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Project / 2022

Penarth Respite Centre

A quiet timber refuge on the Welsh coast.

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Held between a wooded slope and the Severn estuary, the site asks for a building that listens before it speaks.

Site photograph
Site, seen from the path above.

The brief — a short-stay respite centre for carers and the cared-for — called for warmth without institution.

Brief diagram
Brief, in rooms.