Ideas Factory/ the foundry

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Shot 19. The reception and farm shop on an early autumn morning, with mist and low sun through the pines. A single-storey building with a shallow gable, clad in charred black timber on a low gritstone base, has a wide glazed front with its door open. Inside, warm shelves of jars and produce, and a reception desk with a member of staff behind it. A couple in waxed jackets and wellies walk in with a golden retriever, past wooden crates of apples and squash by the door, across a gravel forecourt scattered with leaves. Close to the brief.

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Reception and farm shop

The first building at the entrance, where guests check in and pick up their hamper.

The card

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Reception and farm shop

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The notes

rendered

The first building inside the entrance, at the top of the hub clearing. Guests check in here, and it doubles as the farm shop.

the building

Low and single-storey, clad in the same charred black timber as the lodges, on a gritstone base, under a shallow gable. The front is glazed wide, so arriving guests see shelves of local produce and the reception desk before they reach the door. Crates of apples and squash sit by the door, on a gravel forecourt.

the hamper

Every lodge kitchen has an open shelf and an island waiting for a farm shop hamper: sourdough, eggs, cheese, jam and whatever is in season. It ties the lodges to the shop from the moment guests arrive, and gives them a reason to come back to the hub.

against the render

Close to the brief: the misty autumn morning, the glazed front, the produce and the couple walking in with their dog.

not decided

The site plan and the prompts give the building's place and materials, but not its size, its floor plan, its opening hours or whether it serves the public as well as guests.

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Shot 19. The reception and farm shop on an early autumn morning, with mist and low sun through the pines. A single-storey building with a shallow gable, clad in charred black timber on a low gritstone base, has a wide glazed front with its door open. Inside, warm shelves of jars and produce, and a reception desk with a member of staff behind it. A couple in waxed jackets and wellies walk in with a golden retriever, past wooden crates of apples and squash by the door, across a gravel forecourt scattered with leaves. Close to the brief.
01 · Shot 19
Shot 17. A lodge kitchen on a spring morning. Oak cabinet fronts, a honed grey-brown stone worktop and island, a bronze tap and long bronze pulls. On the island, a wicker hamper of sourdough, eggs, cheese in paper, a jar of jam and a bunch of wild garlic. An open oak shelf holds stoneware jugs and bowls, and a wide window looks out into green woodland. Close to the brief. Off brief: a bowl of lemons sits beside the hamper, which isn't local produce.
02 · Shot 17