46 PROJECT REPORT: CULTURAL, CIVIC & FAITH BUILDINGS
© James Reeve
In order to match the multiple architectural works on the estate, the client wanted a building that was “a beautiful object in its own right”
example were sized specifically for individual locations with access for fixing kept to a minimum. To ensure this process was achieved as smoothly as possible, the team employed Bysteel in Portugal – who both the client and RSHP had worked with previously. Having fabricated the steelwork, to ensure no issues on site, they constructed a full scale mock up. Having been successfully erected, it was then dismantled, painted, packaged and transported to the Château. Construction was reportedly “fairly seamless,” which the architect attributes to the high level of preparation, and the hard work of Bysteel and the local construction team.
Environment for art With the structural designs proving successful, the team moved onto the interior art space, which was optimised to be as flexible as possible – in part due to the changing nature of exhibitions. The architects specified “standard” white
walls, a simple white ceiling, and a uniform lighting grid which could be adapted to
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“accommodate just about any potential exhibition configuration.” Spence says the lighting can alter “significantly” to suit the installation; “the art may be on the walls, or it may be housed in the centre, so we ensured the lighting would be flexible enough to adapt and accommodate any scenario.” One challenge here, however, according to Spence, was the difference in the lux levels between what was required internally and the natural daylight penetrating through the two end walls. To assuage this somewhat, the team incorporated a “buffer zone” overhang in the building envelope, which forms a transition between inside and out. This was the only real measure needed to control daylighting, says the architect. There are normal internal blinds, but no special devices on the exterior – “we didn’t want anything on the outside, given the exposed location,” he adds. At the far end of this box, a terrace allows users to gain the views produced by the long cantilever. The fully-glazed opening doors leading to this terrace allow fresh air in where the art displayed allows
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