Shoreditch is one of London’s most alternative areas. After a period of negligence, in the recent years this neighborhood has been gentrified by the creative industries and is now bursting with art galleries, bars, restaurants etc. In the light of these events START organizes a competition for school of art in Shoreditch, where art creates identity and motive of the rebirth of the neighborhood. “A meeting place for artists from all over the world where debates, exhibitions and workshops will enliven the spaces”. The location given by the brief is an area morphologically fragmented, dark, gloomy, and lacking of character and quality outdoor space. The response was to create a bright structure, formed by one simple shape covering the entire area available. The structure is lifted from the ground leaving the space under it free for the city, artist and students to occupy and interact. The unique shape was pierced by holes of different size and shape in order to provide light to the inside and to the ground floor, and to place vertical communications. These tubes are also the main structural element supporting the building together with a frame of columns on the border. The inside space is one big open space without formal division by partitions. Instead, different functions are implied using levels, materials, furniture and light. Smooth curved lines and surfaces are preferred to sharp edges, as they are more appealing to the senses, create sense of comfort and foster the freedom of movement in space, which are believed to affect favorably the creative process of work. The first floor is organized as common space with leisure podium, exhibition space, places for lectures, group and individual work while the two galleries are divided into painting/drawing and film/photography workshop. The building façade is glazed with horizontal brise soleil that create a certain composition by having different rotation. The rotation of brise soleil is based on the amount of natural light the space behind it requires. All the finishing both inside and outside is white, adding up to the effect of luminous structure floating over the worn out brick walls.
Shoreditch è una delle aree più alternative di Londra. Dopo un periodo di abbandono culturale, negli anni più recenti è stata gentrificata grazie alle industrie culturali ed è ora ricca di gallerie d’arte, bar, ristoranti, etc. START ha dunque organizzato una competizione per le scuole d’arte a Shoreditch, dove l’arte genera un senso di identità e una ragione di rinascita per l’area. “Un luogo di incontro per artisti da tutto il mondo, animato da dibattiti, esibizioni e workshop”. L’area stabilita ai fini della competizione è morfologicamente frammentata, scura, cupa, priva di elementi caratteristici e di un buon ambiente esterno. La soluzione è stata creare una struttura chiara, costituita da una forma unitaria che copre l’intera area. La struttura è sopraelevata e lo spazio sottostante è utiizzabile da parte di visitatori, artisti e studienti. La struttura presenta dei buchi di varia forma al fine di fornire luce all’interno e nell’area sottostante e attraverso i quali passano le comunicazioni verticali. I tubi in questione, unitamente alla cornice di colonne, costituiscono il principale elemento che supporta la struttura. Lo spazio interno è formato da un grande open space privo di muri. La suddivisione degli spazi è effettuata mediante l’utilizzo di livelli, materiali, arredamente e luce. Vengono privilegiate le curve alle rette ed angoli, in quanto più piacevoli alla vista, creano comfort e ispirano libertà di movimento nello spazio, le quali cose si ritiene agevolino il processo creativo. Il primo piano è organizzato come uno spazio comune con una zona ricreativa, una galleria, un auditorium e luoghi per studi di gruppo e individuali; i due spazi sopraelevati sono occupati da uno studio per pittura e disegno e da uno studio per film e fotografia. La facciata continua della struttura ha dei dei frangisole è stabilita sulla base della luce naturale richiesta oltre la facciata. Le rifiniture, sia all’interno che all’esterno, sono bianche, di modo da valorizzare l’effetto di una struttura luminosa che levita al di sopra di fatiscenti muri di mattoni.
London school of art
KRUNIC, DANIJELA;OBREBSKA, KATARZYNA
2014/2015
Abstract
Shoreditch is one of London’s most alternative areas. After a period of negligence, in the recent years this neighborhood has been gentrified by the creative industries and is now bursting with art galleries, bars, restaurants etc. In the light of these events START organizes a competition for school of art in Shoreditch, where art creates identity and motive of the rebirth of the neighborhood. “A meeting place for artists from all over the world where debates, exhibitions and workshops will enliven the spaces”. The location given by the brief is an area morphologically fragmented, dark, gloomy, and lacking of character and quality outdoor space. The response was to create a bright structure, formed by one simple shape covering the entire area available. The structure is lifted from the ground leaving the space under it free for the city, artist and students to occupy and interact. The unique shape was pierced by holes of different size and shape in order to provide light to the inside and to the ground floor, and to place vertical communications. These tubes are also the main structural element supporting the building together with a frame of columns on the border. The inside space is one big open space without formal division by partitions. Instead, different functions are implied using levels, materials, furniture and light. Smooth curved lines and surfaces are preferred to sharp edges, as they are more appealing to the senses, create sense of comfort and foster the freedom of movement in space, which are believed to affect favorably the creative process of work. The first floor is organized as common space with leisure podium, exhibition space, places for lectures, group and individual work while the two galleries are divided into painting/drawing and film/photography workshop. The building façade is glazed with horizontal brise soleil that create a certain composition by having different rotation. The rotation of brise soleil is based on the amount of natural light the space behind it requires. All the finishing both inside and outside is white, adding up to the effect of luminous structure floating over the worn out brick walls.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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