cagm1907
Submission 11
URBAN TAPESTRY
A façade changing infinitely
The skin
A facade influenced by the Morris’s textile.
For the new part of the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum in Wiliam Morris’s birthplace, we propose a special and specific façade influenced by Morris’s textile which has patterns based on the organic, sinuous forms of nature.
Along Clarence Street the façade has been designed like an ever-changing
canvas. A huge undulating fabric will be visually penetrated by trees standing in a veiled garden. It seems as if pixilated tapestry is hanging on this historical street. The patterns or pixels will change day by day throughout seasons. In addition, as the façade has gentle undulations on the vertical surface, its appearance will be transformed gently, as the transparency and quantity of traversing light will infinitely change. This veil will create a certain intimacy, but also provide an insight into the exhibition spaces.
Its Materialization:
This huge tapestry of “weaved” bricks, will be made from kitchen garbage, clay and thinned wood. It is one of the sustainable and future oriented materials as it is made by transforming waste into a building construction material. Those bricks would be manufactured as a one self-supporting façade element.
We strongly believe that eco-friendly materials and sensitive beauty could be and should be co-existing.
Compared with the 20th century museum which clearly separate the exhibition rooms and collection storage, our proposal is to make the collection storage visible in order to share and enhance the intellectual property (=the collections).
The visible storage located on ground floor level, provides a front-to-back access. For the public the entrance will be on Clarence Street through to Chester Walk. The artwork will be presented in movable glass cases in order to easily rearrange the exhibition.
The open archive spaces situated above the visible storage will be perceived as suspended or floating rooms. Curators will access the open archive without crossing the public circulation.
The temporary gallery, situated 2nd and 3rd floor, provides a maximum of flexiblity for future various use, as it has a 4m ceiling height. It is directly and generously connected to the current Arts and Crafts movement gallery space.
Submission 11
URBAN TAPESTRY
A façade changing infinitely
The skin
A facade influenced by the Morris’s textile.
For the new part of the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum in Wiliam Morris’s birthplace, we propose a special and specific façade influenced by Morris’s textile which has patterns based on the organic, sinuous forms of nature.
Along Clarence Street the façade has been designed like an ever-changing
canvas. A huge undulating fabric will be visually penetrated by trees standing in a veiled garden. It seems as if pixilated tapestry is hanging on this historical street. The patterns or pixels will change day by day throughout seasons. In addition, as the façade has gentle undulations on the vertical surface, its appearance will be transformed gently, as the transparency and quantity of traversing light will infinitely change. This veil will create a certain intimacy, but also provide an insight into the exhibition spaces.
Its Materialization:
This huge tapestry of “weaved” bricks, will be made from kitchen garbage, clay and thinned wood. It is one of the sustainable and future oriented materials as it is made by transforming waste into a building construction material. Those bricks would be manufactured as a one self-supporting façade element.
We strongly believe that eco-friendly materials and sensitive beauty could be and should be co-existing.
Compared with the 20th century museum which clearly separate the exhibition rooms and collection storage, our proposal is to make the collection storage visible in order to share and enhance the intellectual property (=the collections).
The visible storage located on ground floor level, provides a front-to-back access. For the public the entrance will be on Clarence Street through to Chester Walk. The artwork will be presented in movable glass cases in order to easily rearrange the exhibition.
The open archive spaces situated above the visible storage will be perceived as suspended or floating rooms. Curators will access the open archive without crossing the public circulation.
The temporary gallery, situated 2nd and 3rd floor, provides a maximum of flexiblity for future various use, as it has a 4m ceiling height. It is directly and generously connected to the current Arts and Crafts movement gallery space.