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Escape The City With This Small, Modern Retreat

Architensions designed a writing pavilion in Brooklyn, New York that looks at the relationship between the person using it and nature within its surrounding urban setting. Located in a protected outdoor garden, the tiny pavilion lets its users create imaginative worlds through writing and drawing with the help of isolation that it provides.

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Built on a concrete plinth, the pavilion is clad in black stained cedar on the exterior and natural pine plywood for the interior, which keeps it bright and open. It was designed as a sectional shape helping light to enter creating optimal writing conditions for the user.

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The angular roof was designed to allow lots of light to enter the space.

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Inside, it’s kept sparse as not to distract. There’s a folding writing table with a chair.

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Photos by Cameron Blaylock.

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.