Modern art center
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Project • By Uygur Architects • Cultural Centres
CER Modern Arts Center
The history of the project goes back to 1990s, when a national competition was opened in 1992 for the design of presidential symphony orchestra concert hall on a vacant land between Ulus and Sıhhiye, the old and new quarters of Ankara. The site contained a segment of the railway, with old traction ateliers and train maintenance sheds (three identical units dating from 1920s, with a longer unit added later). Being four adjacent units in total, all were intended to be removed from the site. In 1995, after the architects of the winning project started work for the presidential symphony concert hall, decision was taken for the transformation of these old sheds into an art museum. In the meantime, the railroad was rerouted and two of the three i... More
Project • By TACK architects • Art Galleries
Jackson Dinsdale Art Center
The Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) serves Hasting College as an iconic piece of the campus’ master plan as well as a functioning gallery space for the larger fabric of the surrounding community. The center includes comprehensive studios for both two-dimensional and three-dimensional work ranging from painting, print making, and drawing to metal fabrication, glass blowing and ceramics.Using this delineation of studio work as an organizing concept, JDAC divides itself into two wings with two-dimensional studio work in the southern wing and three-dimensional studios in the northern portion. A shared gallery space connects the two and showcases student and visiting artist’s work.Elaborating upon material languages found in the various studi... More
Project • By 314ARCHITEKTAI • Exhibition Centres
Modern Art Center
GOALS:
To integrate into the current and still growing urban structure of the right bank of Neris river in Vilnius by the use of architectural solutions.
To get closer to the river by discreet and moderate means.
To form a chamber environment by the spatial structure and height.
To create an object that would attract tourists.
To preserve valuable sprouts.
CONCEPT:
A frame, which interprets the painting, in the long run would become active, recognizable and prominent symbol in the city. This symbol would represent both the Modern Art Center and the National Gallery of Art.
THE PROJECT:
This project offers a solution that would finish the development of the right bank of Neris in terms of composition. The core bulk of the building s... More