PROJECT REPORT: CULTURAL BUILDINGS
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PROJECT FACTFILE
Client: DDL (Dundee Design Ltd) – Dundee City Council, Scottish Enterprise, Abertay University, University of Dundee, Victoria & Albert Museum Lead architect:
Kengo Kuma & Associates Project manager: Turner Townsend Project Management Executive architect: James F Stephen Architects Delivery architect:
PiM.studio Architects
Structural and services engineer: Arup
Landscape:
although not one that the architects had direct responsibility for. “They had complex shapes because they had to be both faces of the wall, and to perfectly match the 3D model,” says Mucciola. The tolerances BAM and formwork subcontractor Peri had to work with were only a few millimetres, so the formwork had to be precisely aligned. Mucciola is full of praise for the level of collaboration, which he says is unusual: “The way the entire design and construc- tion team has worked together has worked out very well, which is not very common.” He puts this down to the fact that “every- one liked the design – when I went down to the site, everyone including the staff making the sections were very proud of what they were doing and there was a genuine will to get a good result.”
One way in which the architects assisted in making this process a success was by creating a mock-up of the wall to make sure there were “smooth joins between the formwork,” and this included carrying out tests and discussing the necessary tweaks with BAM. The architects have had contin- ual involvement throughout the construction phase due to the complex nature of this project, and its engineers have been site almost every day checking the quality of the concrete, and resolving any issues or questions the contractors had, on the spot.
Connected to the city
The architects have carefully focused on the important goal of ensuring the building both draws visitors to the riverfront, including via new public spaces outside, and that it feels part of the city. Internally, the insertion of
The way the entire design and construction team has worked together has worked very well, which is not very common Maurizio Mucciola, project architect
over 100 narrow horizontal windows throughout the building, as well as giving a soft light to gallery spaces and at low-level, views for children, are also a subtle way to remind visitors that they are in Dundee. Mucciola says: “They frame many different views of the outside – the river, the Discovery, or back towards the city. It’s not very common to have windows in galleries but we thought it was important.” As part of the riverfront masterplan, a new train station is currently nearing completion near the end of Union Street, the major thoroughfare connecting the city centre to the river. The building’s entrance has been carefully positioned so that it is clearly visible from the train station and from the street itself, however the new landmark Kengo Kuma and team have created is virtually guaranteed to draw not only hordes of visitors from the town but from across the globe.
This museum will also be a stunning legacy
of the V&A’s former director Martin Roth, who died this summer from cancer, aged 62. Having led this multi-faceted project, it is sad that he did not get to see it completed.
Optimised Environments Quantity surveyor: CBA Wayfinding: Cartidge Levene CDM/DDA Consultant C-MIST Water feature specialist: Fountains Direct Main contractor: BAM Concrete: Careys Formwork: Peri Floor area: 8,500 m2 Cost: £80.11m
Building completion due: January 2018 Opening: Summer 2018
ADF OCTOBER 2017
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