{"id":9324,"date":"2026-06-10T10:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9324"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:11:54","slug":"marta-nowicka-self-designs-camber-sands-studio-using-waste-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/marta-nowicka-self-designs-camber-sands-studio-using-waste-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Marta Nowicka self-designs Camber Sands studio using waste materials"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"DOM<\/div>\n

Architect Marta Nowicka<\/a> used an entirely reclaimed<\/a> palette of scaffolding planks, hollow concrete<\/a> blocks and wood-wool boards to bring a “gritty, unrefined” feel to this small studio<\/a> in East Sussex.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named DOM Studio, the building was conceived as a “year-round sanctuary” alongside Nowicka<\/a>‘s own home in Camber Sands, occupying a leftover plot of land just 20 metres from the sea.<\/p>\n

Nowicka sought to give the studio a rough, monolithic feel,\u00a0using a palette of reclaimed materials and an angular form that deflects sea winds.<\/p>\n

\"Aerial
Marta Nowicka has created a small studio space in East Sussex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The initial concept sought to echo the monolithic, protective language of the neighbouring sea wall,” she told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“To mitigate the brutal southwesterly winds while maximising solar gain, the architecture abandons the conventional vertical facade. Instead, the elevation sweeps fluidly from the roofline down into a waist-high deck,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Emulating the brow of a ship rising from the landscape, this nautical language avoids coastal clich\u00e9. Instead, it is a direct, structural response to the elements of the sea.”<\/p>\n

\"Exterior
It is built from a palette of reclaimed materials<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DOM Studio’s angular roof is actually a parabolic curve, which Nowicka said emerged from an “improvisational dialogue” with the builder involving cutting reclaimed scaffolding boards to fit the curved trusses.<\/p>\n

The building’s interior layout was guided by this distinctive profile, with a higher space containing a work area that overlooks the landscape through a wide picture window.<\/p>\n

\"Exterior
Nowicka designed an angular form that deflects sea winds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Opposite, a more intimate seating area and log burner are tucked under a lower area where the roof slopes downwards, while a bathroom and an infrared sauna occupy the studio’s eastern end.<\/p>\n