{"id":1700,"date":"2012-02-03T11:39:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T11:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2012-02-03T11:39:47","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T11:39:47","slug":"restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration Man ~ Martello Tower I had to say something…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry, I had to say something after yesterdays appalling Restoration Man. I know “if you can’t say something nice then don’t say anythin g at all”, but the program raises a lot of issues:<\/p>\n

For those that missed it, here’s the end result from Channel 4’s web site:<\/p>\n

\"Restoration<\/a>

Restoration Man - Caldwell Tower<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s also the full Channel 4 website for the excellent Restoration Man and the ‘says it like it is’ George Clarke<\/a><\/p>\n

My favourite description was “Ziggurate caravan architecture”, anyway the points it raises:<\/p>\n

1. You have a choice of either paying 10x a cheaper amount and getting no results or a very poor result OR<\/strong> paying once for what may be a slightly higher amount to employ dedicated, knowledgeable professionals to do a proper job.<\/p>\n

2. What is it with this ‘creating a habitable dwelling’ thing, both the Martello Tower projects were effectively holiday homes. Let’s connect with nature a bit more and keep the towers in their entirety. Any form of extension on the side of Caldwell Tower would have ruined it’s impact – even a lovely glass linking\/zinc roofed contemporary light, planning friendly contemporary extension would have destroyed it’s massing. It’s on top of a hill for Chrissakes! <\/p>\n

The same goes for the other tower and wanting a glass roof over the top to give protection from the outside. I know the weather can be bad but let’s connect with nature a little bit. I can’t think of a better place to go when the weather is stormy than standing on top of that gun deck looking out to see.<\/p>\n

So what would I have done? As far as I can see there were 2 options:<\/p>\n

a. Keep the tower as it is and as the Heritage guy said, work around what is there and fit yourself around the existing building – it’s been there longer than you and will be around long after. That means no external work whatsoever and think imaginatively around getting the interior to work.<\/p>\n

b. Dig underground outside and conceal it completely and have a sliding glass roof (as Grand Designs, forget which one) providing light, I wouldn’t even join this up with the tower; you go outside to get from one to other. Let’s look at this in more detail…<\/p>\n

The great Japanese Architect Tadao Ando is a great believer in us connecting with nature, spaces are frequently connected via external courtyards – this allows you to experience the wind, sun, rain and snow and the passing of the days and seasons as you pass between rooms.<\/p>\n

\"Tadao<\/a>

Tadao Ando Osaka House - thanks to Ronan Bekerman<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s all, I’m not even going to mention the white plastic electrical conduit, sorry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry, I had to say something after yesterdays appalling Restoration Man. I know “if you can’t say something nice then don’t say anythin g …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nRestoration Man ~ Martello Tower I had to say something... - MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Restoration Man ~ Martello Tower I had to say something... - MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sorry, I had to say something after yesterdays appalling Restoration Man. I know “if you can’t say something nice then don’t say anythin g ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/markstephensarchitects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-03T11:39:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/assets\/programmes\/images\/restoration-man\/4b5ba5d1-7311-48e5-854f-440d82430ee4_625x352.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Stephens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@architectmark\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@architectmark\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Stephens\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/\",\"name\":\"Restoration Man ~ Martello Tower I had to say something... - MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/assets\/programmes\/images\/restoration-man\/4b5ba5d1-7311-48e5-854f-440d82430ee4_625x352.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-03T11:39:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-02-03T11:39:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ab47a045fabd6f82093f8712cd70cdbb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/assets\/programmes\/images\/restoration-man\/4b5ba5d1-7311-48e5-854f-440d82430ee4_625x352.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/assets\/programmes\/images\/restoration-man\/4b5ba5d1-7311-48e5-854f-440d82430ee4_625x352.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Restoration Man ~ Martello Tower I had to say something…\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/\",\"name\":\"MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS\",\"description\":\"Making your dream reality.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ab47a045fabd6f82093f8712cd70cdbb\",\"name\":\"Mark Stephens\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e6798f37c3a7dda989317a5b7527a69?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e6798f37c3a7dda989317a5b7527a69?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mark Stephens\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/author\/markstephensarchitects\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Restoration Man ~ Martello Tower I had to say something... - MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Restoration Man ~ Martello Tower I had to say something... - MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS","og_description":"Sorry, I had to say something after yesterdays appalling Restoration Man. I know “if you can’t say something nice then don’t say anythin g ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/","og_site_name":"MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/markstephensarchitects","article_published_time":"2012-02-03T11:39:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/assets\/programmes\/images\/restoration-man\/4b5ba5d1-7311-48e5-854f-440d82430ee4_625x352.jpg"}],"author":"Mark Stephens","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@architectmark","twitter_site":"@architectmark","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Stephens","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/","url":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/","name":"Restoration Man ~ Martello Tower I had to say something... - MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/assets\/programmes\/images\/restoration-man\/4b5ba5d1-7311-48e5-854f-440d82430ee4_625x352.jpg","datePublished":"2012-02-03T11:39:47+00:00","dateModified":"2012-02-03T11:39:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ab47a045fabd6f82093f8712cd70cdbb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/assets\/programmes\/images\/restoration-man\/4b5ba5d1-7311-48e5-854f-440d82430ee4_625x352.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/assets\/programmes\/images\/restoration-man\/4b5ba5d1-7311-48e5-854f-440d82430ee4_625x352.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/restoration-man-martello-tower-i-had-to-say-something\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Restoration Man ~ Martello Tower I had to say something…"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/","name":"MARK STEPHENS ARCHITECTS","description":"Making your dream reality.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ab47a045fabd6f82093f8712cd70cdbb","name":"Mark Stephens","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e6798f37c3a7dda989317a5b7527a69?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e6798f37c3a7dda989317a5b7527a69?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mark Stephens"},"url":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/author\/markstephensarchitects\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7mTIF-rq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}