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Moxon see off Sutherland Hussey and Roderick James to win Wild Cabins contest

Moxon see off Sutherland Hussey and Roderick James to win Wild Cabins contest

September 18 2014

Moxon Architects have won a design competition to create a number of short-stay holiday cabins for artists and cultural thinkers, seeing off shortlisted schemes from Sutherland Hussey and Roderick James.

Wild Cabins was organised by social enterprise Wide Open in a bid to connect people with remote landscapes by building contemporary shelters in out of the way places around the UK.

Moxon’s solution sees small clusters of off-grid cabins built to provide creature comforts to guests in some of Britain’s most remote landscapes.

Each cabin will make use of off grid technology and is designed to be easily moveable to prevent damage to the landscapes it seeks to promote.

An accompanying cultural programme will also offer opportunities for artists to explore identity, distinctiveness and the overlapping potential of places and people.

Wide Open are currently looking for landowners interested in playing host to the cabins.

Creatives will be encouraged to take up residence in the remote homes

Despite being far from civilzation occupants won't want for comforts

No specific sites have yet been identified for the cabins

Solitude will be the key selling point for the holiday let properties

The flexible spaces are planned to be sited in pine forests, riverbanks and even a harbout jetty

The portable cabins can be easily relocated

3 Comments

#1 Posted by Van Cara on 18 Sep 2014 at 12:36 PM

...what's wrong with a caravan? If these cultural "thinkers" want to go outdoors without wrecking the landscape the could simply join the mountain both association and stop being so pretentious.