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Christina Seilern wins DNA Paris Design Award for Oak Cottage
Christina Seilern, principal of Studio Seleirn Architects, won a DNA Paris Design Award for Oak Cottage. A low-carbon extension to a historic farm residence, Oak Cottage features a building envelope made of 100% recycled Durisol insulated blocks and oil larch timber cladding.
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Oak Cottage offers “a contemporary interpretation of the traditional barn typology with modern materials and large glazed openings.” Seilern worked with a sustainability consultant to edit her original design in order to mitigate energy consumption and carbon use.
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The Oak Cottage project created a larger family residence on a rural farm property in the UK. Seilern’s extension complements the original cottage through its contemporary barn form. Additionally, her use of timber cladding, which will age to a gray color, will make the building blend in with its rural landscape.
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Seleirn grew up in Switzerland before studying architecture at Columbia University.
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The landscape of her childhood shaped her aesthetic: “She is very much influenced in her work by her early years spent in the mountains, connected to nature of awe-inspiring scale.” Oak Cottage’s dramatic angles and protruding balcony recall the dramatic peaks of Swiss mountains.
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