This beach hut comes with its very own wraparound ecology. Its wooden frame is protected by a steel mesh casing that holds a decorative facade of pebbles and rocks - a self contained abstract garden. The aim has been to produce a building that feels like it belongs to its surroundings - the materials and forms used all reflecting the unique atmosphere of the shoreline. Over time its hoped that a mutual relationship will come to exist between the two as natural elements play upon the huts surface.

The steel mesh helps to protect the hut, being resistant to both vandalism and graffiti, but just as importantly gives the building its main form and expression, reminiscent of waves crashing around a rock or headland. This should be particularly effective with sunlight glinting off the metal.

n.b in actuality the mesh will be wrapped right around the building - here, we have cut some of it away in order to reveal more of the design. Also it will be sealed at the top to prevent detritus collecting inside the casing. Part of the plan is that sand is blown through the mesh to collect between the rocks, providing a habitat for local flora, and that the steel itself becomes tarnished over time, so that eventually building and landscape become inseperable.

The hut itself is plain, in a driftwood style, the roof sloping to deflect rainwater, with large west facing windows that fill the interior with light.