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that it could efficiently produce planks, no two of which are likely to be of the same dimensions. The stone’s roughness gives it a bedded-in feeling on installation, and helps to moder- ate light reflection. Mucciola: “We have always thought that particularly in such locations a building with this sort of cladding shouldn’t be pristine. Having such a mineral and powerful material lends itself to ageing beautifully in a natural way.”
Internal spaces The 8000 m2
building is designed in the
form of two inverted pyramids, the steep taper at the bases chiefly done to provide a welcoming incline that encourage visitors into both the main entrance – Kengo Kuma keen to avoid a vertical facade which might “reject people” – and the gap between the buildings. It was also the result of a much larger footprint being needed on the first floor for the gallery and learning spaces located here.
The entrance leads into a 600 m2 double-
height foyer space, lit by a number of small roof lights above and narrow horizontal slit windows cut into the concrete, 300 mm high (the same as the wall’s thickness). There is a museum shop and waterside cafe, and there is also space that can be easily recon-
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figured for events such as fashion shows or concerts. In the other building ground floor houses offices and back of house. The first floor linking both buildings has a lounge exhibition area leading off to four galleries, totalling 1650 m2
. They will
feature everything from Scottish design through the centuries, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s famous Oak Room tea room (restored and rebuilt) to interna- tional travelling ‘blockbuster’ exhibitions. A corridor runs from the first-floor reception past the atrium foyer space – whose upper section forms the ‘prow’ over the river – to an auditorium, ‘creative learning centre’ and a staff area.
Continuing the natural theme, timber is the key material internally, providing a warmer counterpoint to the prevailing mass of concrete, including planks cladding the walls of the main hall. Says Maurizio Mucciola, “The Scottish weather can be tough sometimes, so we wanted a welcom- ing feeling to the interior, and timber is obviously a traditional material in Scotland.” The upper floor spaces have oak floors, and there is some timber cladding to spaces like the auditorium. The main hall, which also features a very long timber bench running along its perimeter, has a floor of Irish limestone.
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Render of main lobby with timber planks ABOVE
Narrow windows cut in the concrete walls visually connect interior spaces with the city © Ross Fraser McLean
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