smallprojects

gardengate

mild steel.

Located above a previous garage
that was set back from its front
street, the loftoffice suffered the
problem of lacking street frontage.
The gardengate was conceived as
a formal garden entrance porch
for the loftoffice and the means of
bringing guests a level higher with
grace. It took the form of a steel
mesh cage suspended over new
concrete cantilevered treads cast
insitu around reinforcement bars
set with epoxy into the wall to
avoid damage to the creeping
ficus already growing on the
threshold wall.

The operable sections of the
gate come in two parts; a tall
side-pivoted counterweight door
with swing arms opening a lower
horizontal trapdoor in tandem:
when opened, the trapdoor pivots
to a vertical plane, functioning as
a mesh railing for safety on the
side of the stair.