT SLEEP NO MORE WAS A TEMPORARY "POP-UP" STRUCTURE DESIGNED TO EXTEND THE WINTER SEASON USE OF THE VERY POPULAR SUMMER ROOF BAR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS GALLOW GREEN.
THE LODGE DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY THE SCOTTISH "BOTHIES"; HIKERS RETREATS IN THE FAR-FLUNG HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. THE WINTER-TIME EXPERIENCE IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE PICTURESQUE AND OVERGROWN RAMBLE OF THE SUMMER ROOF, PLAID, TARTAN AND WORN LEATHER EASE THE GUEST INTO A MID-WINTER SLUMBER. THE SMELL OF HERBS HANGING FROM THE CEILING PAIRS WITH THE DARKER WHISKEY SPIRITS OF WINTER FOR A COZY EXPERIENCE, YET A MYSTERIOUS WORLD IS ALLUDED TO - COLLECTIONS OF WRITINGS AND BOOKS FROM THE FORMER OCCUPANT FILL THE WALLS, OF COURSE THIS IS WHERE WE COME FULL CIRCLE AND LINK BACK TO THE FULL SCALE IMMERSIVE PRODUCTION "SLEEP NO MORE", RUNNING ON THE 6 FLOORS OF THE BUILDING BELOW US.
THE LODGE DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY THE SCOTTISH "BOTHIES"; HIKERS RETREATS IN THE FAR-FLUNG HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. THE WINTER-TIME EXPERIENCE IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE PICTURESQUE AND OVERGROWN RAMBLE OF THE SUMMER ROOF, PLAID, TARTAN AND WORN LEATHER EASE THE GUEST INTO A MID-WINTER SLUMBER. THE SMELL OF HERBS HANGING FROM THE CEILING PAIRS WITH THE DARKER WHISKEY SPIRITS OF WINTER FOR A COZY EXPERIENCE, YET A MYSTERIOUS WORLD IS ALLUDED TO - COLLECTIONS OF WRITINGS AND BOOKS FROM THE FORMER OCCUPANT FILL THE WALLS, OF COURSE THIS IS WHERE WE COME FULL CIRCLE AND LINK BACK TO THE FULL SCALE IMMERSIVE PRODUCTION "SLEEP NO MORE", RUNNING ON THE 6 FLOORS OF THE BUILDING BELOW US.
CONSTRUCTED AS MODULAR WALL & CEILING PANELS NONE LARGER THAN 4FT x 10FT, THE STRUCTURE IS ABLE TO INSTALL AT THE END OF THE SUMMER SEASON AND RE-CONCEIVE THE USE OF THE SPACE FROM A LARGE SUMMER BAR AND RESTAURANT TO A MORE CONTEMPLATIVE LOUNGE. THE STRUCTURE MADE USE OF THE EXISTING FLAGSTONE FLOOR OF THE SUMMER ROOF. THE TREATMENTS WERE CONCEIVED AS LARGE-SCALE BUILT IN FURNITURE ITEMS AND SMALLER SCALE SOURCED AND ALTERED FURNITURE.
THE SUMMERTIME ARCHITECTURAL FOLLY OF THE ABANDONED BRITISH RAILWAY CAR BECOMES THE LOCATION FOR THE QUIET WRITERS RETREAT