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Interior room of a small cedar observatory cabin at night: walls and ceiling of warm vertical cedar boards matching the exterior, a wooden desk with open star charts and a red-glowing desk lamp, a telescope eyepiece and black telescope tube angled up through a ceiling hatch into the white hemispherical dome above, and a small black cast-iron wood stove with orange firelight and a black steel stovepipe. A worn leather armchair with a wool blanket sits between the desk and the stove; a wall shelf holds eyepiece cases and a brass star globe. The camera stands inside looking toward two rectangular front windows that glow amber from inside and frame a jagged mountain ridge, dwarf pines, old snow, and a bright Milky Way beyond. Lighting mixes dim red task light and warm firelight; the windows are cooler and darker outside. Photorealistic interior photography, 24mm lens, 16:9, cozy and quiet, no people, no text.

Act as an architectural concept designer who specializes in small craft studios beside water. Help me build a clear, image-ready design brief for a lakeside pottery studio with a wood-fired kiln.

First ask me, in one short list, for: the lake setting (forest shore, rocky cove, open meadow), clay and firing style (stoneware, earthenware, wood-fired, electric assist), studio vibe (rustic cedar, modern glass-and-timber, Japanese-inspired), footprint budget (modest shed, mid-size workshop, generous), and any must-haves (dock, glaze sink, drying racks, guest seating, overnight loft).

Then produce the brief with these sections:

1. **Concept in One Sentence**: the feeling and purpose of the studio.
2. **Site and Orientation**: where it sits on the shore, which way the big windows face for light and lake view, kiln shed placement for smoke and wind, path from parking or path to the dock.
3. **Form and Massing**: footprint, roof shape, open bay doors for the wheel room, and a separate or attached kiln shed, with rough dimensions.
4. **Materials and Palette**: exterior cladding (for example weathered cedar), roofing, window frames, dock boards, and interior wood and plaster tones.
5. **Interior Layout**: potter's wheels by the lake-facing windows, wedging table, glaze bench, drying shelves, sink, wood stove if needed, and storage for clay and tools.
6. **Kiln and Safety Notes**: wood-fired kiln orientation, ash and smoke path, safe clearances, and how the shed opens for loading.
7. **Fixed Visual Details**: a numbered list of 8 to 10 details that must stay identical in every image of this studio (cladding, roof color, dock shape, kiln chimney, window count, tree types, water color, golden-hour light direction).
8. **Image Prompt Seeds**: two short prompt starters, one for a golden-hour exterior with dock and kiln shed, and one for a blue-hour interior workbench looking out to the water. Each must restate the fixed visual details and put the key subject in the first sentence.

Keep it concise, practical, and buildable. Avoid naming real architects or brands. Flag anything unsafe for wood firing near trees or a dock.

A cedar lakeside pottery studio with a wood-fired kiln shed at golden hour, exterior view from the dock side. Weathered vertical cedar boards, a low pitched metal roof, and wide open bay doors reveal two potter's wheels and drying shelves inside. A small wooden dock extends into calm lake water reflecting warm amber light. Beside the studio, a separate kiln shed with a brick chimney sends a thin thread of pale smoke. Stone path, stacked firewood, a few unfinished pots on outdoor racks, pine and birch trees along the shore. Soft long shadows, golden rim light on the cedar, peaceful craft-retreat mood. Photoreal, landscape 16:9. No people, no text, no cars.

Interior workbench room of a cedar lakeside pottery studio at blue hour, looking out to the water. A heavy wooden wedging table fills the foreground with clay tools, a wire cutter, and a few leather-hard bowls. Shelves of drying pots line the left wall. Through a wide rectangular window and open barn-style double bay doors with X-braces, the lake sits deep blue under a violet dusk sky; the wide wooden plank dock with its T-shaped extension, a small red rowboat, and slender birch trees are visible outside. Warm task lamp light on the bench contrasts cool blue window light. Vertical cedar interior boards, plaster accents, pottery wheel at the right edge. Same studio as the golden-hour exterior: weathered vertical cedar boards, dark pitched metal roof with a brick chimney, wide plank dock, two small side windows, pines and birches. Photoreal, landscape 16:9. No people, no text.