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--------------------------------------------------------------------I like this garden office from Archipod #Ecobuild2016 pic.twitter.com/Zeb0me32zG
— Laurence Carmichael (@laurencecarmich) March 9, 2016
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The spherical Pod from York-based Archipod (pronounced 'ark-ee-pod') is an insulated, prefab, curved plywood shedworking space roughly 3m in diameter (and a height of 2.5m from floor to underside of the rooflight) specifically targeted at the garden office market. They are also working on a 'Fatpod' of 4m diameter which could be used as a meeting room space. Features include the pleasing roof dome, double glazed stainless steel porthole window with our old friend Western Red Cedar for external cladding (though they are also looking at reclaimed copper, stainless steel, and recycled car tyres as alternative claddings), and a snazzy semi-circular desk.
It'a also fully insulated using fibreglass insulation made from recycled glass. There's a rather nice photomontage option too: send them a photo of where you'd like to put it in your garden and they will add in a 'Pod' and send it back to you.
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Technically, these prefab shedworkingesque buildings are not garden offices but pods for up to four people to sleep in at the Suntrap Forest Centre in Epping Forest. However, they do come from garden office manufacturer Archipod so if you like the look of them, it would be well worth getting in touch.
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"My engineering perspective was further enhanced through a desire to give my children ‘hands on’ practical experience, culminating in building wooden sea kayaks and a spherical tree house. The Conker™ was born in 2015 through the knowledge that a garden building should be aerodynamic, strong and versatile. I envisaged a contemporary, state of the art, desirable environment which could be adapted and personalised. A sphere was an obvious choice and a full-size prototype was built, realising my aspirations."
We reported last November on controversial broadcaster Piers Morgan's plans to become a shedworker, going down the garden office path with Archipod. Above is the build taking shape, with the structure in place, battens and waterproof membrane on show. The next step is plastering the interior. It's not clear which of Piers' homes this is going to be sited in, but this is what the back garden at his London home looks like (he tweeted it out a couple of months ago) so this might be the location.
"I love Hong Kong for its vibrancy and creativity, and as such I have made it my home. However, it is a densely populated environment. For those fortunate to have outdoor space – a roof, a terrace, a balcony, perhaps even a garden – there is a tendency to try to convert this into additional living space. Unfortunately, current options are limited to pre-fabricated metal rooms, rather like portacabins, or a tailor-made arrangement which is often of poor quality."We will watch with interest...
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A brief pictorial essay this lovely Saturday, a newly-finished Archipod garden office build in Godalming, Surrey, with desk and underfloor heating.
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We've been following the build of Piers Morgan's garden office on Shedworking for nearly a year now, but here's the finished product from Archipod. It's one of their 3m models and here's what they say about it:
"Special features on this one are the walnut veneer desk, with burr walnut edge, and curved shelf unit. The desk had a few firsts, with having to steam bend the edgings, and the steel on the shelves had to be blackened by heating with a blow torch, and brushing oil on with a wire wool brush (we did have a couple of ‘flame outs’ whilst doing it!)."
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Journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan is about to become a shedworker. He announced his intention on the breakfast show Good Morning Britain this week and said he was looking forward to having his own dedicated garden office where he could write his columns and books. It's not clear exactly which model, but it comes from the Archipod stable which we have featured several times before on Shedworking. Planning permission is ongoing but it looks like it's going to happen.
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A breathable waterproof membrane is attached internally and then 50mm of Thermafleece sheeps wool insulation from British flocks is fixed in place before the internal lining is installed. Externally, the timber is coated with Osmo, a natural oil wood treatment. Units can be fitted out with a 240 volt system (with underfloor heating if required) or have a 12 volt system powered by PV cells for off grid situations.
