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The Orrery cafe is located at 15 Union st ryde, it has a very fine planetarium of our solar system which is geared so that the planets all orbit the sun , the cafe is theemed with Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass art work on the cafe walls, but why do you ask this? whay would a planetarium have images of a known childrens book on the walls and ceiling? This is because of a recent theory that convincingly shows that Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), used the known constellations of the nights sky as inspiration for their Alice Books. So this is why Alice and friends have taken up residence in the Orrery Cafe in Ryde! The cafe is Vegetarian, and there are other Alice related items to be found when you visit the cafe, the floor is a giant chess board, which true to form get smaller when you decend the spiral staircase to the basement floor, here the tiles shrink, and upon entering the two loos, they shrink yet again, also when decending the Orrery staircase one passes a large light which looks like a giant jar of marmalade. The cafe is the first stage of converting a derelict building which has been vacant for many years and it is our hope to transform the whole building into a fun globe museum with one of the largest optical illusions in the country. The planetarium is over 16 ft diameter and is best viewed through the 8 mirrored top tables actually reveal 8 far finer plaetariums by looking through the tables a far superior vantage point of the Orrery's planetariums. Thank you for your interest, we hope one day you might consider journeying across the Solent so that you can see the Orrery first hand.

The Magritte Shed so named because the door is a decorative facade and the true door is around the corner.

 

The purpose of this website is to promote the feasibility of making small decorative buildings out of reclaimed timber etc.

<img height=573 src="images-Orrery/CAFE%20EXTERIOR_2007.jpg" width=394 border=3 alt="The Orrery cafe is located at 15 Union st ryde, it has a very fine planetarium of our solar system which is geared so that the planets all orbit the sun , the cafe is theemed with Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass art work on the cafe walls, but why do you ask this? whay would a planetarium have images of a known childrens book on the walls and ceiling? This is because of a recent theory that convincingly shows that Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), used the known constellations of the nights sky as inspiration for their Alice Books. So this is why Alice and friends have taken up residence in the Orrery Cafe in Ryde! The cafe is Vegetarian, and there are other Alice related items to be found when you visit the cafe, the floor is a giant chess board, which true to form get smaller when you decend the spiral staircase to the basement floor, here the tiles shrink, and upon entering the two loos, they shrink yet again, also when decending the Orrery staircase one passes a large light which looks like a giant jar of marmalade. The cafe is the first stage of converting a derelict building which has been vacant for many years and it is our hope to transform the whole building into a fun globe museum with one of the largest optical illusions in the country. The planetarium is over 16 ft diameter and is best viewed through the 8 mirrored top tables actually reveal 8 far finer plaetariums by looking through the tables a far superior vantage point of the Orrery's planetariums. Thank you for your interest, we hope one day you might consider journeying across the Solent so that you can see the Orrery first hand.">

The Old Oar House, so called because old rowing oars were used in the construction of the pitched roof.

 

The cost for The Old Oar House was less than £900 if one does not include labour. £500 of this total was the cost of the recliamed feather edged board used to clad the exterior of the building. On the Art Instalation building titled "The Brentford Art Gallery" the feather edged board was replaced with plywood strips, which brought the cost of the cladding down by £400 pounds exactly, therefore the cost of the Old Oar House could have been just £500. The Old Oar House took 14 days to build including the making of the staddle stones.

While most of the materials are recycled/reclaimed, the staddle stones were made with cement and ballast, the purpose of the staddle stones is for two reasons, firstly the buildings are situated on an island surrounded by both river and canal, so flooding is a possibility, and secondly the staddle stones create a vast area of sheltered storage.

The windows are ex-school partition windows, or in the case of the Magritte House, these windows are made from two halves of old sash windows, this is why one is slightly bigger than the other.

The two staddle stone buildings are constructed so that they could be distmantled, though it should be possible to use a large mobile crane and deposit each building on an flat bed truck and relocate easily if need be.

 

 

<img height=573 src="images-Orrery/CAFE%20EXTERIOR_2007.jpg" width=394 border=3 alt="The Orrery cafe is located at 15 Union st ryde, it has a very fine planetarium of our solar system which is geared so that the planets all orbit the sun , the cafe is theemed with Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass art work on the cafe walls, but why do you ask this? whay would a planetarium have images of a known childrens book on the walls and ceiling? This is because of a recent theory that convincingly shows that Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), used the known constellations of the nights sky as inspiration for their Alice Books. So this is why Alice and friends have taken up residence in the Orrery Cafe in Ryde! The cafe is Vegetarian, and there are other Alice related items to be found when you visit the cafe, the floor is a giant chess board, which true to form get smaller when you decend the spiral staircase to the basement floor, here the tiles shrink, and upon entering the two loos, they shrink yet again, also when decending the Orrery staircase one passes a large light which looks like a giant jar of marmalade. The cafe is the first stage of converting a derelict building which has been vacant for many years and it is our hope to transform the whole building into a fun globe museum with one of the largest optical illusions in the country. The planetarium is over 16 ft diameter and is best viewed through the 8 mirrored top tables actually reveal 8 far finer plaetariums by looking through the tables a far superior vantage point of the Orrery's planetariums. Thank you for your interest, we hope one day you might consider journeying across the Solent so that you can see the Orrery first hand.">

An art installation titled "The Brentford Gallery"

 

This building is actually an art installation titled "The Brentford Art Gallery", this is because for three times a year the inside including the walls will be a fully fledged art installation. During the three months that the installation will be active, we believe, will be a classic example of Ouroborous - when the serpent eats its own tail- as here you will be able to witness an art gallery eating itself as it will be an intrinsic part of its own exhibition. For more details on this please watch the Brentford Gallery website for updates of this unusual interactive opportunity.

Reclaimed plywood was used to make the panelled walls of the gallery. The ceiling is made by stretching canvas and painting it white.

If you would be interested in making a similar building and would like to arrange an appointment to inspect the constuction of the Brentford Art Gallery in exchange for a donation towards our globe museum project, then please email us. We will also supply a set of working plans and a photo journal, in addition to this we would also be able to hire the fibreglass moulds which will enable you to make the same size staddle stones as you see illustrated here. We would also supply a list of sources for the materials we sourced so that you will have no problem in also making your building from reclaimed materials. inquiries@splendiderections.co.uk

 

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