subject: Garden Studios - Whar Are They Made Of? [print this page] Division of space by function is one of the requirements of modern lifestyle to which home designers and architects partly answered by inventing the garden studio. The direct ancestor or garden studios is the conservatory, the garden room or the summer houses, all of which garden studios can successfully replace today on an individual scale. As such, garden studios may be used as individual offices, playground, outdoor sauna or relaxation area, offering a modern and elegant solution without having to actually expand the built surface of a home.
Garden studios are almost entirely hand made using a combination of wood, glass and aluminum on the exterior, while their interior is constructed from modern ecologic materials which make them friendly to the environment and extremely comfortable. The exterior of such a studio includes a standard combination of components the walls and their wood cladding, the deck, the fascia, and the doors and windows system.
Exterior walls are made of wood mounted on an aluminum structure whose design is both resistant and elegant in the same time. The exterior wood cladding offers a choice of three wood essences treated for heat resistance - Scandinavian Redwood, Western Red Cedar and European Oak. Thermal resistance treatment enables the wood to better resist difficult weather conditions and to offer a service time of up to 60 years. The docking of garden studios is usually made of hardwood essences which provide an excellent performance, low maintenance, and a natural beauty. Although maintenance of docking is entirely optional and the wood can be allowed to age naturally, the recommendation goes that at least once a year it should be treated with wax or oil to maintain its pleasant aspect.
The doors and windows system of garden studios are designed with space optimization in mind and are aimed in two directions: improved insulation and efficient space use. Thats why doors and windows use a parallel folding system instead of the traditional opening one, which represents an elegant solution to the need for optimal use of living space.
The doors and windows of garden studio are normally designed with ergonomics and living space optimization in mind and as such they employ parallel opening systems which integrate perfectly with the concept of efficient space use.
