Artist’s Retreat - inspiration to a composition
On approach, the design seems surreal with a play between dark and light reflecting the lands mystical emotions captured by time, while the towering trees reaching to the heavens leaves one with a feeling of placidity.
The design is two rectilinear shapes that has slipped past one another emphasising the residential and studio disconnection. This is further emphasised by the roofs tapering toward the central wall, the barrier between the studios and the gallery. A glass roof allows natural light to wash the walls illuminating the gallery below while the exaggerated high ceilings reflect on the high-rise trees surrounding the virgin land. From the entrance, which is a procession of glass, the view narrows toward the end of the gallery depicting the journey an artist has to take, this also defines the public gallery and the more private dining area. Segmented studios only linked by circulation allows the artists to feel isolation and with the surrounding eye-level punched out windows, the studios shares a dimension to one another capturing the outdoor emotions as your view passes through it.
The skin is a composition of bleached cedar and charcoal Anthra-Zinc divided by the glass circulation. The Anthra-Zinc on the northern facades represent the dark past of Hospitalfield as a commemoration to the plague and leprosy hospice that once occupied the sight. On the Southern façade the bleached cedar captures the morning sunrise interpreting the silver lining on the historical events of Hospitalfield.
Model Photos:
South Eastern Elevation
North Western Elevation
Location Plan of Hospitalfield, Arbroath
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