麦卡洛巴特勒画廊丨爱尔兰基尔肯尼丨Mccullough Mulvin Architects

Gallery, Adaptive Reuse, Historic Preservation, Kilkenny, Ireland

设计师：Mccullough Mulvin Architects

面积： 890 .2501349m²

年份：2020

摄影：Ros Kavanagh, Ste Murray, Brendan Merry and Partners

Lead 设计师：McCullough Mulvin Architects

Structural Engineers:O’Connor Sutton Cronin

Mechanical & Electrical Engineers:Noel Lawlor Consulting Engineers

Quantity Surveyors:Brendan Merry & Partners

Conservation 顾问：Carrig Conservation

Landscape 设计师：Stephen Diamond Associates

Main Contractor:Mythen Construction

City:Kilkenny

Country:Ireland

设计师描述 | Designer description：

Architects Ruth O’Herlihy and Niall McCullough’s design has transformed a former almshouse in Kilkenny into a new cultural resource for the city.

Providing a variety of spaces for art, installations and sculpture both inside and out, the existing building has been sensitively restored and combined with contemporary interventions in the form of two, two-storey bronze coloured extensions to form an aggregate of the old and the new. These extensions are connected to the restored almshouse through light-filled glazed passageways, and together form a seamless set of routes and spaces. The fine detail and material of the original Evans home contrasts with the simplicity of these new architectural insertions, whilst their common function inextricably connects them.

The main section of the existing 1818 almshouse has been conserved in its essential character. The south wing provides a large, climate controlled, temporary exhibition space to house a variety of visual art exhibitions. In contrast, naturally lit, climate controlled galleries in the original rooms will house both the permanent collection and the bequest of Tony O’Malley. The building is connected to the sculpture garden through a series of bold geometric concrete ramps which twist through the history of the site. The gallery opens its walled garden to the city, providing a garden for art & sculpture, including a children’s garden a sensory garden and an exposition of the archaeology on the site.

The project is an architectural experiment about how the radical re-use of existing buildings can make a vivid and appropriate ‘place’ and a space for contemporary art. The Butler Gallery has been nominated for the 2022 edition of the EU Mies van der Rohe Award.

项目完工照片 | Finished Photos

设计师：Mccullough Mulvin Architects

分类：Gallery

语言：英语