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The Joinery asArchitecture

Ryder Street Office taken apart — an interactive object study of curved timber, a disappearing work plane, reeded glass and light held within the section.

Location
St James's, London
States
04 guided / Free orbit
Skip the model / Read the four states
A study with a built-in desk, a curved dark wood cabinet, and a reading corner with a cream lounge chair and an olive tree.

E-Magazine / Issue 02

The Joinery as Architecture

Interactive object study / Ryder Street Office

Take the joinery apart. Follow the frame, desk and light seam.

An interpretive architectural model assembled from project renders. Orbit the object or follow four guided states as it separates and reforms.

Interpretive spatial model ready to enter.

Reading the object

The office is organised by one piece of joinery.

Storage, display, work and concealed light are drawn into a single curved elevation. The model separates that object into four states, revealing how its frame, work plane, glass and light channel cooperate before returning to one quiet line.

The exploded sequence

Swipe / 04 states

  1. A study with a built-in desk, a curved dark wood cabinet, and a reading corner with a cream lounge chair and an olive tree.

    01 / Dark timber / One line

    The Complete Elevation

    Desk, storage, display and concealed light are gathered into one continuous architectural elevation. The room reads first; its individual functions arrive later.

    The assembled view shows the joinery as a room-making element rather than a collection of cabinets.

  2. A tall curved cabinet with backlit display shelving beside a cream lounge chair, ottoman and olive tree.

    02 / Joinery / Enclosure

    The Curved Carcass

    A sequence of full-height timber bays bends at the ends, removing the hard stop of a conventional cabinet wall and holding the room within a softer perimeter.

    The carcass separates from the working plane to reveal the measured frame that carries every later layer.

  3. A built-in desk with a floating dark cabinet above it, a mesh desk chair, and an empty picture frame on the wall.

    03 / Desk / Lower datum

    The Work Plane

    The desk leaves the wall as one thin horizontal plane. Its drawers and services remain within the joinery depth, allowing work to recede when the room changes mode.

    A lower datum makes the desk legible without allowing it to become a freestanding office object.

  4. A close detail of curved dark joinery with a reeded glass panel, beside a dark leather bench.

    04 / Reeded glass / Light seam

    Filter and Light

    Reeded glass interrupts the timber without becoming a separate display case. Concealed light sits inside the section, turning the cabinet into a warm, translucent threshold after dark.

    Glass, frame and light channel are separated here to show how atmosphere is built into the object rather than applied to it.

Model note

This is an interpretive joinery model assembled from project renders, not measured fabrication data or a construction model. It makes the relationship between carcass, work plane, glass and concealed light available to examine in one continuous object.

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