Joe Nunn & Markus Bergstrom
G02-03, 38-40 Glasshill Street, London SE1 0QR

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Gallery Libby Sellers
L Bar
Roadside Bar

With a deadline of 3 weeks and sponsors waiting Libby Sellers approached Glass Hill to design a bar for London Design Festival. With consent given in principle for a bar to serve drinks, for a certain time and of a certain dimension the decision was made to work to the maximum envelope allowed of 2x5 metres. The commission was an opportunity for a small piece of architecture, with few of the limitations normally associated with the building of buildings.

The result was a barrel vaulted barn, open at either end with staggered panels continuing the logic and function of the ceder shingles with which they were clad. The light-filled structure was assembled on site in an afternoon. Three hatches lifted up exposing the lightness of the structure and also permitting the serving of drinks. The barrel roof, constructed as a single piece, provides room for a truss system from which the legs project. This not only allowed the openings to be high and clear, but also the roof’s curved surface gave the entire structure its rigidity.

No fixings were made to the pavement or to the surrounding walls, the structure was flat-packed and removed without trace at the end of the week.

Now serving, with some modification, as the Glass Hill office.

London, Sept 2010.