Awards of 2013

In the summer of 2006 Maidstone Borough Council launched an exciting and ambitious scheme to open up Maidstone Museum’s collections and transform its services and facilities for visitors. The East Wing project forms the second phase of the Museum’s re-development programme, following the renovation of the West Wing in 2003.

The building is located on a hillside in the Dolomites, at the edge of a residential area. The volume has been developed mainly from its pragmatic functional request to include 6 independent apartments around a common circulation: a ‘cut’ that marks the main access and the division of the volume into 2 halves. Besides its function, the ‘cut’ becomes the main defining element of the building: from either side of the ‘cut’ strips unfold that form the balustrade of a generous covered balcony which reach out to the surrounding topography. The strips and the façade jump back at each floor, following the profile of the natural steep hillside.

Dette nye kultur-og mediesenteret i den landlige byen Gournay en Bray i det franske Normandie tar sin inspirasjon fra de lokale bygningene som er omgjort til moderne verk, preget av skiferoverflater og glassvinduer omkranset av en trådnetting i kobber.

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